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Department of Streets and Sanitation

Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Streets and Sanitation, 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.

2,012

People on the payroll

Salaried and hourly combined

$113,592

Median salaried pay

Across 312 salaried staff

$110,574

Average salaried pay

Excludes hourly employees

$34,499,220

Total salaried payroll

Annual, before benefits

Hourly staff

1,700

Hourly employees

$49.39

Median hourly rate

$46.07

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 Streets and Sanitation

  1. Sanitation Laborer673
  2. Motor Truck Driver337
  3. Pool Motor Truck Driver303
  4. General Laborer - Dss161
  5. Tree Trimmer97
  6. Refuse Collection Coord45
  7. Ward Superintendent45
  8. Sanitation Clerk36
  9. Property Custodian - Auto Pound32
  10. Hoisting Engineer32

Contracts awarded

The city's contracts dataset records 2,517 contract actions naming the Department of Streets and Sanitation, with award amounts totaling $3,743,729,911. 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 STREETS AND SANITATION".

  1. Christofano Equipment Co., Inc.$233,046,000
    EMERGENCY RENTAL OF HEAVY DUTY SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT WITH OPERATORSApproved Dec 28, 2007
  2. Allied Waste$115,048,656
    1182151: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES (CITY OWNED TRANSFER STATIONS) - Groups A, B, and CApproved Nov 10, 2022
  3. Allied Waste Transportation Inc$112,039,200
    MRRF City-OwnedApproved Feb 14, 2003
  4. Allied Waste Transportation Inc$95,882,059
    1182151: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES (CITY OWNED TRANSFER STATIONS) - Groups A, B, and C (Transfer from PO207627)Approved Oct 30, 2023
  5. Lakeshore Recycling Systems$95,204,116
    1212070A: RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICE (BLUE CART)Approved Jul 15, 2024

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 Streets and Sanitation FAQ

How many people work for the Department of Streets and Sanitation?
The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 2,012 employees in the Department of Streets and Sanitation — 312 paid an annual salary and 1,700 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 Streets and Sanitation pay?
Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Streets and Sanitation is $113,592 a year, and the average is $110,574. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $49.39 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
What jobs does the Department of Streets and Sanitation employ?
The most common job titles in the Department of Streets and Sanitation are Sanitation Laborer, Motor Truck Driver, Pool Motor Truck Driver, General Laborer - Dss, Tree Trimmer. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
How much has the Department of Streets and Sanitation awarded in contracts?
The city's contracts dataset records 2,517 contract actions naming the Department of Streets and Sanitation, totaling $3,743,729,911 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.