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 matching409312 salaried · 97 hourly
Median salary$84,864salaried staff only (312)
Average salary$92,804highest $168,828
Median hourly rate$20.00/hrhourly staff only (97)

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City Council

409 people
NameJob titlePay
Bonet, Shirley AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,580
Walsh, Margaret SStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,616
Rodriguez, Sara LStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,096
Battieste, James CStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Thompkins, MichelleStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Powell, William TStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Grace, Elijah DLegislative AideCity Council$72,108
Cosby, Tiara BAsst Cncl Comm SecCity Council$72,108
Avila, ElizabethStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Pena, EuniceStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Morin, GraceStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Bryant, Linda AAsst Sergeant At ArmsCity Council$73,116
Rubi Navarijo, Angel AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$74,160
Aviles, Vanessa RStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$74,268
Lockhart, ElizabethStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$74,268
Moore, Sharonica MLegislative AideCity Council$74,268
Bowe, Kaitlyn MLegislative AideCity Council$75,000
Watson, Byron DLegislative AideCity Council$75,396
Murphy, Alison PLegislative AideCity Council$75,432
Redmond, Mikail AAsst To The AldermanCity Council$75,504
Parra-Hughes, Gina PLegislative AideCity Council$75,708
Chiavola, Maureen HStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$75,852
Mcginn, Kathryn EStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$75,852
Oconnor, DeirdreStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,212
Sweeney, Kelly AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,380
Olsen, Margaret SLegislative AideCity Council$76,380
Chan, Agnes KStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,380
Perez Saldivar, Diana ELegislative AideCity Council$76,500
Cortez, Victoria RStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,536
Coleman, Ursula VLegislative AideCity Council$76,920
Richmond, BobbyLegislative AideCity Council$77,256
Chlumecky, Megan ELegislative AideCity Council$77,520
Diliberto, Daniel PLegislative AideCity Council$78,504
Armenta, WendyStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$79,332
Liechty, Jason TStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$79,572
Lach, Erin EStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$79,992
Brown, CrescentStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$79,992
Borrero, EsmeraldaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$80,100
Sharp, CatherineAsst To The AldermanCity Council$80,340
Mccoy, SharronStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$80,448
Gallegos, MaricelaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$80,916
Lopez, Jose IStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$80,916
Alcocer, Angelica CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$82,200
Shelly, Jacob AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$82,224
Snyder, Marie SLegislative AideCity Council$82,392
Howse, NatalieLegislative AideCity Council$82,392
Hinton, AntonioLegislative AideCity Council$82,392
Jimenez-Saavedra, CindyStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$82,392
Jackson, Cordarryl GStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$82,668
Balaskovits, KathrynStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$83,412
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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.