Chicago 2025 Budget Ordinance Positions and Salary Allocations

Chicago's 2025 operating budget details planned personnel costs across city departments. The dataset lists budgeted positions, pay rates, and units without employee names, as approved by the City Council for the fiscal year starting January 1, 2025. It originates from the personnel portion of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance published by data.cityofchicago.org.

Use Cases

• Analyze salary distribution by DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION and BARGAINING UNIT to compare compensation across city divisions.
• Model TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT based on BUDGETED PAY RATE and TOTAL BUDGETED UNIT counts for budget forecasting.
• Identify high-cost positions by filtering TITLE DESCRIPTION with the highest BUDGETED PAY RATE.
• Track personnel allocation by FUND TYPE (e.g., General Fund vs. Grant Funds) to understand funding sources for positions.
• Interpret workforce composition using POSITION CONTROL flag to distinguish between headcount and hours/months in TOTAL BUDGETED UNIT.

Strengths

• Provides granular breakdown of budgeted positions by 22 columns including department, division, fund, and salary.
• Data is tied to the official city budget ordinance, ensuring authoritative alignment with planned fiscal policy.

Limitations

• Does not reflect actual filled positions or employee names, only budgeted allocations.
• Interpretation of TOTAL BUDGETED UNIT requires careful handling of the POSITION CONTROL flag to avoid misreading headcount vs. hours.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

Extracted from the personnel portion of the City of Chicago's Annual Appropriation Ordinance.

Time Range

Planned allocations for the 2025 fiscal year.

Freshness

Data reflects the budget ordinance as of January 1, 2025, with a metadata update on 2024-12-20.

Geography

City of Chicago municipal government.