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
Bolar, Roderick LLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Jestadt, Jeffery SLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Walsh, Stephen LLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Beaton, Nicholas TParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$147,246
O Sullivan, Michael JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Fowler, Timothy JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Reidy, Brian MLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Hogan, Michael PLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Merritt, Larry LAsst Dir Of News AffairsChicago Fire Department$148,200
Costello, Fred VFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Reisner, Kevin RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Jezior, Michael JFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Rodriguez, Juan MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Soto, Ricardo CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Bailey, Kimberly AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Garcia, Jose CFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Bornell, Robert PParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Cerna, MarioFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Mathews, Le Rian KFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Stachura, Edward CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Spalliero Jr, John FFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Porras, RaulFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Mc Gill, AndrewFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Gallegos, ArthurParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Tobias, Brian AFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Middleton, Malik SFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Lipka, James ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Oberholz, Daniel GLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Tirado, MauricioLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Byrnes, Brian FLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Gerros, Matthew VLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Rasso, Thomas VLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Newman, William JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Rivamonte, Joel BLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Gallagher, James JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Powers, Steven MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Christy, Brendan PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Quane, Patrick JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Michon, JosephLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Laporta, Nicholas JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Barrett, John JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Manda, IonutLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Engel, Claire HLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Zuhr, Anthony DLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Stoeck, David ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Ramos, Daniel BLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Fennessy, Sean ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Claudio, EricLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Magallon, Miguel ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Grazzini, Vanessa LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
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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.