How much do customer service representatives make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

What the Customer Service Representatives median says in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Customer Service Representatives median in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN at $47,100 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 43-4051 and BLS area 16980.

BLS lists 75,240 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $49,800 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN's Customer Service Representatives median is 5.2% above the U.S. Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 43-4051 with area 16980

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-4051 and area 16980. SOC 43-4051 names Customer Service Representatives. Area 16980 names Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 43-4051/16980 row has 75,240 wage and salary jobs. There are 16.67 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 43-4051/16980, the annual median is $47,100 per year, while the matching mean is $49,800 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 43-4051/16980 10th percentile: $34,480 per year.
• 43-4051/16980 25th percentile: $38,260 per year.
• 43-4051/16980 median: $47,100 per year.
• 43-4051/16980 75th percentile: $58,950 per year.
• 43-4051/16980 90th percentile: $71,530 per year.
• 43-4051/16980 employment RSE: 2.8%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.9%.
• 43-4051/16980 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 16980 facts behind this Customer Service Representatives page

Area 16980 reports 4,513,280 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $73,380. Its annual median is $54,720. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-4051 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN runs from $34,260 at the 10th percentile to $130,790 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $38,480. The median is $54,720. The 75th percentile is $86,670. This is a place check, not a pay range for Customer Service Representatives.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 16980. They do not show related skills or a path into Customer Service Representatives.

• 1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 16980. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 157,920. Yearly median: $40,550. Jobs per 1,000: 34.99. Location quotient: 1.84.
• 2. General and Operations Managers. Area: 16980. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 122,930. Yearly median: $109,390. Jobs per 1,000: 27.24. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 16980. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 108,520. Yearly median: $38,180. Jobs per 1,000: 24.04. Location quotient: 0.87.
• 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 16980. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 100,240. Yearly median: $100,490. Jobs per 1,000: 22.21. Location quotient: 1.02.
• 5. Cashiers. Area: 16980. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 99,240. Yearly median: $35,010. Jobs per 1,000: 21.99. Location quotient: 1.11.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 16980. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 97,280. Yearly median: $34,630. Jobs per 1,000: 21.55. Location quotient: 0.87.

Read the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN wage ladder for Customer Service Representatives

The 10th percentile is $34,480 per year. The 25th percentile is $38,260 per year. The median is $47,100 per year. The 75th percentile is $58,950 per year. The 90th percentile is $71,530 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $38,260 per year to $58,950 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $37,050. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN with its state and the U.S.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has a annual median of $47,100 per year. Illinois has $46,130 per year. The U.S. row has $44,770 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 2.1% above Illinois on the same published median. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 5.2% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN sits for Customer Service Representatives

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 54 of 392 among metro areas with a published annual median for Customer Service Representatives. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 54 of 392 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 51. Modesto, CA. The Customer Service Representatives median is $47,230 per year. BLS estimates 1,290 jobs. The location quotient is 0.39.
• 52. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. The Customer Service Representatives median is $47,170 per year. BLS estimates 10,620 jobs. The location quotient is 0.89.
• 53. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. The Customer Service Representatives median is $47,150 per year. BLS estimates 15,180 jobs. The location quotient is 0.53.
• 55. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The Customer Service Representatives median is $47,070 per year. BLS estimates 41,740 jobs. The location quotient is 0.86.
• 56. Rochester, MN. The Customer Service Representatives median is $47,050 per year. BLS estimates 1,250 jobs. The location quotient is 0.61.
• 57. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. The Customer Service Representatives median is $47,000 per year. BLS estimates 680 jobs. The location quotient is 0.43.

Where Customer Service Representatives medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 43-4051, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $60,480 per year. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN sits at $47,100 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Customer Service Representatives is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Customer Service Representatives median of $60,480 per year, or $13,380 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 8,860 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.47.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Customer Service Representatives median of $57,830 per year, or $10,730 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 19,930 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.5.
• 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Customer Service Representatives median of $53,550 per year, or $6,450 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 25,840 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.74.
• 4. Napa, CA has a Customer Service Representatives median of $53,360 per year, or $6,260 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 640 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.49.
• 5. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Customer Service Representatives median of $51,810 per year, or $4,710 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 1,750 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.51.
• 6. Vallejo, CA has a Customer Service Representatives median of $51,210 per year, or $4,110 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 1,130 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.47.
• 7. Burlington-South Burlington, VT has a Customer Service Representatives median of $50,160 per year, or $3,060 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 1,250 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.62.
• 8. Stockton-Lodi, CA has a Customer Service Representatives median of $49,990 per year, or $2,890 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 2,650 jobs there, compared with 75,240 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The location quotient is 0.55.

Where BLS counts the most Customer Service Representatives jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Customer Service Representatives in this same-source set, at 125,570 jobs. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 75,240. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 125,570 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 50,330 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $49,590 per year, or $2,490 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 0.79.
• 2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 96,930 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 21,690 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $44,990 per year, or $2,110 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 1.43.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 75,240 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 0 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $47,100 per year, or $0 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 1.
• 4. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ has 68,930 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 6,310 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $46,410 per year, or $690 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 1.74.
• 5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 66,590 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 8,650 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $48,840 per year, or $1,740 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 0.64.
• 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 65,510 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 9,730 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $40,380 per year, or $6,720 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 1.19.
• 7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 63,440 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 11,800 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $39,560 per year, or $7,540 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 1.35.
• 8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 59,990 estimated Customer Service Representatives jobs, a gap of 15,250 jobs from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its median is $42,710 per year, or $4,390 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Its location quotient is 1.24.

