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
Mitts, Emma MAlderman - 37th WardCity Council$155,688
Hall, WilliamAlderman - 6th WardCity Council$155,688
Mitchell, Gregory IAlderman - 7th WardCity Council$155,688
Quezada, Anthony JAlderman - 35th WardCity Council$155,688
Gardiner, James MAlderman - 45th WardCity Council$155,688
Burnett, Walter RAlderman - 27th WardCity Council$155,688
Rodriguez, Michael DAlderman - 22nd WardCity Council$155,688
Knudsen, Timothy RAlderman - 43rd WardCity Council$155,688
Coleman, Stephanie DAlderman - 16th WardCity Council$155,688
Chico, PeterAlderman - 10th WardCity Council$155,688
Mosley, Ronnie LAlderman - 21st WardCity Council$155,688
Wade, Audrey MLegislative AideCity Council$168,828
Roldan, RaulAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$22.00/hr
Mcphaul, Kamryn RAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$24.00/hr
Mcguire, EleanorAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.00/hr
Morro, Genesis AAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$19.00/hr
Champelli, Audrey JAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$37.00/hr
Aguilar, ArianaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Green, YvonneAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Clark, Zyra JAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Gomez Meza, VictoriaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$32.00/hr
Sotos, PenelopeAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.00/hr
Turner-Washington, MarcelliusAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$31.25/hr
Blough, Madden MAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.05/hr
Sutton, Monique AAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$31.25/hr
Morales-Greene, XavierAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$21.00/hr
Crump, BrandonAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Luna, AlexiaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.00/hr
Aguirre, Karla LAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$21.00/hr
Perkins, TawandaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$47.36/hr
Landeros, Madelaine DAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$23.00/hr
Cruz, JazminAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$26.00/hr
Luque, SylviaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.00/hr
Torres, Heidi GAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$21.00/hr
Schaefer, GregoryAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.05/hr
Williams, AkilAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.05/hr
Maciel, AliciaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$20.00/hr
Cage, Harry AAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$40.00/hr
Dooley, Faye KAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$20.00/hr
Hernandez, AshleyAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$20.00/hr
Ruiz, JosephAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$20.00/hr
Medina Mata, YaquelinAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$23.00/hr
Mullan, LaurenAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$24.00/hr
Venson, JavonAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Tashan, Aris DAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.00/hr
Vega, Rodrigo JAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.05/hr
Watson, LavernAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Krauss, SamuelAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.00/hr
Cooley, MakilahAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.50/hr
Awad, Luai HAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$19.50/hr
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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.