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 28, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees matching1,089776 salaried · 313 hourly
Median salary$88,524salaried staff only (776)
Average salary$90,849highest $230,448
Median hourly rate$19.05/hrhourly staff only (313)

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Chicago Public Library

1,089 people
NameJob titlePay
Jiang, WeiLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Escutia, Sandra LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Alexander, Sarah BLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Bruins, Barbara ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Yu, Wan FangLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Anderson, Eric MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Warner, Mara RLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Stewart, Carolyn MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Aharanwa, Alexander ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Bahena, Blanca ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Berger, RossLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Domashevsky, VasylLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Reiter, Denise ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Watson, William KLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
O Connor, Michael TLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Gissy, Sharon MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Crotwell, ChristopherLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Xia, Chun MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Schroader, Patricia LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Hoffman, Susan GLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Ballard, Jamie LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Brand, ClaudiaLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Bradley, Melissa JLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Vanicelli, Maddelyn MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Lizak, Jennifer MCoord Of Special ProjectsChicago Public Library$101,796
Patel, Bharat DAccounting TechnicianChicago Public Library$102,144
Griffith, Tiffany LAccounting TechnicianChicago Public Library$102,144
Mosley, LelandAudio-Visual SpecialistChicago Public Library$102,144
Becker, DanielleLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$102,516
Reyes, Eric BEquity OfficerChicago Public Library$102,516
Hargrave, JenniferLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$102,516
Armstrong, Evelina CLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$102,516
Seely, AdrienneLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$102,516
Kennard, Lazerrick MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$102,516
Lodolce, Kristin ELibrarian IVChicago Public Library$102,516
Schmidt, Christina MLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$102,516
Dantes, Alvin RElectronic Resources LibrarianChicago Public Library$102,516
Mcfarlane, Megan ELibrarian IIChicago Public Library$102,516
Johnson, NicoleLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$102,516
Murphy, Rachael MLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$102,516
Bryant, Charmaine NLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$102,516
Ramirez, OmarLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$102,516
Kidder-Goshorn, Kendall PLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$102,516
Santana, AlejandraLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$102,516
Dolan, DermotLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$102,516
Sotelo, SamuelData Services AdministratorChicago Public Library$102,588
Eichelberger, Eric LSenior Administrative AssistantChicago Public Library$103,608
Suggs, Chyneal CAdministrative Services Officer IChicago Public Library$103,608
Godinez, AngelicaLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$107,628
Garcia-Coy, Elsa ALibrarian IVChicago Public Library$107,628
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 28, 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.