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
Brown, Christopher MCommissioner Of Chicago Public LibraryChicago Public Library$230,448
Messner, Mary EllenFirst Deputy CommissionerChicago Public Library$205,800
Clemons, Maggie JDeputy CommissionerChicago Public Library$186,792
Suleiman, Adnan APr Telecommunications SpecialistChicago Public Library$178,188
Robinson, Mary RDeputy CommissionerChicago Public Library$173,004
Jackson, Erema JDirector Of FinanceChicago Public Library$163,260
Ormiste, Ulo AChief Programmer/Analyst ExcludedChicago Public Library$163,260
Steeves, Nicole RDirector Of Library TechnologyChicago Public Library$163,260
Lillard, SabrinaContracts AdministratorChicago Public Library$157,980
Lipinski, Brent AAsst CommissionerChicago Public Library$157,980
Laren, Lindsay NAsst CommissionerChicago Public Library$157,980
Obrochta, Julie BAsst CommissionerChicago Public Library$151,212
Molloy, Patrick WDir Of Public AffairsChicago Public Library$148,200
Harris, Shenita LLibrary DirectorChicago Public Library$145,368
Saunders, La Brunesha LLibrary DirectorChicago Public Library$145,368
Cossyleon, Esmeralda ALibrary DirectorChicago Public Library$145,368
Levato, Anthony FHelp Desk ManagerChicago Public Library$140,796
Hughes, Shelley RLibrary DirectorChicago Public Library$139,056
Barnes, Arturo CCpl Help Desk SupervisorChicago Public Library$136,908
Robinson, Genae APublic Relations Representative IIIChicago Public Library$134,916
Siong, Abner BSenior Help Desk TechnicianChicago Public Library$134,916
Ruan, Jian BinSenior Help Desk TechnicianChicago Public Library$134,916
Mendoza, Ralph DSenior Help Desk TechnicianChicago Public Library$134,916
Lazaar, George SSenior Help Desk TechnicianChicago Public Library$134,916
Jefferson, Shilo JAssistant Library DirectorChicago Public Library$134,388
Morrill, Brandy DLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Clark, Keeshana LLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Garcia, Yvette MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Willard, Robin KLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Cleary, Jacob MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Stark, Thomas MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Mohammad, Sandra BLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Kaszynski, Melissa PLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Rodriguez Jr, GregorioLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Kenney, Kyleen PLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Tansley, Sarah CLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Griffin, LolitaLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Thomas Jr, MauriceLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Johnson, Shamoral SLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Bayless, Taylor ALibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Brown, Rory DLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Frumkin, Lori FLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Carter, Earnestine LLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Arens, Stephanie LLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Roe, Lisa MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Holbrook, Lindsay CLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Hagen, Kimberly LLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Hamilton, John Luke ILibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Rodgers, Lala MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
Hazelden, Joanna CLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$133,848
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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.