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Department of Planning and Development
Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Planning and Development, 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.
163
People on the payroll
Salaried and hourly combined
$104,676
Median salaried pay
Across 162 salaried staff
$112,905
Average salaried pay
Excludes hourly employees
$18,290,580
Total salaried payroll
Annual, before benefits
Hourly staff
1
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 Planning and Development
- City Planner V24
- Financial Planning Analyst - Excld15
- Project Coord12
- Asst Commissioner11
- Coord Of Econ Dev I - Plng & Dev9
- Senior Zoning Plan Examiner8
- Supervising Planner7
- Deputy Commissioner6
- Coordinating Planner5
- Zoning Investigator3
Contracts awarded
The city's contracts dataset records 4,796 contract actions naming the Department of Planning and Development, with award amounts totaling $6,862,009,604. 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 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT".
- Roscoe Village Chamber$3,780,796,1200899-ADVANCEApproved Feb 3, 2009
- Chicago Transity Authority.$959,000,000Agreement between the City of Chicago and the Chicago Transit Authority - Red Line ExpansionApproved Sep 22, 2025
- Chicago Transity Authority.$622,000,000CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY - RED & PURPLE LINEApproved Nov 8, 2019
- Board Of Education 02$114,641,656IGA: Construction of Jones Prep High SchoolApproved Dec 12, 2012
- Employment & Employer Services, Inc.$100,000,000Agreement between the City of Chicago and Employment & Employer Services, IncApproved May 8, 2025
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 Planning and Development FAQ
- How many people work for the Department of Planning and Development?
- The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 163 employees in the Department of Planning and Development — 162 paid an annual salary and 1 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 Planning and Development pay?
- Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Planning and Development is $104,676 a year, and the average is $112,905. 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 Planning and Development employ?
- The most common job titles in the Department of Planning and Development are City Planner V, Financial Planning Analyst - Excld, Project Coord, Asst Commissioner, Coord Of Econ Dev I - Plng & Dev. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
- How much has the Department of Planning and Development awarded in contracts?
- The city's contracts dataset records 4,796 contract actions naming the Department of Planning and Development, totaling $6,862,009,604 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.