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Department of Housing

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

102

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$97,488

Median salaried pay

Across 102 salaried staff

$105,984

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$10,810,392

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Most common job titles in the Department of Housing

  1. Senior Program Auditor20
  2. Financial Planning Analyst - Excld11
  3. Project Coord9
  4. Project Manager8
  5. Rehabilitation Construction Specialist8
  6. Asst Commissioner7
  7. Deputy Commissioner4
  8. Equity Officer4
  9. Program Manager3
  10. Housing Development Coord3

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 5,249 contract actions naming the Department of Housing, with award amounts totaling $1,599,662,086. 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 HOUSING".

  1. Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund$138,460,000
    Low Income Housing Transfer of AssetsApproved Nov 6, 2009
  2. Mercy Portfolio Services$55,238,017
    Neighborhood Stabilization ProgramApproved Aug 13, 2009
  3. Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund$51,845,449
    Low Income Housing Transfer of AssetsApproved Feb 15, 2008
  4. Mercy Portfolio Services$51,264,215
    Neighborhood Stabilization ProgramApproved Oct 15, 2009
  5. Mercy Portfolio Services$51,264,215
    Neighborhood Stabilization ProgramApproved Oct 9, 2009

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 Housing FAQ

How many people work for the Department of Housing?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 102 employees in the Department of Housing. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
What does the Department of Housing pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Housing is $97,488 a year, and the average is $105,984. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Department of Housing employ?
The most common job titles in the Department of Housing are Senior Program Auditor, Financial Planning Analyst - Excld, Project Coord, Project Manager, Rehabilitation Construction Specialist. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Department of Housing awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 5,249 contract actions naming the Department of Housing, totaling $1,599,662,086 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.