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City Council

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the City Council, computed live from the City of Chicago's open data. Salaried and hourly employees are reported separately, because the city records only one of the two pay fields for each person.

409

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$84,864

Median salaried pay

Across 312 salaried staff

$92,804

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$28,954,758

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Hourly staff

97

Hourly employees

$20.00

Median hourly rate

$23.99

Average hourly rate

Hourly rates are not annualized here. Actual annual earnings depend on hours worked and overtime, neither of which the payroll extract publishes.

Most common job titles in the City Council

  1. Staff Asst To The Alderman133
  2. Aldermanic Aide95
  3. Legislative Aide69
  4. Asst To The Alderman47
  5. Asst Sergeant At Arms4
  6. Asst Cncl Comm Sec3
  7. Legislative Budget Analyst3
  8. Student Intern - Aldermanic2
  9. Alderman - 17th Ward1
  10. Alderman - 30th Ward1

Source

Pay figures are base pay only — no overtime, benefits, or pension costs. Medians are the middle record of the ordered list, computed over employees with that pay field filled in.

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City Council FAQ

How many people work for the City Council?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 409 employees in the City Council — 312 paid an annual salary and 97 paid an hourly rate. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
What does the City Council pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the City Council is $84,864 a year, and the average is $92,804. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $20.00 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the City Council employ?
The most common job titles in the City Council are Staff Asst To The Alderman, Aldermanic Aide, Legislative Aide, Asst To The Alderman, Asst Sergeant At Arms. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.