City of Chicago / Office of Inspector General / Attorney (Igo)
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
2 employees hold this title in Office of Inspector General. Median total compensation for the role is $84,060, below 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 Lawyers — about 28,320 people — is $165,660. Office of Inspector General pays a median base salary of $84,060 for this role, 49% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers 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 Inspector General’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Office of Inspector General’s median base salary is 47% below that national figure, about the 13th 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 Inspector General is $84,060, 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 14 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $102,516 ranks #5 of 14. See Attorney across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Attorneyroles 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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Attorney (Igo)/Office of Inspector General
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Callie Folke holds the role of Attorney (Igo) at Office of Inspector General. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $85,236.
Attorney (Igo)/Office of Inspector General
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Curtis Ascher holds the role of Attorney (Igo) at Office of Inspector General. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $82,884.