How much does a Distinguished Engineer make in Chicago, IL? The average Distinguished Engineer salary in Chicago, IL is $113,380 as of February 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $103,867 and $125,850. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. 

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Palo Alto Networks - Santa Clara , CA
We are looking for a Distinguished Engineer to join the team that is building our latest cloud security product leveraging the data we have in our Cortex Data Lake product as well as other threat ...
ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 12 days ago
SiMa Technologies - San Jose , CA
Distinguished Engineer Gen AI Location: San Jose, CA Job Number: AI2286 Job Description: As Distinguished Engineer, as a key member of the MLSoC Platform Architecture team you will drive the GenAI ...
ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 70 days ago
Intellibus - New York , NY
Imagine working at Intellibus to engineer platforms that impact billions of lives around the world. With your passion and focus we will accomplish great things together! We are looking forward to you ...
LinkedIn - 8 days ago
ServiceNow - Santa Clara , CA
Job Description As a Distinguished Architect at ServiceNow, you will be a leader with a track ... Work with engineering and product on incorporating the AI technologies into the ServiceNow roadmap
ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 68 days ago
LinkedIn - Sunnyvale , CA
LinkedIn is looking for a Distinguished Engineer with expertise in platforms and infrastructure to provide thought leadership for Data Infra organization. Data Infra builds scalable, highly available ...
LinkedIn - 38 days ago
LTE Staffing - West Palm Beach , FL
Distinguished, engineering consultancy renowned for expertise in a variety of specialized fields, including transportation engineering, construction services, facilities engineering and design, civil ...
ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 7 days ago
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What is the average salary for Distinguished Engineer in 2024?
These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Distinguished Engineer in Chicago, IL. The base salary for Distinguished Engineer ranges from $103,867 to $125,850 with the average base salary of $113,380. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $107,463 to $133,010 with the average total cash compensation of $118,020.
Average Salary Average Salary Range
Base Salary $113,380 $103,867 - $125,850
Bonus $4,640 $3,596 - $7,159
Total Pay $118,020 $107,463 - $133,010
* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.
* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.
CITY, STATE AVERAGE SALARY RANGE COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Cicero, IL AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $103,867 - $125,850 COMPARE TO Chicago, IL 0%
CITY, STATE Oak Park, IL AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $103,867 - $125,850 COMPARE TO Chicago, IL 0%
CITY, STATE Oak Lawn, IL AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $103,749 - $125,707 COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Evanston, IL AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $103,828 - $125,803 COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Skokie, IL AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $103,828 - $125,803 COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Arlington Heights, IL AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $101,503 - $122,986 COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
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