Chicago 2025 Budget Recommendations for Positions and Salaries

Chicago's 2025 budget recommendations detail proposed positions and salaries for city government. The dataset, published by the City of Chicago's data portal, contains line-item proposals from the Mayor to the City Council. It was last updated in October 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyze salary distribution across departments using DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION and BUDGETED PAY RATE.
• Compare budgeted staffing levels by bargaining unit using BARGAINING UNIT and TOTAL BUDGETED UNIT.
• Track budget allocations for organizational units using FUND DESCRIPTION and TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT.
• Examine position classification structure using TITLE DESCRIPTION, SCHEDULE / GRADE, and DIVISION CODE.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 22 distinct columns detailing budget, position, and organizational data.
• Follows a consistent format with equivalent datasets from past years for longitudinal comparison.
• Data is sourced directly from the city's official budget proposal process.

Limitations

• The total number of rows (positions) is unknown, preventing assessment of dataset scale.
• Sample data is unavailable, making initial data validation and structure checks difficult.
• The 'TOTAL BUDGETED UNIT' column requires interpretation based on the 'POSITION CONTROL' flag, which may cause confusion.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org, the official data portal for the City of Chicago.

Collection Method

Excerpted from the 2025 Budget Recommendations document proposed by the Mayor.

Time Range

Proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year.

Freshness

Data reflects 2025 budget proposals and was last updated in October 2024.

Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA.