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Department of Procurement Services

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Procurement Services, 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.

86

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$105,516

Median salaried pay

Across 83 salaried staff

$118,120

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$9,803,952

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Hourly staff

3

Hourly employees

$53.00

Median hourly rate

$41.38

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 Procurement Services

  1. Sr Procurement Specialist24
  2. Certification - Compliance Officer11
  3. Deputy Procurement Officer7
  4. Procurement Specialist6
  5. Sr Certification / Compliance Officer6
  6. Asst Procurement Officer5
  7. Senior Administrative Assistant3
  8. Procurement Specification Writer2
  9. Attorney - Excluded2
  10. Administrative Assistant2

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 540 contract actions naming the Department of Procurement Services, with award amounts totaling $234,960,776. 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 PROCUREMENT SERVICES".

  1. Milhouse Engineering & Construction Inc.$25,000,000
    PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CITY-WIDE CDOT ROADWAY AND BRIDGE PROJECTS - TASK ORDER SERVICES - MASTER CONSULTING AGREEMENTSApproved Aug 10, 2023
  2. Xerox Corporation 01$23,209,566
    (PAYABLES ONLY) MULTIFUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT (COPIER EQUIPMENT), HIGH-SPEED PRINTERS AND SERVICESApproved Jul 12, 2012
  3. Ringold Financial Managemen Se$12,000,000
    TARGET MARKET FINANCIAL SERVICES MASTER CONSULTING AGREEMENT - CATEGORY 1: MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, CATEGORY 2: AUDIT & ATTESTATION AND CATEGORY 4: ACCOUNTING SER…Approved May 8, 2014
  4. Staples Contract & Commercial Inc$10,974,388
    OFFICE PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIES-REPLACES PO #10885Approved Dec 20, 2011
  5. Staples Contract & Commercial Inc$9,001,388
    OFFICE PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIES-REPLACES PO #10885Approved Nov 13, 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 Procurement Services FAQ

How many people work for the Department of Procurement Services?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 86 employees in the Department of Procurement Services — 83 paid an annual salary and 3 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 Procurement Services pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Procurement Services is $105,516 a year, and the average is $118,120. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $53.00 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Department of Procurement Services employ?
The most common job titles in the Department of Procurement Services are Sr Procurement Specialist, Certification - Compliance Officer, Deputy Procurement Officer, Procurement Specialist, Sr Certification / Compliance Officer. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Department of Procurement Services awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 540 contract actions naming the Department of Procurement Services, totaling $234,960,776 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.