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 29, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees matching4,7794,779 salaried · 0 hourly
Median salary$122,376salaried staff only (4,779)
Average salary$129,528highest $257,268
Median hourly ratehourly staff only (0)

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Chicago Fire Department

4,779 people
NameJob titlePay
Hoffman, Jake EFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Mercado Estrada, MichaelFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Infante, Anthony JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Johnson, Zachary TFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Kintz, Collin JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Foster, Stephen LFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Hardnett, Sarah EFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Ellison, Ryan PFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Schott, Benedict EFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Alvarez, EnriqueFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Ortiz Jr, Alfonso RFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Belseth, Joseph RFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Kraatz, Kyle RFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
La Buda, Erik AFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Timothy, Sean FFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Khalil, Khalil MFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Purcell Jr, Kenneth LFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Rialmo, Joseph MFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Michalak, ErwinFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Flanagan, Timothy JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Pochinskas, Christopher WFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
De La Rosa, Jose JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Hicks, Sherri DDir / Community LiaisonChicago Fire Department$122,520
Watson, DarleneStaff AsstChicago Fire Department$122,976
Baker, Valerie SStaff AsstChicago Fire Department$122,976
Reynolds, Kymberly AStaff AsstChicago Fire Department$122,976
Szewczyk, Boguslaw TParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Kordas, Patrick JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Bazarek, Robert GFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Simich II, Thomas AParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
O' Connell, Michael FFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Baumgartner, Lisa KFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Norbut, David GFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mohammed, KeithFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Sheridan, Patrick JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Majda, David GFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Houston, Terry LFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mc Mullin, Sean MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Kane, Michael KFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Nero, Randy RFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Donnelly, Daniel JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Finn, Sean PFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Indicavitch, Daniel AFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Pullano, Joseph JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Porter, Ozzie LFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Shelton, Derrick DFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Vazquez, Luis JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Egan, Mark CFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Samansky, John TFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Bonnett, James DFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 29, 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.