Senior BI Engineer Salary in Chicago, Illinois

How much does a Senior BI Engineer make in Chicago, IL?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Senior BI Engineer in Chicago, IL is $172,370. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $153,161 to $193,745, with most professionals earning between $135,673 and $213,207.

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Understand and apply the advanced principles of entity-relationship model design, good data typing practices, index management, data management, and data security.

April 30, 2023

Designing, developing, troubleshooting, evaluating, deploying, and documenting data management and business intelligence systems, enabling stakeholders to manage the business and make effective decisions.

August 06, 2022

Building secure, available, scalable, stable, and cost-effective data solutions using data storage technologies, distributed file system, data processing, and business intelligence best practices.

November 15, 2022

Supports systems integration testing (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT) by providing insight to testing teams in order to ensure the appropriate depth of test coverage.

December 31, 2022

Follow established best practices by the team to ensure quality and timely delivery.

April 13, 2023

Participates and coaches others in all software development life cycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.

April 26, 2023

Report on data health and data quality metrics as they are processed by custom ETL and full-stack frameworks to ensure data sets are accurate and trusted.

May 04, 2023

Develops, configures, or modifies complex integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by designing and coding component-based applications using various programming languages.

May 17, 2023

Provide support as required, to ensure the availability and optimized performance of developed applications and visualizations for corporate and field users.

May 20, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Senior BI Engineer in Chicago, IL

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

153161

193745

172370

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

162767

214449

186035

What is the average salary for Senior BI Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Senior BI Engineer in Chicago, IL. The base salary for Senior BI Engineer ranges from $153,161 to $193,745 with the average base salary of $172,370. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $162,767 to $214,449 with the average total cash compensation of $186,035.

View Average Salary for Senior BI Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$172,370	$153,161 - $193,745
Bonus	$13,665	$9,606 - $20,704
Total Pay	$186,035	$162,767 - $214,449

* 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.

Senior BI Engineer Salary Near Chicago, IL

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Cicero, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $154,023 - $194,835	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Park, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $154,023 - $194,835	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Lawn, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $153,848 - $194,613	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Evanston, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $153,964 - $194,761	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Skokie, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $153,964 - $194,761	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Arlington Heights, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $150,517 - $190,400	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL

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About Chicago, Illinois

Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen), locally also /-ˈkɔː-/), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois, as well as the third most populous city in the United States. With an estimated population of 2,716,450 (2017), it is the most populous city in the Midwest. Chicago is the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, and the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States. The metropolitan area, at nearly 10 million people, is the third-largest in the United States, and the fourth largest in North A...

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