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The calculator and the income table

Worth a look before we talk: what your credit cards cost on minimum payments, and where your household income sits against the Illinois median.

Credit card math

Credit card payoff calculator

Enter your balances and interest rates. It shows how long minimum payments take and what they cost in interest. Nothing you enter leaves your phone or computer.

Open the calculator

The gateway to Chapter 7

Illinois median income, by household size

Find your household size. Under the figure for your household, Chapter 7 is open to you on income.

Over the figure? What happens next →
Illinois median income, cases filed on or after April 1, 2026. Add $11,100 a year for each person over four.
HouseholdA yearA month
1 person$73,180$6,098.33
2 people$93,934$7,827.83
3 people$113,625$9,468.75
4 people$137,902$11,491.83
5 people$149,002$12,416.83
6 people$160,102$13,341.83
Source: U.S. Trustee Program

How it works

Bankruptcy basics

The automatic stay, the discharge, the bankruptcy estate, the debtor and the creditors, each on a short page.

Read the basics

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