The District had a total of 17 riggers on staff in 2020. Salaried workers earn a $73,382 average salary.
Attendant is the job with the most salaried workers, and recreation leader has the most hourly workers within the Chicago Park District.
Salaried workers tend to make more money than hourly workers across many American industries and access benefits and paid vacation time. However, thebalancecareers.com found hourly workers had the advantage of overtime and could earn significantly more if they desired.
The Chicago Park District is a non-profit owning more than 8,800 acres of green space across 600 Chicago parks. It organizes sports and recreational activities and youth programming. It has an annual budget of nearly $400 million.
It’s one of the largest park districts in the US. It was ranked fifth in the US by the Trust for Public Land.
Chicago Park District Salaried and Hourly Jobs
| Job Position | Salary/Hourly |
|---|---|
| Accounting Cashier | 1 salaried |
| Accounts Manager | 1 salaried |
| Accounts Payable Accountant | 2 salaried |
| Accounts Payable Analyst | 1 salaried |
| Accounts Payable Manager | 1 salaried |
| Activities Instructor | 15 salaried/55 hourly |
| Administrator Secretary | 16 salaried |
| Advanced Buyer | 3 salaried |
| Application Develop Manager | 1 salaried |
| Aquatic Coach | 10 hourly |
| Aquatic Training Specialist | 4 salaried |
| Arch Ironworker Foreman | 1 salaried |
| Architect | 1 salaried |
| Architectural Designer | 1 salaried |
| Architectural Iron Worker | 4 salaried |
| Area Manager | 21 salaried |
| Artcraft Instructor | 11 salaried/9 hourly |
| Assistant Architect | 1 salaried |
| Assistant Chief Operating Engineer | 2 salaried |
| Assistant Civil Design Engineer | 1 salaried |
| Assistant Comptroller | 1 salaried |
| Assistant Director of Landscape | 2 salaried |
| Assistant Director of Recreation | 3 salaried |
| Assistant Director of Revenue | 2 salaried |
| Assistant Manager of Beaches & Pools | 3 salaried |
| Assistant Manager of Special Recreation | 3 salaried |
| Assistant Press Secretary | 1 salaried |
| Assistant Storekeeper | 1 salaried |
| Attendant | 171 salaried/176 hourly |
| Auditor | 2 salaried |
| Benefits Manager | 1 salaried |
| Bricklayer | 2 salaried |
| Budget & Policy Analyst | 2 salaried |
| Building and Construction Laborer | 10 salaried |
| Buyer | 2 salaried |
| Capital Projects Manager | 1 salaried |
| Carpenter | 17 salaried |
| Carpenter Foreman | 3 salaried |
| Carpenter General Foreman | 1 salaried |
| Cement Finisher | 1 salaried |
| Center Director | 10 salaried |
| Chief Administrative Officer | 1 salaried |
| Chief Diversity Officer | 1 salaried |
| Chief Financial Officer | 1 salaried |
| Chief Operating Engineer | 3 salaried |
| Chief Operating Officer | 1 salaried |
| Chief Program Officer | 1 salaried |
| Communications Specialist | 1 salaried |
| Communications/Marketing Manager | 5 salaried |
| Community Relations Manager | 1 salaried |
| Compliance Officer | 4 salaried |
| Composition Roofer | 5 salaried |
| Comptroller | 1 salaried |
| Construction Inspector | 1 salaried |
| Counsel | 3 salaried |
| Crafts Instructor | 8 salaried/1 hourly |
| Cultural Enrichment Manager | 1 salaried |
| Customer Service Aide | 1 hourly |
