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City of Chicago

Duty Availability

$18.0 million

Exact amount: $17,993,000.00

Calendar year 2026

Estimate, not a government split: the 2026 line is divided by each job title's share of 2025 actual duty availability pay (payroll costing, all funds of the department). 2025 actual total used: $18,376,217; the 2026 line is 0.98x that.

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Firefighter-Emt, $5,827,779.38, open this boxFirefighter-Emt$5.8 millionFirefighter-Emt (Recruit), $2,338,070.34, open this boxFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)$2.3 millionLieutenant-Emt, $1,771,585.24, open this boxLieutenant-Emt$1.8 millionFire Engineer-Emt, $1,546,920.21, open this boxFire Engineer-Emt$1.5 millionParamedic, $1,402,953.15, open this boxParamedic$1.4 millionFirefighter/Paramedic, $1,050,835.85, open this boxFirefighter/Paramedic$1.1 millionParamedic I/C, $1,023,958.30, open this boxParamedic I/C$1.0 millionCaptain-Emt, $589,935.49, open this boxCaptain-Emt$589,935Battalion Chief - Emt, $358,530.61, open this boxBattalion Chief -…$358,531Firefighter, $353,471.71, open this boxFirefighter$353,472Ambulance Commander, $335,553.34, open this boxAmbulanc…Lieutenant, $267,143.67, open this boxLieutenantParamedic Field Chief, $156,157.47, open this boxParamedic F…Fire Engineer, $141,551.87, open this boxFire Engi…Lieutenant-Paramedic, $134,828.40, open this boxLieutenan…Other job titles (18 titles with fewer than 5 people each), $103,854.78, open this boxFire Engineer-Paramedic, $74,708.84, open this boxFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Emt, $71,885.63, open this boxFire Marshal-Emt, $69,258.26, open this boxDeputy District Chief, $67,805.86, open this boxFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Paramedic, $50,230.19, open this boxCaptain, $42,968.19, open this boxAsst Deputy Chief Paramedic, $42,445.98, open this box7 more boxes, $170,567.24, see the complete list

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Percentages of Duty Availability
BoxAmount% of this budget
Firefighter-Emt · Our estimate$5,827,779.3832.4%
Firefighter-Emt (Recruit) · Our estimate$2,338,070.3413.0%
Lieutenant-Emt · Our estimate$1,771,585.249.8%
Fire Engineer-Emt · Our estimate$1,546,920.218.6%
Paramedic · Our estimate$1,402,953.157.8%
Firefighter/Paramedic · Our estimate$1,050,835.855.8%
Paramedic I/C · Our estimate$1,023,958.305.7%
Captain-Emt · Our estimate$589,935.493.3%
Battalion Chief - Emt · Our estimate$358,530.612.0%
Firefighter · Our estimate$353,471.712.0%
Ambulance Commander · Our estimate$335,553.341.9%
Lieutenant · Our estimate$267,143.671.5%
Paramedic Field Chief · Our estimate$156,157.470.9%
Fire Engineer · Our estimate$141,551.870.8%
Lieutenant-Paramedic · Our estimate$134,828.400.7%
Other job titles (18 titles with fewer than 5 people each) · Our estimate$103,854.780.6%
Fire Engineer-Paramedic · Our estimate$74,708.840.4%
Firefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Emt · Our estimate$71,885.630.4%
Fire Marshal-Emt · Our estimate$69,258.260.4%
Deputy District Chief · Our estimate$67,805.860.4%
Firefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Paramedic · Our estimate$50,230.190.3%
Captain · Our estimate$42,968.190.2%
Asst Deputy Chief Paramedic · Our estimate$42,445.980.2%
District Chief · Our estimate$34,808.640.2%
Battalion Chief-Paramedic · Our estimate$33,046.180.2%
Paramedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor) · Our estimate$28,297.320.2%
Captain-Paramedic · Our estimate$22,618.270.1%
Commander-Emt · Our estimate$19,827.710.1%
Battalion Chief · Our estimate$18,848.560.1%
Deputy Fire Commissioner · Our estimate$13,120.56<0.1%

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