Chicago Public Schools / Charles Gates Dawes School / School Social Worker
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Charles Gates Dawes School. Median total compensation for the role is $112,425, below the department median of $113,140.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Child, Family, and School Social Workers — about 13,550 people — is $64,790. Charles Gates Dawes School pays a median base salary of $88,723 for this role, 37% above that figure — about the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Child, Family, and School Social Workers across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Charles Gates Dawes School’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Child, Family, and School Social Workers — about 392,550 people — is $59,550. Charles Gates Dawes School’s median base salary is 49% above that national figure, about the 85th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Charles Gates Dawes School is $112,425, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
School Social Worker is held in 7 Chicago Public Schools departments. In Charles Gates Dawes School, the median of $112,425 ranks #6 of 7.
Median total compensation for the School Social Worker role in other Chicago Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Chicago Public Schools, the median of $117,192 ranks #1 of 3. See School Social Worker across all of Chicago Public Schools →
Median total compensation for comparable School Social Workerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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School Social Worker/Charles Gates Dawes School
Source-specific fields
Alyse Biszewski holds the role of School Social Worker at Charles Gates Dawes School. In 2026, their total compensation was $112,425.