City employee salaries

Name, job title, department, and pay for every City of Chicago employee. Search anyone, sort by pay, and drill into any department.

Money & PeopleCity last published Aug 28, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees matching1,282397 salaried · 885 hourly
Median salary$122,520salaried staff only (397)
Average salary$118,482highest $221,928
Median hourly rate$53.00/hrhourly staff only (885)

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Chicago Department Of Transportation

1,282 people
NameJob titlePay
Cheaks, William HCommissioner Of TransportationChicago Department Of Transportation$221,928
Krishnamurthy, Vignesh KManaging Deputy Commissioner - 41Chicago Department Of Transportation$211,356
Turner, Craig TFirst Deputy Commissioner - 41Chicago Department Of Transportation$211,356
High, Cheiko TDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$198,636
Emmanuel, AbrahamDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$198,636
Wiedel, Sean SDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$198,636
Zhang, AnneManaging Deputy Commissioner - 41Chicago Department Of Transportation$190,344
Alexander, Samuel MManaging Deputy Commissioner - 41Chicago Department Of Transportation$190,344
Samadi, MaliheDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$190,116
Rodriguez, ArturoDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$190,116
Nicol, Mary MDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$190,116
Jurcenko, John ADirector Of FinanceChicago Department Of Transportation$178,356
Montazery, YadollahAssistant Director-43Chicago Department Of Transportation$178,356
Freeman Jr, Mark ADirector Of FinanceChicago Department Of Transportation$178,356
Benak, LubicaProject DirChicago Department Of Transportation$178,356
Guzik, SeanDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$178,104
Flores, Michael AGeneral Supt Of Streets And SanitationChicago Department Of Transportation$177,672
Higgins, William MAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$172,728
James, Sheetal CProject DirChicago Department Of Transportation$172,728
Davis, Grant MDirector Of Grants ManagementChicago Department Of Transportation$172,728
Miller, David PAsst Chief EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$172,728
Gallardo, Bryan JAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$172,728
Peterson, MatthewAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$172,728
Mui, Jennifer KPrincipal Programmer/AnalystChicago Department Of Transportation$170,160
Mabina, Shoshiwa SContracts AdministratorChicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Anderson, Eric JAsst Chief EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Smith, David NAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Khan, ArsalanAsst Chief EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Powe, David DAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Khudeira, Soliman JAsst Chief EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Savant, ShubhadaChief Programmer/AnalystChicago Department Of Transportation$164,808
Quinlan, Christopher MGeneral Foreman Of LinemenChicago Department Of Transportation$163,218
Maguire, Peter JGeneral Foreman Of LinemenChicago Department Of Transportation$163,218
De Brizzo, Michael JGeneral Foreman Of LinemenChicago Department Of Transportation$163,218
Schifler, Jason AGis ManagerChicago Department Of Transportation$160,020
Chan, Conan GCivil Engineer VChicago Department Of Transportation$159,792
Frazier, Toval LDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$157,596
Curry, Jameelah ADeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Department Of Transportation$157,596
Trevino, Juan LField SupvsrChicago Department Of Transportation$157,296
Reetz, Randy MField SupvsrChicago Department Of Transportation$157,296
Earullo, Frank JField SupvsrChicago Department Of Transportation$157,296
Little Jr, William AField SupvsrChicago Department Of Transportation$157,296
Jurca, Vasile MCivil Engineer VChicago Department Of Transportation$154,764
Matchen, Cody DCivil Engineer VChicago Department Of Transportation$154,764
Phillips, Jeremy ACivil Engineer VChicago Department Of Transportation$154,764
Rualo, Jonathan JCivil Engineer VChicago Department Of Transportation$154,764
Medrano, AmbrosioSuperintendent Of Pavement RepairsChicago Department Of Transportation$154,572
Conner, Terrence BSuperintendent Of Pavement RepairsChicago Department Of Transportation$154,572
Kajmowicz, Richard WProjects AdministratorChicago Department Of Transportation$154,572
Norris, Kevin FForeman Of Traffic Signal RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 28, 2026.

Pay figures are base pay as published. Salaried and hourly staff are reported in separate columns by the city, so medians and averages above are computed over each group separately — never blended. Overtime and other earnings are not in this dataset. Open in the raw explorer.