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
Carbonaro, Antonio PFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Alexander, Paul XFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Spatz, John FFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Griffith, Matthew IFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Cunningham, Matthew KFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Orozco, OmarFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Lopez, NathanielFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Ferrari, Samantha GParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Turro, KendallParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Flores, Steve AFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Boulden, Jamal LFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Connell, Rory EFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Burrell, Caleb EFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Meziere, Wesley DParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Spurlock, TerrellFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Sanchez, Araceli EFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Matos, Ramon SFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Solis, James NFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Powell, Raven NParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Simmons, LiamParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Galvan, AbrahamFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Morgan, Renard AFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Franklin, Commandria CFreedom Of Information Act OfficerChicago Fire Department$74,172
Bedoy, Doroteo RAdministrative SupvsrChicago Fire Department$74,172
Torres, ChristianInvestigator-Internal AffairsChicago Fire Department$68,508
Palmer, Matthew JInvestigator-Internal AffairsChicago Fire Department$68,508
Carthron, Suzette RStaff Assistant - ExcludedChicago Fire Department$68,508
Wall, Anthony FInvestigator-Internal AffairsChicago Fire Department$65,412
Mora-Zaragoza, Raquel ESenior Office AssistantChicago Fire Department$65,112
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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.