IT Executive Salary in Chicago, Illinois

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As of January 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an IT Executive in Chicago, IL is $368,570. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $315,394 to $432,579, with most professionals earning between $266,981 and $490,856.

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Provide advice, counsel and support on allocation methodologies for all functions to ensure cost center spending is appropriately charged to legal entities, brands, regions, channels, segments and affiliates in accordance with corporate guidelines for profitability analysis and statutory reporting.

October 18, 2022

Manage the cultivation, execution and delivery of high-end sales and services to an assigned base of large accounts (both existing and new clients), insuring that all accounts have adequate information, appropriate coverage, and ultimately be responsible for customer satisfaction.

December 21, 2022

Builds strong collaborative relationships with Consultants, Account Executives, Domain Sales Executives and others to maximize customer utilization of NTT DATA products and services, establishes and meets growth plans and targets.

January 16, 2023

Drive conversations at the C Suite to demonstrate NTT Data capabilities across their Commercial Operations, Research & Development, and Supply Chain Integration & Analytics, and Value-Based Contracting functions that impact to their business.

January 24, 2023

Understand existing business processes from a technical perspective as well as investigate and troubleshoot operational issues in a time critical environment.

January 29, 2023

Develop ongoing IT infrastructure and application strategy in alignment with business goals and objectives, including evaluation of legacy platforms to determine future application roadmap.

February 01, 2023

Lead Generation- acquire new customer database from cold calling into high levels within prospect organizations, networking and various customer account lists.

March 15, 2023

Creates business cases and high-level financial models including ROI and TCO analysis to help in positioning and selling of technology-based solutions to solve business problems.

March 24, 2023

Collaborate with the broader Mechdyne team to develop practical and cost-effective solutions that meet the client's objectives.

March 27, 2023

Demonstrated experience with the implementation of new/streamlined processes, improvements to workflow, ability to process information including gathering, evaluating, organizing and verifying data and managing projects to successful completion.

May 02, 2023

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Average Salary Range for IT Executive in Chicago, IL

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

315394

432579

368570

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

394690

626017

496361

What is the average salary for IT Executive in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of IT Executive in Chicago, IL. The base salary for IT Executive ranges from $315,394 to $432,579 with the average base salary of $368,570. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $394,690 to $626,017 with the average total cash compensation of $496,361.

View Average Salary for IT Executive as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$368,570	$315,394 - $432,579
Bonus	$127,792	$79,296 - $193,438
Total Pay	$496,361	$394,690 - $626,017

* 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.

IT Executive Salary Near Chicago, IL

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Cicero, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $317,168 - $435,012	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Park, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $317,168 - $435,012	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Lawn, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $316,808 - $434,517	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Evanston, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $317,048 - $434,847	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Skokie, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $317,048 - $434,847	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Arlington Heights, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $309,949 - $425,111	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL

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