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…