City of Chicago / Office of Budget & Management / Senior Budget Analyst
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
3 employees hold this title in Office of Budget & Management. Median total compensation for the role is $85,236, below the department median of $121,668.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Budget Analysts — about 430 people — is $88,460. Office of Budget & Management pays a median base salary of $85,236 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 46th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Budget Analysts 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 Office of Budget & Management’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Budget Analysts — about 47,160 people — is $91,640. Office of Budget & Management’s median base salary is 7% below that national figure, about the 40th 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 Office of Budget & Management is $85,236, 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 5 jurisdictions. See Senior Budget Analyst across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Budget Analyst 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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Senior Budget Analyst/Office of Budget & Management
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Arturo Roque holds the role of Senior Budget Analyst at Office of Budget & Management. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $102,648.
Senior Budget Analyst/Office of Budget & Management
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At Office of Budget & Management, Brandon True serves as a Senior Budget Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $85,236.
Senior Budget Analyst/Office of Budget & Management
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Joshua Watson is a Senior Budget Analyst at Office of Budget & Management. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $82,884.