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Office of Public Safety Administration

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Office of Public Safety Administration, 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.

295

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$97,644

Median salaried pay

Across 241 salaried staff

$107,346

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$25,870,360

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Hourly staff

54

Hourly employees

$63.15

Median hourly rate

$62.28

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 Office of Public Safety Administration

  1. Electrical Mechanic31
  2. Timekeeper - Cpd29
  3. Investigator20
  4. Lineman - Salaried14
  5. Administrative Services Officer I11
  6. Project Manager10
  7. Deputy Dir9
  8. Lineman9
  9. Administrative Assistant9
  10. Medical Services Coord - Cpd9

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 71 contract actions naming the Office of Public Safety Administration, with award amounts totaling $266,530,691. 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 PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION".

  1. Motorola Solutions Inc$65,000,000
    Radio Communications Equipment and Compatibility for Parts, Repairs, Software, Installation Services and AccessoriesApproved Jan 30, 2026
  2. Motorola Solutions Connectivity, Inc$47,900,000
    Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) IP Enabled Network Implementation, Maintenance Services and IP Based PSAPApproved Jan 5, 2024
  3. Page Security Inc$23,138,501
    Armed Security Guard Services (Groups A: OEMC, B: DCASE, C; Citywide Facilities) Target MarketApproved Mar 17, 2025
  4. Peraton, Inc.$21,427,344
    ALTARIS GOLD COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (CAD) SYSTEM MAINTENANCE (SEE PO 55127 ON THE DPSWeb FOR CONTRACT CONTENT)Approved Oct 18, 2021
  5. At&T Corp$14,000,000
    REPLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OEMC 911 PUBLIC EMERGENCY SYSTEMSApproved Sep 13, 2022

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 Public Safety Administration FAQ

How many people work for the Office of Public Safety Administration?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 295 employees in the Office of Public Safety Administration — 241 paid an annual salary and 54 paid an hourly rate. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
What does the Office of Public Safety Administration pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Office of Public Safety Administration is $97,644 a year, and the average is $107,346. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $63.15 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Office of Public Safety Administration employ?
The most common job titles in the Office of Public Safety Administration are Electrical Mechanic, Timekeeper - Cpd, Investigator, Lineman - Salaried, Administrative Services Officer I. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Office of Public Safety Administration awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 71 contract actions naming the Office of Public Safety Administration, totaling $266,530,691 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.