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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Scipio Hardy is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $93,815.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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At City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance, Veronica Heard serves as a Lead Custodial Worker. Their 2026 pay totaled $93,815.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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At City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance, Maria Chavez serves as a Lead Custodial Worker. Their 2026 pay totaled $93,815.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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Paris Charleston holds the role of Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. In 2026, their total compensation was $93,815.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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Jimmy Anderson is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $93,815.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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Jeanette Lambert works as a Lead Custodial Worker for City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. Jeanette earned $93,815 in 2026.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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James Rambus is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $93,815.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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David Widmann is a Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. 2026 total compensation came to $93,815.
Lead Custodial Worker/City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance
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Mitchell Thomas holds the role of Lead Custodial Worker at City Wide Facility Operations & Maintenance. In 2026, their total compensation was $93,815.