Chicago property taxes up 2X as pension costs up almost 6X
Chicago annual property tax levy and pension expenses, 2014-2024
Property
tax levy
Pension
cost
0.0
500.0M
1.0B
1.5B
2.0B
$2.5B
Taxes:
$860M
Pensions:
$478M
Taxes:
$1.77B
Pensions:
$2.75B
$859.5M
$478.3M
$1.4B
$885.7M
$1.3B
$978.3M
$1.4B
$1.1B
$1.4B
$1.2B
$1.5B
$1.4B
$1.5B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.8B
$1.7B
$2.3B
$1.7B
$2.6B
$1.8B
$2.8B
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024