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 30, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees matching12,16112,125 salaried · 36 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (12,125)
Average salary$118,203highest $233,676
Median hourly rate$17.05/hrhourly staff only (36)

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Chicago Police Department

12,161 people
NameJob titlePay
Ruiz, RobertoSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Wyroba, Albert FSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Escalante, JuanSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Spreng, Brian JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Kotlarz, Sherry LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Ruhnke, Erik RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Williams, ChrisSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Tews, Niki MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Meilinger, Christopher MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Derouin, Thomas HSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Cervantes, Martita MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
St Clair II, Michael ESergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Crotty, Rita MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Schmit, Gregory JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Barrera, PedroSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Forsell, Jeremiah LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Kumiga, Michael JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Mogelberg, Amy MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Rojas, JoseSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Homer, Justin MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Sheehan, Daniel TSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Gonzalez, NelsonSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Darko, Lawrence OSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Warda, Ashor LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Patterson, Dina MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Johnson, Robert LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Lopez, RobertoSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Amelio, Peter RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Moore, David CSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Adcock, David GSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Wahrer, Danielle ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Petrusonis, Michael TSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Aguirre, RamiroSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Clark, Eric DSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Toledo, Peter HSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Deluna Jr, GonzaloSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Binfa, Daniel ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Burke, Michael ESergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Deferville, Joseph ESergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Samson, Michael JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Guzman, Salvador ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Herlehy, Bridget ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Collado, Jeffrey RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Doherty, Christopher MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Patterson, Alfie ESergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Brownfield, Craig CSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Velazquez, Cosme CSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Kim, Hyon KSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Martinez, David RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Thompson, Joseph MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 30, 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.