Compared with the local labor market
Chief Information Officer pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 3,610 people — is $344,960. Technology Policy and Planning pays a median base salary of $49,828 for this role, 86% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Technology Policy and Planning sits in the local pay range
$142,940
$197,530
$344,960
$428,710
$599,520
Technology Policy and Planning median · $49,828
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives 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 Technology Policy and Planning’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 204,350 people — is $213,990. Technology Policy and Planning’s median base salary is 77% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$75,700
$129,540
$213,990
$356,200
$507,730
Technology Policy and Planning median · $49,828
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 Technology Policy and Planning is $49,828, 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.
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This role across Cook County, Illinois
Chief Information Officer is held in 4 Cook County, Illinois departments. In Technology Policy and Planning, the median of $49,828 ranks #1 of 4.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Chief Information Officer role in other Cook County, Illinoisdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Chief Information Officer beyond Cook County, Illinois
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Cook County, Illinois, the median of $26,170 ranks #6 of 6. See Chief Information Officer across all of Cook County, Illinois →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Chief Information Officer 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.