Compared with the local labor market
Senior Network Administrator III pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Network and Computer Systems Administrators — about 6,950 people — is $103,170. County Assessor pays a median base salary of $28,891 for this role, 72% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where County Assessor sits in the local pay range
$68,990
$82,750
$103,170
$130,120
$162,290
County Assessor median · $28,891
The bar is the range of annual wages for Network and Computer Systems Administrators 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 County Assessor’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Network and Computer Systems Administrators — about 314,340 people — is $99,130. County Assessor’s median base salary is 71% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$62,640
$78,010
$99,130
$126,640
$155,050
County Assessor median · $28,891
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 County Assessor is $28,891, 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.