City of Chicago / City Treasurer's Office / Auditor IV
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in City Treasurer's Office. Median total compensation for the role is $159,792, above the department median of $116,592.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 41,360 people — is $82,360. City Treasurer's Office pays a median base salary of $159,792 for this role, 94% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors 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 Treasurer's Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. City Treasurer's Office’s median base salary is 91% 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 Treasurer's Office is $159,792, 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
Auditor IV is held in 2 City of Chicago departments. In City Treasurer's Office, the median of $159,792 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Auditor IV role in other City of Chicagodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $112,536 ranks #2 of 21. See Auditor across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Auditor 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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Auditor IV/City Treasurer's Office
Source-specific fields
Brian Lawrence works as a Auditor IV for City Treasurer's Office. Their status is full-time. Brian earned $159,792 in 2026.