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
Evenson, Charles SCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Meuris, John HCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Suchecki, Michael DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Novak, Gregory DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Kubik, Joseph TCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Downs, Paul ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Carthy, Austin CCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Merchant, Kevin GLieutenant-Emt (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Lean, Sean WCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Balnis, Michael DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Fennessey, William MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Doherty, Martin FCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Navarro, DavidCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Rottman, Doreen RParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Demovic, Robert AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
De Julio, Vincent NCommanderChicago Fire Department$181,188
Hoard, Anthony CParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Wasserman, Joel HParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Broderick, Brendan JCommander-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,836
Tsokolas, AngeloCaptain-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$182,184
Lea, Paul JCaptain-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$182,184
Kirk, Elizabeth AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Roth, MiriamParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Goc, Jeffrey AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Flowers, Derek NParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Cairo, Nicholas SBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Hedlund, Dawn DParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Digiovanni, Joseph JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Epps, William DCommanderChicago Fire Department$186,594
Ignacio Silvestrini, EdgarParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Gomez, Scott AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Ernst, David JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Johnson, Brian KParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Fitzpatrick, Louise AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Leen, John PParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Cavanaugh, DennisParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Murphy, William BBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Stafen, Kristen HParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Kelly, Kathleen EParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Hamp, Deborah KParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Payne, ArlettParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
O Connell, Ryan PBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Rivera, Ralph RParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Hernandez, VickyParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Faizi, Tarek JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Martinica, Cesar AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Phillips, Leroy DParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Both, Shawn DParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Olszewski, Sherry MParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Pohl, Albert HBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
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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.