City of Chicago / Office of Public Safety Administration / Administrative Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
10 employees hold this title in Office of Public Safety Administration. Median total compensation for the role is $61,626, below the department median of $108,552.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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 Public Safety Administration pays a median base salary of $61,626 for this role, 22% above that figure — about the 72nd 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 Public Safety Administration’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 Public Safety Administration’s median base salary is 30% 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 Office of Public Safety Administration is $61,626, 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 Public Safety Administration, the median of $61,626 ranks #13 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 Public Safety Administration
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Bonita Austin is a Administrative Assistant at Office of Public Safety Administration. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $93,072.
Administrative Assistant/Office of Public Safety Administration
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At Office of Public Safety Administration, Jermanie Hooks serves as a Administrative Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $93,072.
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Darleen Rodgers is a Administrative Assistant at Office of Public Safety Administration. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $93,072.
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Velma Vortes holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Office of Public Safety Administration. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $93,072.
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Asia Savage is a Administrative Assistant at Office of Public Safety Administration. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $64,488.
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Estevan Martinez holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Office of Public Safety Administration. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $58,764.
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Janisha King holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Office of Public Safety Administration. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $56,124.
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Deontae Williams works as a Administrative Assistant for Office of Public Safety Administration. Their status is full-time. Deontae earned $56,124 in 2026.
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Tangela Pittman works as a Administrative Assistant for Office of Public Safety Administration. Their status is full-time. Tangela earned $56,124 in 2026.
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At Office of Public Safety Administration, Tennell Coleman serves as a Administrative Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $53,532.