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Office of Inspector General

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Office of Inspector General, 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.

109

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$100,248

Median salaried pay

Across 109 salaried staff

$110,905

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$12,088,644

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Most common job titles in the Office of Inspector General

  1. Performance Analyst13
  2. Asst Inspector General9
  3. Investigator I - Ig7
  4. Investigative Analyst6
  5. Investigator II - Ig6
  6. Investigator III - Ig5
  7. Deputy Inspector General5
  8. Chief Performance Analyst5
  9. Forensic Data Analyst5
  10. Senior Performance Analyst5

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 4 contract actions naming the Office of Inspector General, with award amounts totaling $240,467. 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 "OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL".

  1. Column Technologies Inc$131,000
    CASE MANAGEMENT DATABASE SYSTEMApproved Dec 19, 2006
  2. Johnson Controls Security Solutions$99,724
    REFERENCE AGREEMENT THROUGH SOURCEWELL 030421-TIS: ACCESS, VIDEO & INTRUSION SECURITY SYSTEM FOR OIGApproved Apr 23, 2025
  3. Datacard Corp 01$6,743
    SECURITY EQUIPMENTApproved Mar 10, 1998
  4. Walsh Construction Company Of Ill$3,000
    WACKER DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTRACT-CApproved May 22, 2002

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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Office of Inspector General FAQ

How many people work for the Office of Inspector General?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 109 employees in the Office of Inspector General. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
What does the Office of Inspector General pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Office of Inspector General is $100,248 a year, and the average is $110,905. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Office of Inspector General employ?
The most common job titles in the Office of Inspector General are Performance Analyst, Asst Inspector General, Investigator I - Ig, Investigative Analyst, Investigator II - Ig. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Office of Inspector General awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 4 contract actions naming the Office of Inspector General, totaling $240,467 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.