City of Chicago / Department of Technology and Innovation / Web Developer
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Technology and Innovation. Median total compensation for the role is $143,400, above the department median of $132,708.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Web Developers — about 2,790 people — is $96,870. Department of Technology and Innovation pays a median base salary of $143,400 for this role, 48% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Web Developers 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 Technology and Innovation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Web Developers — about 70,190 people — is $92,650. Department of Technology and Innovation’s median base salary is 55% above that national figure, about the 82nd 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 Technology and Innovation is $143,400, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. See Web Developer across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Web Developer 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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Web Developer/Department of Technology and Innovation
Source-specific fields
At Department of Technology and Innovation, Jerry Bragg Iii serves as a Web Developer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $143,400.