| Dep Comptroller | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Chief Operating Officer | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Chief Program Officer | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Budget & Management | 2 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Capital Construction | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Communications | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Conservatory | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Facil Management | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Finance | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Horticulture | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Human Resources | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of IT | 2 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Natural Resources | 2 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Planning & Develop | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Purchases | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Director of Revenue | 2 salaried |
| Deputy General Counsel | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Inspector General | 1 salaried |
| Deputy Treasurer | 1 salaried |
| Development Manager | 3 salaried |
| Director Budget & Management | 1 salaried |
| Director New Business Development | 1 salaried |
| Director of Audit | 1 salaried |
| Director of Communications | 1 salaried |
| Director of Conservatories | 1 salaried |
| Director of Environmental Services | 1 salaried |
| Director of Facil Management | 1 salaried |
| Director of Green Initiatives | 1 salaried |
| Director of Human Resources | 1 salaried |
| Director of Information Technology | 1 salaried |
| Director of Lakefront Operations | 1 salaried |
| Director of Legislative/Computer Affairs | 1 salaried |
| Director of Natural Resources | 1 salaried |
| Director of Operations | 1 salaried |
| Director of Performance Management | 1 salaried |
| Director of Planning & Development | 1 salaried |
| Director of Purchases | 1 salaried |
| Director of Revenue | 1 salaried |
| Director of Risk Management | 1 salaried |
| Director of Security | 1 salaried |
| Director of Workforce Development | 1 salaried |
| Disability Policy Officer | 1 salaried |
| District Forester | 1 salaried |
| Drama Instructor | 5 salaried/1 hourly |
| Electric Cable Splicer | 1 salaried |
| Electrician Foreman | 3 salaried |
| Electrician Foreman Outside | 2 salaried |
| Electrician Helper | 3 salaried |
| Electrician Inside | 18 salaried |
| Electrician Inside General Foreman | 1 salaried |
| Electrician Outside | 11 salaried |
| Employment Services Manager | 1 salaried |
| Executive Secretary to Chief Operator Officer | 1 salaried |
| Executive Secretary to General Super | 1 salaried |
| Facilities Manager | 2 salaried |
| Finance Coordinator | 5 salaried |
| Finance Manager | 5 salaried |
| Financial Analyst | 5 salaried |
| First Deputy General Counsel | 1 salaried |
| Floor Crew Worker | 3 salaried |
| Floriculturist | 24 salaried |
| Floriculturist Apprentice | 5 salaried |
| Floriculturist Foreman | 5 salaried |
| Foreman of Motor Truck Drivers | 1 salaried |
| Freedom of Information Officer | 1 salaried |
| Gardener | 9 salaried |
| General Counsel | 1 salaried |
| General Foreman Electricians | 1 salaried |
| General Foreman Floriculture | 1 salaried |
| General Foreman of General Trades | 1 salaried |
| General Foreman of Riggers | 1 salaried |
| General Superintendent & CEO | 1 salaried |
| Glazier | 1 salaried |
| Gymnastics Instructor | 17 salaried/11 hourly |
| Gymnastics Program Manager | 1 salaried |
| Gymnastics Supervisor | 4 salaried |
| Health & Physical Activity Manager | 1 salaried |
| Hoisting Engineer | 3 salaried |
| Human Resources Analyst | 1 salaried |
| Human Resources Coordinator | 3 salaried |
| Human Resources Manager | 6 salaried |
| Human Resources Technician | 2 salaried |
| Inclusion Aide | 55 hourly |
| Inspector General | 1 salaried |
| Insulation Worker | 1 salaried |
| IPM Specialist | 1 salaried |
| Junior Laborer-Seasonal | 1 hourly |
| Junior Tree Surgeon | 16 salaried |
| Labor Foreman | 24 salaried |
