Some of Chicago's CEOs and executives are sitting pretty on top of the money pile. more ›

With the Board of Education facing a $700 million deficit next year, today's report in the Sun-Times looking at the average salaries of principals is timed to either incite outrage or sympathy, depending on whether you think principals are over paid or don't make enough money. more ›

All of the recent hand wringing over state worker salaries could be misinformed. A new report released by the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that wages of state and local employees are lower than workers in the private sector with comparable education and work experience. The pay gap between public and private sector workers has widened over the past 15 years with public employees typically earning 11% to 12% less. more ›

This morning, the Tribune's Jon Hilkevitch reports that the highest pay for CTA bus drivers ranks third in the nation at $28.64 per hour and, when adjusted for the city's cost of living, comes in first. The top bus driver pay in the nation goes to Boston's MBTA at $30.18 an hour; New York comes in sixth overall at $27.99 an hour. Top pay for Pace drivers is $24.93 an hour, 17th overall. The report comes at a time when the CTA is trying to draw the CTA unions to the negotiating table to reconfigure contracts in an effort to save the city money. (The current contract runs through 2011.) Hilkevitch reports: more ›

The union also wants a reduction in merit promotions -- from 20 percent to 16 percent -- and a 5 percent cap on the number of officers who can be detailed out of their assigned units, to prevent manpower at district stations from being depleted. more ›

After the Sun-Times exposed some of the highest-paid school superintendent salaries, lawmakers are saying they want school systems to fully disclose the salaries and “hidden benefits” extended to school officials. The Sun-Times called out former Supt. Neil Codell was bringing home $411,500 for the last school year; he oversaw two schools in Niles Township High School District 219. It’s interesting to know that G-Rod’s base pay was $177,412. more ›