All 50 Alderpersons Agree To Take Pay Boost For Next Year

CITY HALL — Each Chicago alderperson is set to get a pay bump next year under Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2027 budget. The mayor himself, however, will forgo a raise, like he has for the past two years since taking one as part of his first budget plan in 2024.Aldermanic and mayoral salary raises, as well as those for the city treasurer and clerk, are tied to inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index. That means elected officials are set to receive a pay increase of about 2.3 percent in 2027, according to Johnson’s budget recommendations that were introduced to City Council last week.Elected officials can opt in or out of taking the raise each year. All 50 alderpeople have decided to take it in 2027, according to budget documents. That means 29 alderpeople will get a roughly $3,570 pay hike next year to make the top City Council salary of $159,264. The lowest paid alderperson, Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th), will receive a raise of roughly $2,800, to make $128,892 in