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
Ochoa, RaulDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Mc Gill, John ADeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Jessee, Patrick JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Miller, Jimmy CBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ziemba, Lloyd WBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kevin, Sean RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Leyden, Patrick JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Donahue, William TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Garr, Barry JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Murphy, Robert PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Spalla, James ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Russell, Christophe DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Heneghan, Peter TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Serb, Steven JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ohse, Rory ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Goosherst, John PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Koch, Jeremy SBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Gallagher, Patrick GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Sullivan, Matthew DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Fuchsgruber, Thomas MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Bouck, Steven RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Groszek, Stephen FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Gallardo, John DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Sullivan, Michael TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
O Boyle, Michael BBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ludwig, Robert JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Fleischhacker, T PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Rogala, Thomas ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Meziere, Christopher JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Johnson, Eric LBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Martin, Anthony RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Swanson, Gregory ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dowdall, Matthew EBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Bilal, Malick MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kolssak, Thomas JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Jurasz Jr, Kenneth MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Borner, John PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Keating, Fred ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Mc Dermott, Daniel JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Cunningham, Brian KBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Reppen, Barry GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Malone, Patrick ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Buganski, Daniel MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Flood, John GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Cronin, John JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Blake, Thomas ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Tonne, Robert TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Swift, Daniel JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kamberis, Samuel HBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Fleming, James WBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
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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.