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Department of Water Management
Headcount, pay, and awarded contracts for the Department of Water Management, 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.
2,049
People on the payroll
Salaried and hourly combined
$117,636
Median salaried pay
Across 412 salaried staff
$114,152
Average salaried pay
Excludes hourly employees
$47,030,654
Total salaried payroll
Annual, before benefits
Hourly staff
1,637
Hourly employees
$53.50
Median hourly rate
$56.34
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 Water Management
Contracts awarded
The city's contracts dataset records 7,460 contract actions naming the Department of Water Management, with award amounts totaling $14,034,864,066. 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 WATER MANAGEMENT".
- Carus Corp.$388,013,3601223854: LIQUID BLENDED PHOSPHATE & PHOSPHORIC ACID - GROUP BApproved Dec 6, 2024
- Aecom-Dbs$164,288,975PMO FOR DWM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMApproved Jan 12, 2023
- Ogden Const & Reliable Asphalt$158,028,732DISPOSAL AND REPROCESSABLE MATERIAL SITES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS AND PURCHASE OF AGGREGATE (GROUPS A, B C, D AND E)Approved Jun 23, 2009
- Titan Nu Veterans Joint Venture$145,293,191TRADESMEN SERVICES- CITY OF CHICAGOApproved Aug 10, 2020
- Vulcan Construction Materials$141,295,529Vulcan Construction Materials (Tertiary-Group ABC)Approved Nov 1, 2018
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.
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Department of Water Management FAQ
- How many people work for the Department of Water Management?
- The City of Chicago's payroll extract lists 2,049 employees in the Department of Water Management — 412 paid an annual salary and 1,637 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 Water Management pay?
- Median pay for salaried employees in the Department of Water Management is $117,636 a year, and the average is $114,152. Hourly employees are reported separately, at a median rate of $53.50 an hour. These are base pay figures — they do not include overtime, benefits, or pension costs.
- What jobs does the Department of Water Management employ?
- The most common job titles in the Department of Water Management are Construction Laborer, Motor Truck Driver, Hoisting Engineer, Plumber, Operating Engineer-Group C. The full list of titles in the department, with headcount for each, is ranked on this page.
- How much has the Department of Water Management awarded in contracts?
- The city's contracts dataset records 7,460 contract actions naming the Department of Water Management, totaling $14,034,864,066 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.