City of Chicago / Department of Housing / Executive Secretary II
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Housing. Median total compensation for the role is $94,452, above the department median of $94,332.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 10,620 people — is $77,770. Department of Housing pays a median base salary of $94,452 for this role, 21% above that figure — about the 73rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 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 Housing’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 459,910 people — is $76,590. Department of Housing’s median base salary is 23% above that national figure, about the 75th 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 Housing is $94,452, 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
Executive Secretary II is held in 3 City of Chicago departments. In Department of Housing, the median of $94,452 ranks #3 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Executive Secretary II 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. See Executive Secretary across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Executive Secretary 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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Executive Secretary II/Department of Housing
Source-specific fields
Fethi Saada is a Executive Secretary II at Department of Housing. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $94,452.