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Office of the Mayor

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Office of the Mayor, 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.

104

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$109,788

Median salaried pay

Across 104 salaried staff

$125,193

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$13,020,120

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Most common job titles in the Office of the Mayor

  1. Director - Mayor'S Office24
  2. Project Mgr - Mayor'S Office10
  3. Administrative Asst8
  4. Sr Project Mgr - Mayor'S Office8
  5. Asst Deputy Mayor6
  6. Deputy Mayor6
  7. Asst Deputy Chief Of Staff5
  8. Asst Press Secretary5
  9. Analyst - Mayor'S Office5
  10. Sr Analyst - Mayor'S Office3

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 177 contract actions naming the Office of the Mayor, with award amounts totaling $11,838,866. 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 THE MAYOR".

  1. National Opinion Research Center Of Chicago Il|Cleaned-Up$551,095
    Professional Service Agreement between the City of Chicago and National Opinion Research CenterApproved Nov 19, 2025
  2. Aon Consulting, Inc$425,970
    PROMOTIONAL EXAMS-FIRE CAPTAIN & BATTALION CHIEF OF THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENTApproved Jan 26, 2000
  3. Luking & Associates$384,000
    LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTApproved Mar 24, 2000
  4. National Opinion Research Center Univ Of Chicago/Contracts & Grant$343,000
    NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTERApproved Sep 18, 2023
  5. William Filan Limited W Filan$336,000
    LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTApproved Jun 14, 1999

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 the Mayor FAQ

How many people work for the Office of the Mayor?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 104 employees in the Office of the Mayor. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
What does the Office of the Mayor pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Office of the Mayor is $109,788 a year, and the average is $125,193. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Office of the Mayor employ?
The most common job titles in the Office of the Mayor are Director - Mayor'S Office, Project Mgr - Mayor'S Office, Administrative Asst, Sr Project Mgr - Mayor'S Office, Asst Deputy Mayor. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Office of the Mayor awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 177 contract actions naming the Office of the Mayor, totaling $11,838,866 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.