| Laborer | 156 salaried |
| Lakefront Planning Coordinator | 2 salaried |
| Landscape Construction Foreman | 3 salaried |
| Legal Investigator | 1 salaried/3 hourly |
| Legal Secretary | 4 salaried |
| Life Guard | 198 hourly |
| Machinist | 3 salaried |
| Machinist Foreman | 1 salaried |
| Maintenance Foreman | 4 salaried |
| Maintenance Service Worker | 2 salaried |
| Manager of Beaches & Pools | 1 salaried |
| Manager of Sailing | 1 salaried |
| Marketing Assistant | 2 salaried |
| Marketing Specialist | 1 salaried |
| Motor Truck Driver | 22 salaried |
| Music Instructor | 2 salaried/2 hourly |
| Natatorium Instructor | 27 salaried/40 hourly |
| Natural Areas Manager | 1 salaried |
| Natural Areas Technician | 5 salaried |
| Natural Areas Worker | 7 salaried |
| Operating Engineer | 40 salaried |
| Operations Support Manager | 1 salaried |
| Outdoor & Environment Education Manager | 1 salaried |
| Painter | 13 salaried |
| Painter Foreman | 3 salaried |
| Painter General Foreman | 1 salaried |
| Paralegal | 1 salaried |
| Park Operations Manager | 2 salaried |
| Park Operations Supervisor | 4 salaried |
| Park Super of Recreation | 139 salaried |
| Payroll Administrator | 1 salaried |
| Payroll Manager | 1 salaried |
| Permits Coordinator | 4 salaried |
| Physical Instructor | 153 salaried/123 hourly |
| Playground Supervisor | 71 salaried |
| Plumber | 18 salaried |
| Plumber Foreman | 3 salaried |
| Plumber General Foreman | 1 salaried |
| Program & Event Coordinator | 25 salaried/2 hourly |
| Program & Event Facilitator | 9 salaried/4 hourly |
| Program & Event Manager | 1 salaried |
| Program Coordinator | 3 salaried |
| Program Facilitator | 1 salaried/3 hourly |
| Program Specialist | 7 salaried/2 hourly |
| Project Manager | 18 salaried |
| Property Inspector | 2 salaried |
| Property Supervisor | 1 salaried |
| Purchasing Manager | 1 salaried |
| Recreation Leader | 294 hourly |
| Region Manager | 3 salaried |
| Region Security Manager | 4 salaried |
| Reprographics Technician | 2 salaried |
| Reservationist | 1 hourly |
| Rigger | 17 salaried |
| Rigger Foreman | 2 salaried |
| Secretary to Board of Communications | 1 salaried |
| Security Coordinator | 1 salaried |
| Security Guard | 215 hourly |
| Security Supervisor | 18 hourly |
| Senior Architectural Technician | 1 salaried |
| Senior Budget & Policy Analyst | 2 salaried |
| Senior Counsel | 4 salaried |
| Senior Financial Analyst | 1 salaried |
| Senior Payroll Accountant | 1 salaried |
| Senior Program & Event Coordinator | 4 salaried |
| Senior Program Specialist | 11 salaried |
| Senior Project Manager | 4 salaried |
| Senior Treasury Analyst | 1 salaried |
| Sign Painter | 3 salaried |
| Special Event Manager | 3 salaried |
| Special Olympics Administrator | 1 salaried |
| Special Olympics Manager | 1 salaried |
| Special Project Assistant | 6 salaried/4 hourly |
| Special Project Coordinator | 2 salaried |
| Special Projects Facilitator | 1 salaried |
| Special Projects Manager | 3 salaried |
| Special Recreation Coordinator | 22 salaried |
| Special Recreation Instructor | 2 salaried/32 hourly |
| Special Recreation Leader | 22 hourly |
| Special Recreation Manager | 1 salaried |
| Staff Assistant to Chief | 4 salaried |
| Staff Assistant to Director | 6 salaried |
| Steamfitter | 7 salaried |
| Steamfitter Foreman | 1 salaried |
| Stores and Mail Super | 1 salaried |
| Supply Technician | 1 salaried |
| Systems Application Analyst | 1 salaried |
| Telecommunications Supervisor | 1 salaried |
| Trades Coordinator | 1 salaried |
| Treasurer | 1 salaried |
| Treasury Analyst | 1 salaried |
| Web Design Manager | 1 salaried |
| Wellness Manager | 1 salaried |
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