Chicago Public Schools / City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance / Lead Custodial Worker
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
76 employees hold this title in City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Median total compensation for the role is $75,783, above the department median of $67,335.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 76 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 70,000 people — is $38,470. City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance pays a median base salary of $54,122 for this role, 41% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 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 City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance’s median base salary is 47% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance is $75,783, 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.
Record list
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Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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Eli Lozada is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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At City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance, Nakita Newsome serves as a Lead Custodial Worker. Their 2026 pay totaled $75,783.
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Crispino Martinez is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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Jontel Biles is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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At City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance, Chapell Hawkins serves as a Lead Custodial Worker. Their 2026 pay totaled $75,783.
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Juan Guzman is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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Wendy Lacy is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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Barbara Samuel is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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Gregory Becton works as a Lead Custodial Worker for City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Gregory earned $75,783 in 2026.
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Donald Lee works as a Lead Custodial Worker for City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Donald earned $75,783 in 2026.
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Byron Ollie is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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At City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance, Marion Johnson serves as a Lead Custodial Worker. Their 2026 pay totaled $75,783.
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Simona Del Bosque holds the role of Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. In 2026, their total compensation was $75,783.
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Latrina Banks works as a Lead Custodial Worker for City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Latrina earned $75,783 in 2026.
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Theresa Jackson is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $75,783.
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Conrad Carey works as a Lead Custodial Worker for City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Conrad earned $75,783 in 2026.
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Semsedin Kellmendi works as a Lead Custodial Worker for City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Semsedin earned $75,783 in 2026.
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Michael Kellum works as a Lead Custodial Worker for City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Michael earned $75,783 in 2026.