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Department of Technology and Innovation
Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Technology and Innovation, 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.
98
People on the payroll
Salaried and hourly combined
$132,672
Median salaried pay
Across 98 salaried staff
$134,914
Average salaried pay
Excludes hourly employees
$13,221,612
Total salaried payroll
Annual, before benefits
Most common job titles in the Department of Technology and Innovation
- Senior Security Engineer7
- Senior Project Manager-Dti6
- Business Relationship Manager6
- Principal Engineer5
- Principal Database Administrator4
- Senior Security Analyst3
- Application/Systems Analyst3
- Information Security Lead3
- Service Owner3
- Security Engineer2
Contracts awarded
The city's contracts dataset records 136 contract actions naming the Department of Technology and Innovation, with award amounts totaling $868,469,050. 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 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION".
- Cdw Government, Llc.$82,250,000PROVISION OF SOFTWARE, APPLE PRODUCTS, PANASONIC RUGGEDIZED NOTEBOOKS, NETWORK EQUIPMENT, SERVERS, STORAGE SOLUTIONS , AND RELATED MAINTENANCE AND INSTALLATION …Approved Jun 7, 2024
- Sdi Presence Llc$68,874,321INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR CITY OFCHICAGOApproved Jun 17, 2024
- Cdw Government, Llc.$65,000,000PROVISION OF SOFTWARE, APPLE PRODUCTS, PANASONIC RUGGEDIZED NOTEBOOKS, NETWORK EQUIPMENT, SERVERS, STORAGE SOLUTIONS , AND RELATED MAINTENANCE AND INSTALLATION …Approved Mar 31, 2026
- Slg Innovation Inc$55,000,000NON-TARGET MARKET MASTER CONSULTING AGREEMENT (RFQ) FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING AND RELATED SERVICES FOR VARIOUS SCOPE CATEGORIESApproved Nov 8, 2024
- Sdi Presence Llc$55,000,000INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR CITY OF CHICAGOApproved Jan 13, 2026
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
Department of Technology and Innovation FAQ
- How many people work for the Department of Technology and Innovation?
- The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 98 employees in the Department of Technology and Innovation. The city republishes the extract periodically, so the figure moves as people are hired and leave.
- What does the Department of Technology and Innovation pay?
- Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Technology and Innovation is $132,672 a year, and the average is $134,914. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
- What jobs does the Department of Technology and Innovation employ?
- The most common job titles in the Department of Technology and Innovation are Senior Security Engineer, Senior Project Manager-Dti, Business Relationship Manager, Principal Engineer, Principal Database Administrator. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
- How much has the Department of Technology and Innovation awarded in contracts?
- The city's contracts dataset records 136 contract actions naming the Department of Technology and Innovation, totaling $868,469,050 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.