City of Chicago
Overtime (paid from: City's main fund (Corporate Fund))
$86.4 million
Exact amount: $86,400,000.00
Calendar year 2026
Estimate, not a government split: the 2026 line is divided by each job title's share of 2025 actual overtime (payroll costing, all funds of the department). 2025 actual total used: $90,943,706; the 2026 line is 0.95x that. The Mid-Year Budget Report 2026 p.45 gives Fire only as one total ($93.4M all funds). COFA (midyear, p.30) says Fire paid $90.94M overtime in 2025, $8.33M of it to the Firefighter/Paramedic title.
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| Box | Amount | % of this budget |
|---|---|---|
| Firefighter-Emt · Our estimate | $14,710,303.93 | 17.0% |
| Lieutenant-Emt · Our estimate | $13,654,576.36 | 15.8% |
| Fire Engineer-Emt · Our estimate | $8,630,061.56 | 10.0% |
| Paramedic I/C · Our estimate | $8,301,152.96 | 9.6% |
| Firefighter/Paramedic · Our estimate | $7,922,600.57 | 9.2% |
| Paramedic · Our estimate | $6,702,165.68 | 7.8% |
| Captain-Emt · Our estimate | $5,740,798.89 | 6.6% |
| Ambulance Commander · Our estimate | $4,381,507.46 | 5.1% |
| Firefighter-Emt (Recruit) · Our estimate | $2,906,084.95 | 3.4% |
| Battalion Chief - Emt · Our estimate | $2,848,321.94 | 3.3% |
| Lieutenant · Our estimate | $1,945,377.75 | 2.3% |
| Paramedic Field Chief · Our estimate | $1,198,861.21 | 1.4% |
| Firefighter · Our estimate | $1,009,183.10 | 1.2% |
| Deputy District Chief · Our estimate | $1,005,341.43 | 1.2% |
| Fire Engineer · Our estimate | $981,896.61 | 1.1% |
| Lieutenant-Paramedic · Our estimate | $902,498.11 | 1.0% |
| Fire Engineer-Paramedic · Our estimate | $723,218.00 | 0.8% |
| Other job titles (23 titles with fewer than 5 people each) · Our estimate | $513,270.41 | 0.6% |
| Firefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Paramedic · Our estimate | $466,726.65 | 0.5% |
| Fire Marshal-Emt · Our estimate | $339,782.17 | 0.4% |
| Captain · Our estimate | $323,254.10 | 0.4% |
| Battalion Chief-Paramedic · Our estimate | $295,766.66 | 0.3% |
| Captain-Paramedic · Our estimate | $248,730.35 | 0.3% |
| Firefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Emt · Our estimate | $218,348.59 | 0.3% |
| Asst Deputy Chief Paramedic · Our estimate | $200,711.67 | 0.2% |
| Battalion Chief · Our estimate | $128,290.36 | 0.1% |
| Commander-Emt · Our estimate | $67,132.17 | <0.1% |
| Paramedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor) · Our estimate | $34,036.36 | <0.1% |
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