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
Postma, Iris MLegislative AideCity Council$97,008
Mayen, Sophia PLegislative AideCity Council$97,008
Ortiz, Josue ALegislative AideCity Council$97,296
Granacki, NicoleAsst To The AldermanCity Council$97,332
Burgos, April MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$97,416
Starks, ChaquitaAsst To The AldermanCity Council$97,836
Bradford, Brandon MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$97,836
Garcia, JaneAsst To The AldermanCity Council$98,124
Franco, RubenLegislative AideCity Council$98,352
Rice, CharlesStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$98,832
Davenport, Casandra YAsst To The AldermanCity Council$100,776
Mclaughlin, Katherine EAsst To The AldermanCity Council$100,884
Gavin, Maurita EStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$102,000
Glover, Carla DAsst To The AldermanCity Council$103,008
Navarra, Lusia ALegislative AideCity Council$103,008
Angarone, Joanna MAsst To The AldermanCity Council$103,512
Owens, Tyra CStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$103,572
Wade, JeremyStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$103,572
Zettel, Nicholas JAsst To The AldermanCity Council$104,016
Bahena, ElianneStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$105,228
Gomez, Elizabeth LStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$106,104
Wellhausen, Nicole ALegislative AideCity Council$106,104
Hall, Stephany TLegislative AideCity Council$106,104
Sajovec, Paul DAsst To The AldermanCity Council$107,088
Cardenas, KassandraAsst To The AldermanCity Council$108,120
Valadez, Raymond RLegislative AideCity Council$108,180
Nagy, JonathanLegislative AideCity Council$109,992
Freedman, Brian RLegislative AideCity Council$110,220
Perkins, Leslie JLegislative AideCity Council$110,724
Jaburek, ScottAsst To The AldermanCity Council$111,408
O'Toole, Kathryn GDeputy Administrator-CofaCity Council$111,528
Roberts, Adam CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$111,936
Reimers, Laura BLegislative AideCity Council$112,560
Williams, Alonzo ALegislative AideCity Council$112,560
Young, Lanessa BStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$112,560
Shapiro, Yisrael MLegislative AideCity Council$113,292
Edwards, Qwanchaize MLegislative AideCity Council$113,292
Raddatz, MarleneStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$113,292
Bocanegra, RosauraAsst To The AldermanCity Council$115,656
Pelrine, Brian JStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$116,400
Ross, ErinAsst To The AldermanCity Council$116,688
Valentin, VanessaAsst To The AldermanCity Council$116,688
Karnezis Angus, Tristan NLegislative AideCity Council$116,688
Varela, Rocio ILegislative AideCity Council$117,000
Mcmullen, Kajie AAsst To The AldermanCity Council$118,536
Williams, Barbara CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$123,480
Heroff, John MLegislative AideCity Council$123,768
Marionneaux, SheilaAsst To The AldermanCity Council$124,644
Phillips, Mary ELegislative AideCity Council$124,716
Villegas, GilbertAlderman - 36th WardCity Council$126,000
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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.