City of Chicago / Department of Human Resources / Administrative Manager
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Human Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $97,914, above the department median of $97,332.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Administrative Services Managers — about 8,600 people — is $108,940. Department of Human Resources pays a median base salary of $97,914 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 41st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Administrative Services Managers 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 Human Resources’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Administrative Services Managers — about 263,960 people — is $114,130. Department of Human Resources’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 35th 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 Human Resources is $97,914, 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
Administrative Manager is held in 5 City of Chicago departments. In Department of Human Resources, the median of $97,914 ranks #2 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Manager 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 5 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $97,836 ranks #2 of 5. See Administrative Manager across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Managerroles 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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Administrative Manager/Department of Human Resources
Source-specific fields
Lakesha Rudd works as a Administrative Manager for Department of Human Resources. Their status is full-time. Lakesha earned $102,444 in 2026.
Administrative Manager/Department of Human Resources
Source-specific fields
Vanessa Falcon holds the role of Administrative Manager at Department of Human Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $93,384.