Compared with the local labor market
Assistant Procurement Officer pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Procurement Clerks — about 1,410 people — is $49,320. Chief Procurement Officer pays a median base salary of $28,747 for this role, 42% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Chief Procurement Officer sits in the local pay range
$38,300
$41,040
$49,320
$57,630
$64,960
Chief Procurement Officer median · $28,747
The bar is the range of annual wages for Procurement Clerks across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Chief Procurement Officer’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Procurement Clerks — about 55,810 people — is $50,580. Chief Procurement Officer’s median base salary is 43% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$38,040
$43,420
$50,580
$60,080
$68,620
Chief Procurement Officer median · $28,747
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Chief Procurement Officer is $28,747, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.