City of Chicago
City of Chicago
Exact amount: $16,842,553,003.00
Calendar year 2026
2026 budget as passed by City Council (net of money counted twice).
Positive amounts fill the proportional map below; reductions and small amounts remain in the complete list. Estimates and leftovers have their own labels. What do the labels mean?
10 cents of every dollar reach a box under $1 million by the box you land on. If each budgeted position counts as its own small box, it is 42 cents. See what we could not find.
See money counted twice between City funds. It is not part of the City net total.
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Inside this box
Pick a rectangle to see what is inside it. Rectangle area shows positive amounts; the complete list includes reductions and tiny amounts.
Boxes that add money total $16,959,541,505.00. Boxes that take money away total -$116,988,502.00. Together they make $16,842,553,003.00.
The rectangles use $16,959,541,505.00 in positive amounts as their scale, not the $16,842,553,003.00 net total. Reductions total -$116,988,502.00 and appear in the list, not as positive area.
On small screens, use the complete linked table below to explore each box.
Boxes that take money away
- Adjustment the budget office makes that no line explains: -$116,988,502.00
All items
| Box | Amount | % of this budget |
|---|---|---|
| Streets, water, trash and airports | $4,609,570,640.00 | 27.4% |
| Keeping people safe | $3,266,555,360.00 | 19.4% |
| Retirement (pensions) | $2,843,221,414.00 | 16.9% |
| Paying back loans | $1,846,978,405.00 | 11.0% |
| Health, families and libraries | $1,101,178,733.00 | 6.5% |
| Other citywide costs | $1,008,734,181.00 | 6.0% |
| Running the city government | $852,200,340.00 | 5.1% |
| Employee health care and benefits | $817,275,272.00 | 4.9% |
| Housing, neighborhoods and culture | $381,253,438.00 | 2.3% |
| Inspections and rules | $151,737,198.00 | 0.9% |
| Adjustment the budget office makes that no line explains · Adjustment | -$116,988,502.00 | -0.7% |
| City Council and elections | $80,836,524.00 | 0.5% |
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