University of Chicago Salaries

Avg. Hours Worked (3%)

The average hours worked chart shows the distribution of average hours worked per week generated based on the Compensation data at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the adjusted average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each workload given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more data points, the confidence of a "true measure" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

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Relative Compensation (23%)

The Relative Compensation is a score from 1 star (very bad) to 5 stars (excellent) generated based on the Company Reviews of current and former employees at this company based on relative pay.

The number you see in the middle of the donut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

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Average University of Chicago Salary

Total Median Pay

$30,000

Median Base Pay

$30,000

Median Bonus Pay

$0

How much does University of Chicago pay?

Base range: $24,000 - $36,000

For this salary and bonus range, Low is the 10th Percentile and High is the 90th Percentile. These ranges are from employer specific salaries submitted by WSO members.

Bonus range: $0 - $0

University of Chicago pays an average salary of $30,000 per year. This base compensation is the equivalent of $15 per hour assuming a 40 hour work week (2,000 hours per year). The actual average hours worked per week at University of Chicago based on our data is actually 30 hours, which would bring down the true effective hourly rate to $21 on average. If you include the average bonus of $0, then the total average pay at University of Chicago would be $30,000 per year or $21 per hour at the 30 hour work week.

There's a wide range between what the company pays the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent of earners. This is largely dependent on seniority and location. University of Chicago pays the highest-paid employees over $36,000 a year, while the lowest-paid employees are paid less than $28,000. University of Chicago employees in different groups or divisions tend to have different salaries as well.For example, employees in the Research sector earn an average yearly salary of $30,800.While employees in the Research sector earn an average yearly salary of $30,800.

Filter University of Chicago Compensation by Position, Location and/or Division

Year	Position	Location	Group/Division
2023	Research Assistant	Chicago	Research
2020	Research Assistant	Chicago	Healthcare
2017	Intramural ref	Chicago	Generalist
2020	Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant	Chicago	Research
2018	Research assistant	Evanston	Research

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Total Pay Range

The blue bars below represent the minimum and maximum base salary for each position.

If salary is over $300k, we still show the max # but cap the length of the blue bar not to throw off the scale for the other positions.

The dark blue line within each bar represents the average salary for that position. The green line within each bar represents the median salary for that position. You can get the exact average and median by hovering over any bar

For interns and other positions that are paid hourly, weekly or monthly, we have annualized their base salary for easy comparison based on a 40 hour work week and 50 weeks worked per year.

Other

1 Salaries

$36,000

36k

Analyst

1 Salaries

$30,800

30k

Assistant

1 Salaries

$28,000

28k

Intern

2 Salaries

$27,000

24k

30k

Highest Paying Jobs at University of Chicago

Year	Position	Location	Group/Division
2020	Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant	Chicago	Research
2018	Research assistant	Evanston	Research
2023	Research Assistant	Chicago	Research