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Chicago Department of Public Health
Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Chicago Department of Public Health, 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.
593
People on the payroll
Salaried and hourly combined
$102,588
Median salaried pay
Across 592 salaried staff
$107,367
Average salaried pay
Excludes hourly employees
$63,561,492
Total salaried payroll
Annual, before benefits
Hourly staff
1
Hourly employees
$17.50
Median hourly rate
$17.50
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 Chicago Department of Public Health
Contracts awarded
The city's contracts dataset records 14,287 contract actions naming the Chicago Department of Public Health, with award amounts totaling $6,310,641,827. 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 "CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH".
- Michael Reese Research & Education Foundation$6,120,000,000CDPH-RW-PA: PCHH-HRSA PO 116676 MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATIONApproved Jul 29, 2025
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children'S Hospital Of Chicago$1,706,415,000Ryan White 2011 AOMC/MHApproved Feb 8, 2011
- J.O.M. Pharmaceuticals Srvc$999,500,000VARIOUS BIRTH CONTROL SUPPLIESApproved Aug 14, 2006
- Human Resources Development Institute, Inc.$109,029,000CDPH-HIV-HSING: 2015 HOPWA HOUS/TBRA/FACILITY/ADMN/UNSPENTApproved Feb 2, 2018
- Center On Halsted$70,000,000CDPH-RW-PA: ESS -HRSA PO 116612 Center on HalstedApproved Apr 17, 2024
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
Chicago Department of Public Health FAQ
- How many people work for the Chicago Department of Public Health?
- The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 593 employees in the Chicago Department of Public Health — 592 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 Chicago Department of Public Health pay?
- Median pay for salaried employees in the Chicago Department of Public Health is $102,588 a year, and the average is $107,367. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $17.50 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
- What jobs does the Chicago Department of Public Health employ?
- The most common job titles in the Chicago Department of Public Health are Public Health Nurse II, Sanitarian II, Public Health Administrator II, Clinical Therapist III, Communicable Disease Control Investigator II. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
- How much has the Chicago Department of Public Health awarded in contracts?
- The city's contracts dataset records 14,287 contract actions naming the Chicago Department of Public Health, totaling $6,310,641,827 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.