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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers salary
in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Median base pay · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
$56,710
≈ $27.26/hr · BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 810 jobs
Middle 50%
$48,310–$72,370
vs U.S. median
-3%
Metro rank
#26 of 40

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro earn a median of $56,710 a year, based on BLS estimates for 810 jobs (May 2025). That is 3% below the U.S. median of $58,650 and 13% above the IL statewide median of $49,990. It ranks #26 of 40 metros with published figures for this job.

TITLE EXAMINERS, ABSTRACTORS, AND SEARCHERS · CHICAGO-NAPERVILLE-ELGIN, IL-IN · BLS

Full percentile breakdown

BLS OEWS MAY 2025 · CHICAGO-NAPERVILLE-ELGIN, IL-IN · ALL EMPLOYERS, ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS
P10$45,020P25$48,310MEDIAN$56,710P75$72,370P90$75,730
BLS · UNITED STATES
P10$38,170P25$47,420MEDIAN$58,650P75$74,810P90$90,830
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What is the average Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers salary in Chicago?

The BLS median is $56,710 a year (May 2025). Half of the 810 jobs pay between $48,310 and $72,370. The 10th percentile is $45,020 and the 90th is $75,730.

Is Chicago a high-paying metro for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers?

That is 3% below the U.S. median of $58,650 and 13% above the IL statewide median of $49,990. It ranks #26 of 40 U.S. metros with published BLS figures for this job.

How much do Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers make an hour in Chicago?

About $27.26 an hour at the median (the BLS annual figure of $56,710 divided by 2,080 hours, the conversion BLS uses). The middle half earn about $23.23–$34.79 an hour. Straight-time pay, before overtime and shift differentials.

Does this include experience levels?

BLS figures cover all experience levels together. Employer filings carry a DOL wage level, which the free checker can filter by (approximate).

Sources: U.S. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national + state) (metro area estimates, all employers); employer rows from U.S. DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, FY2026 Q3 (LCA_Disclosure_Data_FY2026_Q3.xlsx). Base pay only. Estimates can have sampling error, especially for smaller metros.