City of Chicago
Scheduled Wage Adjustments (paid from: City's main fund (Corporate Fund))
Exact amount: $97,974,157.00
Calendar year 2026
Estimate, not a government split: the 2026 line is divided by each job title's share of 2025 actual scheduled wage adjustment pay (payroll costing, all funds of the department). 2025 actual total used: $214,255,002; the 2026 line is 0.46x that. The 2025 pay on this account to Fire titles was booked under Finance General: it was contract back pay and lump sums (payroll costing). Those 2025 shares are a rough guide to who the 2026 money goes to.
This is money set aside for firefighter raises and back pay under a new contract, and nobody can say yet which firefighters will get how much.
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| Box | Amount | % of this budget |
|---|---|---|
| Firefighter-Emt · Our estimate | $31,387,970.98 | 32.0% |
| Lieutenant-Emt · Our estimate | $13,437,464.69 | 13.7% |
| Fire Engineer-Emt · Our estimate | $9,654,773.62 | 9.9% |
| Paramedic · Our estimate | $5,877,514.15 | 6.0% |
| Paramedic I/C · Our estimate | $5,867,750.45 | 6.0% |
| Firefighter/Paramedic · Our estimate | $5,621,994.15 | 5.7% |
| Captain-Emt · Our estimate | $5,571,141.52 | 5.7% |
| Firefighter-Emt (Recruit) · Our estimate | $3,581,903.20 | 3.7% |
| Battalion Chief - Emt · Our estimate | $3,328,068.59 | 3.4% |
| Ambulance Commander · Our estimate | $2,790,367.23 | 2.8% |
| Firefighter · Our estimate | $2,089,268.86 | 2.1% |
| Lieutenant · Our estimate | $1,964,357.11 | 2.0% |
| Paramedic Field Chief · Our estimate | $1,312,492.55 | 1.3% |
| Lieutenant-Paramedic · Our estimate | $919,609.18 | 0.9% |
| Fire Engineer · Our estimate | $909,611.33 | 0.9% |
| Other job titles (17 titles with fewer than 5 people each) · Our estimate | $604,162.34 | 0.6% |
| Fire Engineer-Paramedic · Our estimate | $518,599.77 | 0.5% |
| Firefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Emt · Our estimate | $419,468.21 | 0.4% |
| Fire Marshal-Emt · Our estimate | $359,757.86 | 0.4% |
| Captain · Our estimate | $321,698.76 | 0.3% |
| Battalion Chief-Paramedic · Our estimate | $320,612.99 | 0.3% |
| Firefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-Paramedic · Our estimate | $320,101.58 | 0.3% |
| Captain-Paramedic · Our estimate | $212,416.94 | 0.2% |
| Battalion Chief · Our estimate | $184,067.14 | 0.2% |
| Commander-Emt · Our estimate | $175,748.66 | 0.2% |
| Paramedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor) · Our estimate | $157,226.21 | 0.2% |
| Deputy District Chief · Our estimate | $66,008.93 | <0.1% |
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