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Real Estate Development Director Salary
in Chicago, Illinois

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$165,059 (USD)

Average Salary

$79/hr

Average Hourly

$9,953

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Real Estate Development Director is $165,059 a year and $79 an hour in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Real Estate Development Director is between $113,561 and $201,537. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Chicago, Illinois.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$185,405
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Cost of Living Score:

Description: Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly...
Description:
  • Plans the construction of new developments.
  • Oversees the daily operations of a development project and supervises the activities of real estate development managers.
  • Visits and evaluates geographic sites to be developed for new use as residential or commercial development.
  • Identifies land or existing buildings available for purchase and determines the feasibility of development.
  • Heads the governmental approval process to obtain project permits and entitle properties.
  • Transitions development projects from acquisition to construction and delivery phase.
  • Sells or leases developed real estate properties.
  • Performs market and financial analyses, creates Pro-forma models, establishes a budget for construction, and secures public and private financial sources for the project.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Real Estate Development Director is $165,059 a year and $79 an hour in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Real Estate Development Director is between $113,561 and $201,537. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Chicago, Illinois.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Real Estate Development Director Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

Job family population: 261,120

Estimated population of Real Estate Development Director jobs: 13,187

Rate of error: 1.3%

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Chicago Cost of Living Score:

Description: Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly...
Description:
  • Plans the construction of new developments.
  • Oversees the daily operations of a development project and supervises the activities of real estate development managers.
  • Visits and evaluates geographic sites to be developed for new use as residential or commercial development.
  • Identifies land or existing buildings available for purchase and determines the feasibility of development.
  • Heads the governmental approval process to obtain project permits and entitle properties.
  • Transitions development projects from acquisition to construction and delivery phase.
  • Sells or leases developed real estate properties.
  • Performs market and financial analyses, creates Pro-forma models, establishes a budget for construction, and secures public and private financial sources for the project.
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