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
Rivera, RyanCommanding Fire MarshalChicago Fire Department$199,464
Meziere, Thomas JBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Dilger, Michael WBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Peace, JasonBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Nechvatal, Christopher RBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Halleran, Martin TBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Mc Ardle, Brian TBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Markham, Timothy JBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Kinnerk, Charles JBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Beauregard, Steven JBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Rhodes, AdamChief Helicopter Pilot-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Vazquez, Angel LBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Taylor, Todd SBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Novotny, DavidBattalion Chief-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$205,248
Haim, Evan JGeneral Counsel-42Chicago Fire Department$205,260
Javorka, JohnDeputy Commissioner - 42Chicago Fire Department$205,260
Satriano, Jason RDistrict ChiefChicago Fire Department$211,728
Divita, Michael JDistrict ChiefChicago Fire Department$211,728
Stinnett, GregoryDistrict ChiefChicago Fire Department$211,728
Sullivan, Jamar LDistrict ChiefChicago Fire Department$211,728
Shawaluk, Scott PDistrict ChiefChicago Fire Department$211,728
Ortiz, BettyDistrict ChiefChicago Fire Department$211,728
Crowley, Douglas WDistrict ChiefChicago Fire Department$211,728
Velez, FranciscoDeputy Fire Commissioner / Exec Dir Of OemcChicago Fire Department$218,208
Mc Donough, James BAsst Deputy Fire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$225,624
Hernandez, Juan CAsst Deputy Fire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$225,624
Herring, CynthiaDeputy Fire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$228,444
Zaentz, Jonathan ADeputy Fire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$228,444
Oquendo, Michael RDeputy Fire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$228,444
Walker, Donald LDeputy Fire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$228,444
Keller, Brandon MFirst Deputy Fire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$233,676
Nance Holt, Annette MFire CommissionerChicago Fire Department$257,268
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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.