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
Aguilar, Alejandro IFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Pentell, Maximilian RParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Ramos, Angel JParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Lopez, KimiParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Admani, ShezaParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Alvarez, JorgeParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Kloepfer, Jessica AParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
O'Donnell, Ryan TFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Muhammad, AaliyahParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Fischel, Joseph SParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Torres, William LFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Coyne, Amy JParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Colant, Joseph RParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Guzman, Jose AParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Anaya Salazar, William AParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Townsend, Anthony JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Joy, Noelle TParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Diaz, Roger JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Neubauer, David RFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Adame, ChristianFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Flores, Ruben JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Gist, JoshuaFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Cotey, Brayden SFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Porter-Kooy, JeniseParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Flowers, Muhammad WFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Sanchez, Bryan GFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Sanchez, JaimeParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Acevedo, Ian NFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Riordan, David TFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Jolliff-Blake, RachaelFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Tebbens, Robert JParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Mustafa, Nideen IParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Organ, AdamParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Salgado, AileenParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Clarke, Ryan PSenior Air Mask TechnicianChicago Fire Department$89,232
Joiner, Cora MLabor Relations SpecialistChicago Fire Department$88,668
Ronstadt, BasiliosSenior Air Mask TechnicianChicago Fire Department$85,176
Collins, JosephineSenior Office AssistantChicago Fire Department$84,804
Lee, Steven LInvestigator-Internal AffairsChicago Fire Department$83,340
Sazma, Deborah JSenior StorekeeperChicago Fire Department$82,092
Pickett, James AInvestigator SpecialistChicago Fire Department$78,768
Colston, EverettSenior Administrative AssistantChicago Fire Department$77,640
Perez, Mayra DSenior Administrative AssistantChicago Fire Department$77,640
Gonzalez, RocioStaff AsstChicago Fire Department$77,640
Aguilar, Axel KParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Sandhu, Prabhgun SParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Salus, Maxwell CParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Curran, Reilly AParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Martinez, OrlandoParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Parker, ThaddiousParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
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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.