City of Chicago / Department of Family and Support Services / Accountant
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
8 employees hold this title in Department of Family and Support Services. Median total compensation for the role is $119,100, above the department median of $76,464.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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 Accountants and Auditors — about 41,360 people — is $82,360. Department of Family and Support Services pays a median base salary of $119,100 for this role, 45% above that figure — about the 83rd 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 Department of Family and Support Services’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. Department of Family and Support Services’s median base salary is 42% above that national figure, about the 79th 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 Family and Support Services is $119,100, 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
Accountant is held in 11 City of Chicago departments. In Department of Family and Support Services, the median of $119,100 ranks #5 of 11.
Median total compensation for the Accountant 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 38 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $108,576 ranks #5 of 38. See Accountant across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Accountant 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.
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Record list
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Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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James Hartray is a Accountant at Department of Family and Support Services. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $122,976.
Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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Tina Ng works as a Accountant for Department of Family and Support Services. Their status is full-time. Tina earned $119,100 in 2026.
Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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At Department of Family and Support Services, Muriel Buckner serves as a Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $119,100.
Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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Darnetta Anderson is a Accountant at Department of Family and Support Services. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $119,100.
Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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Frank Ikoro works as a Accountant for Department of Family and Support Services. Their status is full-time. Frank earned $119,100 in 2026.
Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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Teresa Lopez works as a Accountant for Department of Family and Support Services. Their status is full-time. Teresa earned $94,452 in 2026.
Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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Christen Oliveros works as a Accountant for Department of Family and Support Services. Their status is full-time. Christen earned $74,172 in 2026.
Accountant/Department of Family and Support Services
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Kasandra Molina works as a Accountant for Department of Family and Support Services. Their status is full-time. Kasandra earned $70,752 in 2026.