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
Gallapo Jr, Robert CFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Salinas, Eduardo AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Zilske, Keith JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Diaz, Laura KFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Garcia, Luis AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Howard, Kevin EParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Zavalza, MarioParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Ward, Kyle JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Mullane-Scanlan, JessicaParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Kirchhardt, Karl RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Meyers III, Thomas PParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Garcia, Rick FParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Heinz, Bradley KParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Garland, Kenneth EParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Richards, Jennifer RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Cwiok, Jonathon EParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Duncan, Sharon JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Rodriguez, AlexanderParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Petersen, Bryan JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Villegas, Magda MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Mcdonald, Robert JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Robinson, Ryan SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Wirtz, SeanParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Higareda, Alberto VParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Hughes, DavidParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Pascazio, Steven MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Gompertz, Karl RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Smith, Erik SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Wojciak, Luke JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Pickett, Melissa CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Wells, Benjamin JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Brennan, Kevin PParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Muhammad, Jermaine AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Kirby, Sean PParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Starck, Shlomo CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Hickey, BarryParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Wyman, Lorra AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Morgan, Jonathan BParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Hlavacek, Matt SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Stadler, Eric JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Franco, Stephen BParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Hughes, Chya SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Murphy, Kevin AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Gonzalez, JohnnyParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Lewis III, John OParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Fountain, Layette SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Pompeo, AmelaParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Syas, Victoria MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Taldone, John AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Smith III, George EParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
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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.