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
Plescia, Frank VBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Renaud, Thomas BBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Nichols Jr, Gerald DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Exter, Frederick CBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dyer, Brandon FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Reidy, Daniel TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Coney, Gary KBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Huff, Roger WBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Foster, James JCommander-Logistics And Operations (Emt)Chicago Fire Department$197,880
Angus, Kevin PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Cronin, Michael EBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dennis, Joshua MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Mastrodomenico, SalvatoreBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Olszewski, Christopher PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Rogers, Michael RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Rowe, William SBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Raiford, Andre LBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Wirtz, Kevin TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Newell, Kevin MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Gies, John CBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Batka Jr, Bradley AAsst Commanding Fire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Gasiorek, Christopher JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Haring, John KBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Haran, Thomas ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Schick, Douglas FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Stack, Brian RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ziegenbein, Hans TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Neary, James ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Guzman, Michael RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Woods, Daniel FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ward, Charles JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Chambers, Patrick MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Adams, Raymond TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kendrick, Steven RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dziedzic, Craig JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Velasquez, HectorBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Sanders, Anthony JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Cremins, Kevin MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Stadler, Terence JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Flynn, Daniel GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Flynn, James PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ohse, Barbara ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Mullen, John PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kelly, Brendan JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Mc Laughlin, Brian JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Soderlund, Christopher JCoord Of Special Events LiaisonChicago Fire Department$199,464
Paston, Thomas ACoord Of Air Mask ServicesChicago Fire Department$199,464
Rivera, RyanCommanding Fire MarshalChicago Fire Department$199,464
Peace, JasonBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Novotny, DavidBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
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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.