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City of Chicago / Office of City Clerk / Senior Administrative Assistant

Job-title file

Senior Administrative Assistant

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

5 employees hold this title in Office of City Clerk. Median total compensation for the role is $98,928, above the department median of $84,804.

Employees
5
Total payroll
$455.2K
Role median
$98,928
Agency median
$84,804
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Senior Administrative Assistant pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area

Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 50,190 people — is $50,440. Office of City Clerk pays a median base salary of $98,928 for this role, 96% above that figureabove the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Office of City Clerk sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$34,300
$42,260
$50,440
$62,970
$78,820
Office of City Clerk median · $98,928

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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 City Clerk’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Office of City Clerk’s median base salary is 108% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$33,280
$38,830
$47,540
$58,000
$66,350
Office of City Clerk median · $98,928

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 City Clerk is $98,928, 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

This role across City of Chicago

Senior Administrative Assistant is held in 26 City of Chicago departments. In Office of City Clerk, the median of $98,928 ranks #6 of 26.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Senior Administrative Assistant role in other City of Chicagodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Senior Administrative Assistant beyond City of Chicago

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $77,640 ranks #2 of 5. See Senior Administrative Assistant across all of City of Chicago

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

New York City
$112,035 · 10
Arkansas
$77,500 · 16

Median total compensation for comparable Senior Administrative Assistantroles 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

Employees with this title

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Antoinnett Pacheco

Senior Administrative Assistant/Office of City Clerk

2026 total comp
$112,104
Base pay
$112,104
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$112,104
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay basis
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Annual Salary
$112,104

Antoinnett Pacheco works as a Senior Administrative Assistant for Office of City Clerk. Their status is full-time. Antoinnett earned $112,104 in 2026.

Leonida Santiago

Senior Administrative Assistant/Office of City Clerk

2026 total comp
$112,104
Base pay
$112,104
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$112,104
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay basis
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Annual Salary
$112,104

At Office of City Clerk, Leonida Santiago serves as a Senior Administrative Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $112,104.

Ingrid Barajas

Senior Administrative Assistant/Office of City Clerk

2026 total comp
$98,928
Base pay
$98,928
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$98,928
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay basis
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Annual Salary
$98,928

Ingrid Barajas holds the role of Senior Administrative Assistant at Office of City Clerk. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $98,928.

Jaloni Stevens

Senior Administrative Assistant/Office of City Clerk

2026 total comp
$67,608
Base pay
$67,608
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$67,608
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay basis
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Annual Salary
$67,608

Jaloni Stevens is a Senior Administrative Assistant at Office of City Clerk. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $67,608.

Kimberly Swansey

Senior Administrative Assistant/Office of City Clerk

2026 total comp
$64,488
Base pay
$64,488
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$64,488
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay basis
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Annual Salary
$64,488

Kimberly Swansey holds the role of Senior Administrative Assistant at Office of City Clerk. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $64,488.