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Department of Law
Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Law, 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.
347
People on the payroll
Salaried and hourly combined
$116,604
Median salaried pay
Across 340 salaried staff
$122,852
Average salaried pay
Excludes hourly employees
$41,769,552
Total salaried payroll
Annual, before benefits
Hourly staff
7
Hourly employees
$17.05
Median hourly rate
$17.05
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 Law
- Asst Corporation Counsel I58
- Asst Corporation Counsel Supvsr57
- Asst Corporation Counsel III53
- Asst Corporation Counsel II38
- Paralegal II25
- Chief Asst Corporation Counsel18
- Deputy Corporation Counsel16
- Administrative Asst To Deputy Corporation Counsel14
- Supervising Paralegal8
- Administrative Assistant7
Contracts awarded
The city's contracts dataset records 277 contract actions naming the Department of Law, with award amounts totaling $119,544,931. 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 LAW".
- Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.$7,235,312THIRD PARTY LIABILITY CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES- CITY OF CHICAGOApproved Nov 9, 2020
- Corvel Enterprise Comp Inc$5,829,809THIRD PARTY CLAIMS ADMINISTRATORApproved May 7, 2012
- Crawford & Company$4,791,523LIABILITY CLAIMS MANAGEMENT AND COST RECOVERY (SUBROGATION) SERVICESApproved Jan 5, 2006
- Newark Knight Frank Management$4,664,244FACILITY SERVICE CENTER- CITY OF CHICAGO LAW DEPARTMENTApproved Jun 3, 2014
- Newark Knight Frank Management$4,606,2811217308: OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FACILITY SERVICES CENTER FOR THE LAW DEPARTMENTApproved Oct 15, 2024
Sources
- Employee Salariesupdated periodicallyofficial portal ↗
- City Contractsupdated dailyofficial portal ↗
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.
Related pages
Department of Law FAQ
- How many people work for the Department of Law?
- The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 347 employees in the Department of Law — 340 paid an annual salary and 7 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 Law pay?
- Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Law is $116,604 a year, and the average is $122,852. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $17.05 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
- What jobs does the Department of Law employ?
- The most common job titles in the Department of Law are Asst Corporation Counsel I, Asst Corporation Counsel Supvsr, Asst Corporation Counsel III, Asst Corporation Counsel II, Paralegal II. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
- How much has the Department of Law awarded in contracts?
- The city's contracts dataset records 277 contract actions naming the Department of Law, totaling $119,544,931 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.