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Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, 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.

174

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$98,928

Median salaried pay

Across 173 salaried staff

$107,811

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$18,651,288

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Hourly staff

1

Hourly employees

$21.00

Median hourly rate

$21.00

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 Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

  1. Business Compliance Investigator33
  2. Senior Administrative Assistant17
  3. Supvr Of Business Compliance Investigations9
  4. Asst Commissioner9
  5. Business Consultant8
  6. Associate Staff Attorney6
  7. Senior Business Consultant6
  8. Project Coord6
  9. Deputy Commissioner5
  10. Labor Standards Investigator5

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 614 contract actions naming the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, with award amounts totaling $57,226,184. 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 BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION".

  1. Allies For Community Business Inc$20,499,613
    CHI BIZ STRONG GRANTApproved Dec 21, 2021
  2. Curb Mobility Llc$3,186,000
    CENTRALIZED WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TAXICAB DISPATCH SERVICEApproved Apr 16, 2025
  3. Northwest Side Cdc$1,250,000
    BACP-CORP-NBDCApproved Jun 9, 2026
  4. Together Chicago Inc$1,250,000
    BACP-CORP-NBDC:Approved Jun 9, 2026
  5. Together Chicago Inc$1,250,000
    BACP-CORP-NBDC:Approved Jun 4, 2026

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 Business Affairs and Consumer Protection FAQ

How many people work for the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 174 employees in the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection — 173 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 Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is $98,928 a year, and the average is $107,811. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $21.00 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection employ?
The most common job titles in the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection are Business Compliance Investigator, Senior Administrative Assistant, Supvr Of Business Compliance Investigations, Asst Commissioner, Business Consultant. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 614 contract actions naming the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, totaling $57,226,184 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.