Where Customer Service Representatives takes the largest share of local jobs

Abilene, TX has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 2.03. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 1. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Customer Service Representatives is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Abilene, TX has a location quotient of 2.03, a gap of 1.03 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 2,550 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $36,830 per year, or $10,270 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
• 2. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT has a location quotient of 1.93, a gap of 0.93 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 26,620 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $45,410 per year, or $1,690 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
• 3. Dubuque, IA has a location quotient of 1.92, a gap of 0.92 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 1,880 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $46,670 per year, or $430 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
• 4. El Paso, TX has a location quotient of 1.89, a gap of 0.89 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 10,680 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $37,640 per year, or $9,460 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
• 5. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX has a location quotient of 1.86, a gap of 0.86 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 4,880 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $38,350 per year, or $8,750 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
• 6. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX has a location quotient of 1.85, a gap of 0.85 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 34,730 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $42,720 per year, or $4,380 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
• 7. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA has a location quotient of 1.79, a gap of 0.79 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 12,070 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $48,880 per year, or $1,780 above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
• 8. Pocatello, ID has a location quotient of 1.78, a gap of 0.78 from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. BLS lists 1,130 Customer Service Representatives jobs and a median of $37,940 per year, or $9,160 below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.

How common Customer Service Representatives is in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

BLS lists 75,240 Customer Service Representatives jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. It also lists 16.67 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 1. A value of 1 means Customer Service Representatives has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is the same than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Customer Service Representatives beside other roles in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

The all-occupations median in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is $54,720 per year. The Customer Service Representatives median is $47,100 per year. Customer Service Representatives is 13.9% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Customer Service Representatives. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $46,940 per year. BLS lists 45,850 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
• 2. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $46,330 per year. BLS lists 66,840 jobs and a location quotient of 0.93.
• 3. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $47,950 per year. BLS lists 34,680 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
• 4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $50,440 per year. BLS lists 50,190 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
• 5. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $43,650 per year. BLS lists 47,970 jobs and a location quotient of 1.18.
• 6. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $51,440 per year. BLS lists 35,660 jobs and a location quotient of 0.89.
• 7. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $40,550 per year. BLS lists 157,920 jobs and a location quotient of 1.84.
• 8. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median of $39,990 per year. BLS lists 48,360 jobs and a location quotient of 1.3.

The largest detailed roles in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN table, at 157,920 jobs. Customer Service Representatives has 75,240 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 4,513,280. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Customer Service Representatives's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 157,920 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 82,680 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $40,550 per year, or $6,550 below Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.84.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has 122,930 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 47,690 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $109,390 per year, or $62,290 above Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 108,520 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 33,280 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $38,180 per year, or $8,920 below Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 4. Registered Nurses has 100,240 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 25,000 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $100,490 per year, or $53,390 above Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 5. Cashiers has 99,240 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 24,000 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $35,010 per year, or $12,090 below Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 97,280 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 22,040 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $34,630 per year, or $12,470 below Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 7. Retail Salespersons has 96,950 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 21,710 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $35,820 per year, or $11,280 below Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 0.86.
• 8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 79,850 jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 4,610 from Customer Service Representatives. Its median is $38,450 per year, or $8,650 below Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 0.97.

Published role medians around Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Financial Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN role table, at $168,810 per year. Customer Service Representatives has $47,100 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $54,720 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Financial Managers has a median of $168,810 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $121,710 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 41,590 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.7.
• 2. Software Developers has a median of $134,380 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $87,280 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 40,370 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 0.82.
• 3. General and Operations Managers has a median of $109,390 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $62,290 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 122,930 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 4. Management Analysts has a median of $105,090 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $57,990 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 37,510 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.44.
• 5. Registered Nurses has a median of $100,490 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $53,390 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 100,240 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $82,360 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $35,260 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 41,360 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 0.98.
• 7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $78,390 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $31,290 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 45,840 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $75,350 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, or $28,250 above Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 38,490 jobs, compared with 75,240 for Customer Service Representatives. Its location quotient is 1.07.

Roles with the largest local share in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has the highest location quotient in the bounded Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN role table, at 1.84. Customer Service Representatives has 1. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Customer Service Representatives with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.84 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.84 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 157,920 jobs and a median of $40,550 per year, or $6,550 below Customer Service Representatives.
• 2. Financial Managers has a location quotient of 1.7 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.70 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 41,590 jobs and a median of $168,810 per year, or $121,710 above Customer Service Representatives.
• 3. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a location quotient of 1.53 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.53 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 55,730 jobs and a median of $70,710 per year, or $23,610 above Customer Service Representatives.
• 4. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.44 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.44 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 37,510 jobs and a median of $105,090 per year, or $57,990 above Customer Service Representatives.
• 5. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.3 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.30 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 48,360 jobs and a median of $39,990 per year, or $7,110 below Customer Service Representatives.
• 6. Light Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.22 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.22 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 34,680 jobs and a median of $47,950 per year, or $850 above Customer Service Representatives.
• 7. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.21 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.21 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 122,930 jobs and a median of $109,390 per year, or $62,290 above Customer Service Representatives.
• 8. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.18 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, a gap of 0.18 from Customer Service Representatives. BLS lists 47,970 jobs and a median of $43,650 per year, or $3,450 below Customer Service Representatives.

What $47,100 may mean after the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 3.6% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $47,100 Customer Service Representatives median by 103.6 divided by 100. The result is $45,466 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 112.0. Goods are 107.3. Utilities are 83.6. Other services are 100.5. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN row

The employment RSE for this Customer Service Representatives row is 2.8%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.9%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 75,240 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $49,800 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Customer Service Representatives. It uses a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $47,100 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Customer Service Representatives row for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 75,240 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1 is not a growth score. Rank 54 of 392 is not a place score. The 103.6 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-4051 in BLS area 16980. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.