Chicago Public Schools / Talent Office / Benefits Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
2 employees hold this title in Talent Office. Median total compensation for the role is $85,839, below the department median of $104,986.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists — about 3,500 people — is $79,990. Talent Office pays a median base salary of $64,745 for this role, 19% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 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 Talent Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists — about 112,380 people — is $78,210. Talent Office’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 31st 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 Talent Office is $85,839, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. See Benefits Specialist across all of Chicago Public Schools →
Median total compensation for comparable Benefits Specialist roles 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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Benefits Specialist/Talent Office
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Jerome Redmond is a Benefits Specialist at Talent Office. 2026 total compensation came to $91,652.
Benefits Specialist/Talent Office
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Jailyn Green holds the role of Benefits Specialist at Talent Office. In 2026, their total compensation was $80,026.