Financial Services Sales Agent salary in Chicago, IL

Based on 32 certified H-1B filings in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Woodridge, Naperville, Bolingbrook.

Median salary$125,000
Middle 50%$100k–$150k
vs. national median−22%comparison median $160,000
Filings32FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,721 and $179,830.
PercentileSalary
10th$84,200
25th$100,000
50th (median)$125,000
75th$150,000
90th$165,212

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $115k $150k FY2020: median $120,000 (17 filings) FY2021: median $89,398 (37 filings) FY2022: median $127,500 (10 filings) FY2023: median $100,000 (16 filings) FY2024: median $140,000 (11 filings) FY2025: median $127,500 (18 filings) FY2026: median $120,000 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 17 filings FY20 FY2021: 37 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 16 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 18 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 37
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$120,000$65,707$135,00017
FY2021$89,398$63,835$114,98237
FY2022$127,500$124,654$153,75010
FY2023$100,000$99,591$121,25016
FY2024$140,000$107,270$165,87011
FY2025$127,500$100,000$148,12518
FY2026$120,000$89,750$145,97514

Cost of living

Chicago's median Financial Services Sales Agent salary of $125,000 is worth about $120,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Chicago = 103.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in the Chicago, IL area earned a median of $100,760 in May 2025 (24,080 employed). The H-1B median here is $125,000, 24% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
PEAK6 Capital Managementtoo few5
Maven Securitiestoo few4
Millennium Advisorstoo few4
The Northern Trust Companytoo few4
Mscitoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $100,000 14
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$84,136$100,00014

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.