City of Chicago / Department of Family and Support Services / Office Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
3 employees hold this title in Department of Family and Support Services. Median total compensation for the role is $44,496, below the department median of $76,464.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 66,840 people — is $46,330. Department of Family and Support Services pays a median base salary of $44,496 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General 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 Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Department of Family and Support Services’s median base salary is 1% below that national figure, about the 49th 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 $44,496, 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
Office Assistant is held in 2 City of Chicago departments. In Department of Family and Support Services, the median of $44,496 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Office Assistant 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 13 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $74,394 ranks #1 of 13. See Office Assistant across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Assistant 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.
Same department
Record list
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Office Assistant/Department of Family and Support Services
Source-specific fields
At Department of Family and Support Services, Demetrius Lawrence serves as a Office Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $71,436.
Office Assistant/Department of Family and Support Services
Source-specific fields
Carbon Ratchford holds the role of Office Assistant at Department of Family and Support Services. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $44,496.
Office Assistant/Department of Family and Support Services
Source-specific fields
Valencia Burnette works as a Office Assistant for Department of Family and Support Services. Their status is full-time. Valencia earned $43,164 in 2026.