City of Chicago / Office of Emergency Management and Communications / Administrative Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
6 employees hold this title in Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Median total compensation for the role is $64,224, below the department median of $79,056.
Compared with the local labor market
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 Emergency Management and Communications pays a median base salary of $64,224 for this role, 27% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
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 Emergency Management and Communications’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 Emergency Management and Communications’s median base salary is 35% above that national figure, about the 86th 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 Emergency Management and Communications is $64,224, 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 Assistant is held in 20 City of Chicago departments. In Office of Emergency Management and Communications, the median of $64,224 ranks #12 of 20.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant 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 31 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $68,256 ranks #10 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable 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
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Administrative Assistant/Office of Emergency Management and Communications
Source-specific fields
Nekol Johnson holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $82,140.
Administrative Assistant/Office of Emergency Management and Communications
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Jatarian Dantzler is a Administrative Assistant at Office of Emergency Management and Communications. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $78,432.
Administrative Assistant/Office of Emergency Management and Communications
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Alexandria Rambus works as a Administrative Assistant for Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Their status is full-time. Alexandria earned $74,916 in 2026.
Administrative Assistant/Office of Emergency Management and Communications
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At Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Kayla Andrews serves as a Administrative Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $53,532.
Administrative Assistant/Office of Emergency Management and Communications
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Samantha Butler holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $53,532.
Administrative Assistant/Office of Emergency Management and Communications
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Gustavo Guzman-Tena holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $53,532.