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Study: Nine percent of Orland Park employees earn $100K+

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Some nine percent of Orland Park employees earn more than six figures, according to an analysis of Illinois municipal compensation by Local Government Information Services (LGIS).

Reviewing data from the Illinois State Comptroller and Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, LGIS identified 92 Orland Park employees who earned more than $100,000 in compensation last year out of a total workforce of 1,057. 

The LGIS analysis considered salaries plus benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions-- approximately eleven percent of base earnings-- in calculating total compensation.

City of Chicago ranked first, with 70 percent of its employees earning more than $100,000. Arlington Heights (30 percent), Springfield, (28 percent), Joliet (25 percent), Schaumburg (23 percent) and Aurora (21 percent) rounded out the top six.

Berwyn (4 percent), Waukegan and Rockford (7 percent) had the lowest rate of six figure earners of communities analyzed.

To be sure, Chicago's employee compensation more than lapped the rest of Illinois.

Combining the 24 other cities on the list would create a theoretical city of $2.096 milion-- 70 percent of Chicago's size. But it would only have 2,803 six-figure earners-- 12 percent of Chicago's total.

At $1,422, Chicago spends the most per-resident on employee compensation of Illinois' cities analyzed. Springfield ($1,164), Evanston ($1,136) and Oak Park ($1,004) also spent more than $1,000.      

Oak Park, however, has the highest average city employee compensation at nearly $140,000 per year. Chicago's is $118,520.

Of the communities analyzed, ten have average salaries of more than $100,000 per year.

The median income in Chicago in 2015 was $63,163, according to the U.S. Census. In Oak Park, it was $78,895.

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Which Illinois communities have the most employees earning $100,000 or more in compensation?

LGIS ranked Illinois' 25 largest communities by their rate of $100,000 earners.

CommunityPopulationTotal Employees$100K+ earners%
Chicago2,722,00032,65822,77770%
Arlington Heights76,02443713130%
Springfield116,8091,42939328%
Joliet147,92889322325%
Schaumburg74,89663514623%
Aurora200,4561,16725021%
Mount Prospect54,9513898321%
Des Plaines58,2473737420%
Elgin111,11790417820%
Naperville146,1281,22223920%
Champaign84,51358210919%
Palatine69,3873776818%
Bolingbrook74,1803185216%
Wheaton53,6442834616%
Hoffman Estates52,3474637316%
Evanston75,6581,40820715%
Skokie65,1125837914%
Oak Lawn57,0343895113%
Oak Park52,0083754612%
Tinley Park57,2804235012%
Peoria115,8287938511%
Orland Park58,6661,057929%
Waukegan88,915462327%
Rockford149,1231,066727%
Berwyn56,693550244%

Source: Illinois State Comptroller; Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Which Illinois cities spend the most on employee compensation?

LGIS ranked Illinois' 25 largest communities their total employee compensation per capita.

CommunityPop.Total Employee CompensationPer Person
Chicago2,722,000$3,870,624,628$1,421.98
Springfield116,809$135,939,611$1,163.78
Evanston75,658$85,967,675$1,136.27
Oak Park52,008$52,227,629$1,004.22
Schaumburg74,896$60,192,685$803.68
Skokie65,112$50,878,481$781.40
Naperville146,128$113,329,441$775.55
Des Plaines58,247$43,921,453$754.06
Hoffman Estates52,347$39,317,420$751.09
Elgin111,117$82,419,261$741.73
Joliet147,928$108,760,470$735.23
Arlington Heights76,024$55,527,589$730.40
Peoria115,828$81,160,119$700.70
Berwyn56,693$38,085,213$671.78
Rockford149,123$98,555,839$660.90
Mount Prospect54,951$34,629,174$630.18
Aurora200,456$125,411,469$625.63
Orland Park58,666$36,127,556$615.82
Palatine69,387$40,449,178$582.95
Oak Lawn57,034$32,507,690$569.97
Champaign84,513$47,773,749$565.28
Waukegan88,915$50,215,186$564.75
Wheaton53,644$27,672,553$515.86
Tinley Park57,280$28,821,514$503.17
Bolingbrook74,180$35,778,861$482.32

Source: Illinois State Comptroller; Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Which Illinois taxpayers pay the highest salaries to city workers?

LGIS ranked Illinois' 25 largest communities by average public employee compensation.

CommunityPop.Avg. Employee Compensation
Oak Park52,008$139,273.68
Arlington Heights76,024$127,065.42
Joliet147,928$121,792.24
Chicago2,722,000$118,519.95
Des Plaines58,247$117,751.88
Bolingbrook74,180$112,512.14
Waukegan88,915$108,690.88
Aurora200,456$107,464.84
Palatine69,387$107,292.25
Peoria115,828$102,345.67
Wheaton53,644$97,782.87
Springfield116,809$95,129.19
Schaumburg74,896$94,791.63
Naperville146,128$92,740.95
Rockford149,123$92,453.88
Elgin111,117$91,171.75
Mount Prospect54,951$89,021.01
Skokie65,112$87,270.12
Hoffman Estates52,347$84,918.83
Oak Lawn57,034$83,567.33
Champaign84,513$82,085.48
Berwyn56,693$69,245.84
Tinley Park57,280$68,135.97
Evanston75,658$61,056.59
Orland Park58,666$34,179.33

Source: Illinois State Comptroller; Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

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