City of Chicago / Chicago Department of Aviation / IT Security Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
2 employees hold this title in Chicago Department of Aviation. Median total compensation for the role is $111,000, above the department median of $101,358.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other — about 21,760 people — is $81,170. Chicago Department of Aviation pays a median base salary of $111,000 for this role, 37% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Business Operations Specialists, All Other 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 Chicago Department of Aviation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other — about 1,087,090 people — is $83,050. Chicago Department of Aviation’s median base salary is 34% above that national figure, about the 73rd 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 Chicago Department of Aviation is $111,000, 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 2 jurisdictions. See IT Security Specialist across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable IT Security 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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IT Security Specialist/Chicago Department of Aviation
Source-specific fields
At Chicago Department of Aviation, Nicholas Lee serves as a IT Security Specialist. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,000.
IT Security Specialist/Chicago Department of Aviation
Source-specific fields
David Vasquez works as a IT Security Specialist for Chicago Department of Aviation. Their status is full-time. David earned $111,000 in 2026.