City of Chicago / Department of Finance / Lead Accountant
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
19 employees hold this title in Department of Finance. Median total compensation for the role is $107,628, above the department median of $85,980.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 19 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 Finance pays a median base salary of $107,628 for this role, 31% above that figure — about the 77th 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 Finance’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 Finance’s median base salary is 29% 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 Department of Finance is $107,628, 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
Lead Accountant is held in 7 City of Chicago departments. In Department of Finance, the median of $107,628 ranks #7 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Lead Accountant role in other City of Chicagodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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At Department of Finance, Rosa Herrera Govea serves as a Lead Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $133,848.
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Jaime Matias holds the role of Lead Accountant at Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $133,848.
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Fletcher Neely Iii holds the role of Lead Accountant at Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $133,848.
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At Department of Finance, Julian Pena serves as a Lead Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $133,848.
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Earlene Tan is a Lead Accountant at Department of Finance. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $133,848.
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Xian Deng works as a Lead Accountant for Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. Xian earned $129,636 in 2026.
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At Department of Finance, Sally Jiang serves as a Lead Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $129,636.
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Henry Yue works as a Lead Accountant for Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. Henry earned $122,928 in 2026.
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At Department of Finance, Shanker Bhakta serves as a Lead Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $107,628.
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Shanstella Barnes holds the role of Lead Accountant at Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $107,628.
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At Department of Finance, Melissa Dominguez serves as a Lead Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $102,516.
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Chunko Lin holds the role of Lead Accountant at Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $102,516.
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At Department of Finance, Rogelio Bahena serves as a Lead Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $97,488.
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Jerome Campbell Jr works as a Lead Accountant for Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. Jerome earned $97,488 in 2026.
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Maria Proca is a Lead Accountant at Department of Finance. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $97,488.
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Cerene Streeter works as a Lead Accountant for Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. Cerene earned $97,488 in 2026.
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At Department of Finance, Tina Xie serves as a Lead Accountant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $97,488.
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Claudia Chavez-Figueroa holds the role of Lead Accountant at Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $92,940.
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Qiwen Ma works as a Lead Accountant for Department of Finance. Their status is full-time. Qiwen earned $90,144 in 2026.