Wireless Network Engineer Salary in Chicago, IL

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How much does a Wireless Network Engineer make in Chicago, IL? The average Wireless Network Engineer salary in Chicago, IL is $81,315 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $73,531 and $92,659. 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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Wireless Network Engineer

Brooksource - Greenwood Village , CO

Specialized Wireless Engineer 4 (W2 Long-term Contract) Location: Englewood, Colorado Pay Rate: $70 ... Proficiency with network analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark, spectrum analyzers, ). * Strong problem ...

LinkedIn - 12 days ago

Wireless Network Engineer

Access Data Consulting Corporation - Englewood , CO

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES- Participates in wireless network planning, wireless network architecture design and engineering. Integrates and schematically depicts communication architectures ...

LinkedIn - 6 days ago

Wireless Network Engineer

Optomi - Denver , CO

Wireless Engineer III | Hybrid Optomi, in partnership with one of our premiere clients, is seeking ... In this role you will be Responsible for testing (multi-family) managed network deployments, which ...

LinkedIn - 37 days ago

SCADA/Wireless Network/Security Administrator

Padre Dam Municipal Water District - Santee , CA

... wireless network systems, and all related control, communications, and security sub systems and ... Provides engineering support and plan and specification review. Designs new RTU's for engineering ...

ZipRecruiter - 22 days ago

Senior Wireless Engineer

Hays - Denver , CO

Wireless Network Engineer III - Contract - Denver, Colorado - $55-65/hr The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a ...

LinkedIn - 12 days ago

WIFI Test Engineer (Wireless Engineer III)

Dexian - Centennial , CO

Participates in wireless network planning, wireless network architecture design and engineering. * Integrates and schematically depicts communication architectures, topologies, hardware, software ...

LinkedIn - 5 days ago

What does a Wireless Network Engineer do?

Common responsibilities of a Wireless Network Engineer

Lead wired and wireless networking and network security projects, developing detailed project plans and working directly with clients and other engineers to execute.

March 08, 2023

Understand wireless communications and concepts, and interface with several different groups / agency personnel as well as their own team to reach consensus.

September 26, 2022

Manages assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with scope, schedule, and budget.

December 11, 2022

Design documents will contain diagrams, purpose statements, stakeholder requirements, test plans, required personnel and hardware resources, cost estimates and schedules.

January 26, 2023

Participate at hire and annually in the Information Security Awareness training as well as other required training identified by the Human Resources department.

February 28, 2023

Provides project coordination duties for assigned projects to include providing detailed implementation/migration planning to client, knowing and meeting client timetable, coordinating vendor installations, etc.

March 16, 2023

Monitoring of support ticket queues and implementation of Business as Usual (BaU) customer requests.

April 13, 2023

Demonstrated ability to manage timelines, dependencies, deliverables, milestones and resource allocation and management in projects.

April 19, 2023

Develop and generate conceptual, logical, and physical network architecture and resulting artifacts, including documents and drawings, configuration policies and guidelines, testing analyses, test plans, and risk assessments to ensure a sound network operations.

April 19, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Wireless Network Engineer in Chicago, IL

Average Base Salary

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73531

92659

81315

Average Total Cash Compensation

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74724

95667

83813

What is the average salary for Wireless Network Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Wireless Network Engineer in Chicago, IL. The base salary for Wireless Network Engineer ranges from $73,531 to $92,659 with the average base salary of $81,315. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $74,724 to $95,667 with the average total cash compensation of $83,813.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$81,315	$73,531 - $92,659
Bonus	$2,498	$1,193 - $3,008
Total Pay	$83,813	$74,724 - $95,667

* 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.

Wireless Network Engineer Salary Near Chicago, IL

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Cicero, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $73,944 - $93,180	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Park, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $73,944 - $93,180	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Lawn, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $73,860 - $93,074	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Evanston, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $73,916 - $93,145	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Skokie, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $73,916 - $93,145	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Arlington Heights, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $72,261 - $91,059	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL

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