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Department of Environment

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Environment, 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.

55

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$110,556

Median salaried pay

Across 55 salaried staff

$115,041

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$6,327,276

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Most common job titles in the Department of Environment

  1. Environmental Engineer III14
  2. Senior Environmental Inspector11
  3. Project Manager5
  4. Environmental Engineer I4
  5. Asst Commissioner2
  6. Senior Administrative Assistant2
  7. Environmental Investigator2
  8. Administrative Manager1
  9. Environmental Engineer II1
  10. Policy Analyst1

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 36 contract actions naming the Department of Environment, with award amounts totaling $67,938,567. Award amounts can be negative when a contract is revised downward or funds are de-obligated, so the total is a net figure rather than a spending total. Departments are named slightly differently in the contracts and payroll datasets, so this covers contracts filed under the exact name "DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT".

  1. F.H. Paschen S.N. Nielsen & Associates, Llc$7,000,000
    1233592: AIS EHS 2022 Remediation Job Order ContractApproved May 18, 2026
  2. Aecom Technical Services, Inc.$3,000,000
    ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, ENGINEERING & ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, CATEGORIES 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-Subcategories a, b, c, d, e, g, h, i, j & k, 11, 12 - TASK ORDER SE…Approved Jun 30, 2023
  3. Smithgroupjjr Inc$3,000,000
    ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, ENGINEERING & ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, CATEGORIES 2, 6 & 8 - TASK ORDER SERVICESApproved Nov 3, 2023
  4. Hey & Associates Inc$3,000,000
    ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, ENGINEERING & ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, CATEGORIES 2, 6, 8, 9 subcategories a, b, d, g, i, j, k, & 10- TASK ORDER SERVICESApproved Mar 2, 2023
  5. Cdm Smith Inc.$3,000,000
    ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, ENGINEERING & ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, CATEGORIES 1, 2, 3,5 ,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 - TASK ORDER SERVICESApproved Jun 20, 2023

Sources

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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Department of Environment FAQ

How many people work for the Department of Environment?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 55 employees in the Department of Environment. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
What does the Department of Environment pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Environment is $110,556 a year, and the average is $115,041. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Department of Environment employ?
The most common job titles in the Department of Environment are Environmental Engineer III, Senior Environmental Inspector, Project Manager, Environmental Engineer I, Asst Commissioner. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Department of Environment awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 36 contract actions naming the Department of Environment, totaling $67,938,567 in award amounts. That total is a net figure: revisions and de-obligations are recorded as negative award amounts, so it is not the same as total spending.