City of Chicago / Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection / Senior Systems Programmer
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. Median total compensation for the role is $146,160, above the department median of $98,928.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Computer Programmers — about 650 people — is $99,750. Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection pays a median base salary of $146,160 for this role, 47% above that figure — about the 85th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Computer Programmers 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 Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Computer Programmers — about 92,230 people — is $100,390. Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection’s median base salary is 46% above that national figure, about the 83rd 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 Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is $146,160, 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.
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Senior Systems Programmer/Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
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John Wendell works as a Senior Systems Programmer for Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. Their status is full-time. John earned $146,160 in 2026.