2026 budget explained
What is Chicago’s adopted 2026 City budget?
The City’s adopted net appropriation is the City root below. It is not the sum of all three governments on this site.
City adopted net appropriation: $16,842,553,003.00.
Figures in the published tree
| Budget box | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| City of Chicago | $16,842,553,003.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
| Keeping people safe | $3,266,555,360.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
| Streets, water, trash and airports | $4,609,570,640.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
| Retirement (pensions) | $2,843,221,414.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
How to read this
The net City figure excludes a separate cross-fund view. The categories shown here are selected parts of the same City total, not extra budgets to add on top.
Limits and method
An appropriation authorizes spending; it is not a report of payments made. Negative adjustments and internal accounting matter when reconciling categories.
These are three separate governments, not one official consolidated City budget. The City and Park District use 2026 budgets, while CPS FY2026 runs July 2025 through June 2026. Transfers across governments may overlap. See methods and unresolved gaps.
Primary sources
These official references are attached to the cited budget boxes in the exported tree, rather than inferred from unrelated search results.
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