Sales Manager salary in Chicago, IL

Based on 40 certified H-1B filings in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Naperville, Wood Dale, Harvey, Arlington Heights, Fox River Grove.

Also listed as: Sales Director

Median salary$161,839
Middle 50%$119.3k–$197.6k
vs. national median+3%comparison median $156,546
Filings40FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $85,862 and $365,601.
PercentileSalary
10th$85,862
25th$119,283
50th (median)$161,839
75th$197,649
90th$255,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $140k $180k FY2020: median $112,412 (21 filings) FY2021: median $127,668 (16 filings) FY2022: median $111,738 (17 filings) FY2023: median $146,224 (25 filings) FY2024: median $147,800 (24 filings) FY2025: median $162,000 (23 filings) FY2026: median $145,550 (17 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 21 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 17 filings FY22 FY2023: 25 filings FY23 FY2024: 24 filings FY24 FY2025: 23 filings FY25 FY2026: 17 filings FY26 25
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
Show as table
Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$112,412$105,000$125,00021
FY2021$127,668$108,563$158,75016
FY2022$111,738$92,698$146,00017
FY2023$146,224$111,738$160,00025
FY2024$147,800$118,539$163,75924
FY2025$162,000$109,891$193,63923
FY2026$145,550$127,962$197,00017

Cost of living

Chicago's median Sales Manager salary of $161,839 is worth about $156,200 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Sales Managers in the Chicago, IL area earned a median of $158,690 in May 2025 (25,390 employed). The H-1B median here is $161,839, 2% 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
Fuchs Lubricantstoo few2
VusionGroup Incorporatedtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $87,922 10
Mid-level · Level II $135,000 10
Senior · Level III $165,942 11
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$85,862$87,92210
Mid-level · Level II$127,962$135,00010
Senior · Level III$161,678$165,94211

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.