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Department of Finance

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

562

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$81,636

Median salaried pay

Across 531 salaried staff

$90,399

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$48,001,620

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Hourly staff

31

Hourly employees

$46.71

Median hourly rate

$47.46

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 Department of Finance

  1. Parking Enforcement Aide111
  2. Accounting Technician33
  3. Traffic Enforcement Tech32
  4. Payment Services Representative27
  5. Accountant27
  6. Booter - Parking22
  7. Lead Accountant19
  8. Senior Administrative Assistant18
  9. Auditor II16
  10. Supvsr Of Accounting14

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 1,612 contract actions naming the Department of Finance, with award amounts totaling $18,812,051,614. 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 FINANCE".

  1. Blue Cross & Blue Shield$3,020,000,000
    Blue Cross Blue Shield; Medical Participating Provider Option (PPO)Approved Jun 22, 2023
  2. Blue Cross & Blue Shield$1,870,712,229
    Medical BenefitsApproved Jan 13, 2023
  3. Blue Cross & Blue Shield$587,912,371
    Medical Benefits-Health Maintenance Orgaization-for enrolled employees, actives, and dependentsApproved Apr 8, 2015
  4. Blue Cross & Blue Shield$500,000,000
    Medical BenefitsApproved Oct 27, 2014
  5. Blue Cross & Blue Shield$500,000,000
    Medical BenefitsApproved Jan 11, 2016

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 Finance FAQ

How many people work for the Department of Finance?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 562 employees in the Department of Finance — 531 paid an annual salary and 31 paid an hourly rate. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
What does the Department of Finance pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Finance is $81,636 a year, and the average is $90,399. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $46.71 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Department of Finance employ?
The most common job titles in the Department of Finance are Parking Enforcement Aide, Accounting Technician, Traffic Enforcement Tech, Payment Services Representative, Accountant. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Department of Finance awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 1,612 contract actions naming the Department of Finance, totaling $18,812,051,614 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.