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
Quinn, Marty PAlderman - 13th WardCity Council$126,252
Mangrum, Trina MAsst To The AldermanCity Council$127,308
Starks, Alvin DSergeant At ArmsCity Council$127,812
Reilly, BrendanAlderman - 42nd WardCity Council$128,232
Vittorio, ChristopherAsst To The AldermanCity Council$129,192
Oda-Gray, JaniceChief Administrative OfficerCity Council$130,284
Gamboa, CarlosLegislative AideCity Council$130,800
Stewart, ReginaldAsst To The AldermanCity Council$130,824
O Shea, Matthew JAlderman - 19th WardCity Council$130,836
Martin, Matthew JAlderman - 47th WardCity Council$133,344
Cardona, Felix Jr.Alderman - 31st WardCity Council$133,368
Lopez, Raymond AAlderman - 15th WardCity Council$133,368
Tabares, Silvana CAlderman - 23rd WardCity Council$134,676
Brady, Ethan GStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$136,200
Mbaye, SaliouStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$136,944
Luna, Daniel CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$137,928
Hadden, Maria EAlderman - 49th WardCity Council$139,776
Howlett, Michael JLegislative AideCity Council$139,992
Sposato, Nicholas SAlderman - 38th WardCity Council$140,046
Barrera, ReneeLegislative AideCity Council$141,624
Lee, Nicole TAlderman - 11th WardCity Council$142,020
La Spata, Daniel FAlderman - 1st WardCity Council$142,020
Hopkins, Brian KAlderman - 2nd WardCity Council$142,020
Nugent, Samantha GAlderman - 39th WardCity Council$142,020
Napolitano, Anthony VAlderman - 41st WardCity Council$142,020
Rodriguez Sanchez, RossanaAlderman - 33rd WardCity Council$142,776
Sigcho, Byron FAlderman - 25th WardCity Council$142,776
Waguespack, Scott EAlderman - 32nd WardCity Council$144,264
Allison, Allyson MAsst To The AldermanCity Council$148,836
Lawson, Bennett RAlderman - 44th WardCity Council$149,520
Harris, Michelle AAlderman - 8th WardCity Council$154,716
Dowell, Patricia RAlderman - 3rd WardCity Council$154,716
Curtis, Derrick GAlderman - 18th WardCity Council$155,688
Fuentes, Jessica LAlderman - 26th WardCity Council$155,688
Ramirez, Julia MAlderman - 12th WardCity Council$155,688
Taliaferro, ChristopheAlderman - 29th WardCity Council$155,688
Mitchell, Gregory IAlderman - 7th WardCity Council$155,688
Gardiner, James MAlderman - 45th WardCity Council$155,688
Quezada, Anthony JAlderman - 35th WardCity Council$155,688
Scott, Monique LAlderman - 24th WardCity Council$155,688
Robinson, Lamont JAlderman - 4th WardCity Council$155,688
Manaa-Hoppenworth, Leni AAlderman - 48th WardCity Council$155,688
Silverstein, Debra LAlderman - 50th WardCity Council$155,688
Cruz, RuthAlderman - 30th WardCity Council$155,688
Yancy, Desmon CAlderman - 5th WardCity Council$155,688
Burnett, Walter RAlderman - 27th WardCity Council$155,688
Conway, William EAlderman - 34th WardCity Council$155,688
Knudsen, Timothy RAlderman - 43rd WardCity Council$155,688
Mosley, Ronnie LAlderman - 21st WardCity Council$155,688
Vasquez, AndreAlderman - 40th WardCity Council$155,688
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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.