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
Cardona, Felix Jr.Alderman - 31st WardCity Council$133,368
Lopez, Raymond AAlderman - 15th WardCity Council$133,368
Martin, Matthew JAlderman - 47th WardCity Council$133,344
O Shea, Matthew JAlderman - 19th WardCity Council$130,836
Stewart, ReginaldAsst To The AldermanCity Council$130,824
Gamboa, CarlosLegislative AideCity Council$130,800
Oda-Gray, JaniceChief Administrative OfficerCity Council$130,284
Vittorio, ChristopherAsst To The AldermanCity Council$129,192
Reilly, BrendanAlderman - 42nd WardCity Council$128,232
Starks, Alvin DSergeant At ArmsCity Council$127,812
Mangrum, Trina MAsst To The AldermanCity Council$127,308
Quinn, Marty PAlderman - 13th WardCity Council$126,252
Villegas, GilbertAlderman - 36th WardCity Council$126,000
Phillips, Mary ELegislative AideCity Council$124,716
Marionneaux, SheilaAsst To The AldermanCity Council$124,644
Heroff, John MLegislative AideCity Council$123,768
Williams, Barbara CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$123,480
Mcmullen, Kajie AAsst To The AldermanCity Council$118,536
Varela, Rocio ILegislative AideCity Council$117,000
Karnezis Angus, Tristan NLegislative AideCity Council$116,688
Ross, ErinAsst To The AldermanCity Council$116,688
Valentin, VanessaAsst To The AldermanCity Council$116,688
Pelrine, Brian JStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$116,400
Bocanegra, RosauraAsst To The AldermanCity Council$115,656
Raddatz, MarleneStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$113,292
Shapiro, Yisrael MLegislative AideCity Council$113,292
Edwards, Qwanchaize MLegislative AideCity Council$113,292
Williams, Alonzo ALegislative AideCity Council$112,560
Reimers, Laura BLegislative AideCity Council$112,560
Young, Lanessa BStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$112,560
Roberts, Adam CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$111,936
O'Toole, Kathryn GDeputy Administrator-CofaCity Council$111,528
Jaburek, ScottAsst To The AldermanCity Council$111,408
Perkins, Leslie JLegislative AideCity Council$110,724
Freedman, Brian RLegislative AideCity Council$110,220
Nagy, JonathanLegislative AideCity Council$109,992
Valadez, Raymond RLegislative AideCity Council$108,180
Cardenas, KassandraAsst To The AldermanCity Council$108,120
Sajovec, Paul DAsst To The AldermanCity Council$107,088
Hall, Stephany TLegislative AideCity Council$106,104
Gomez, Elizabeth LStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$106,104
Wellhausen, Nicole ALegislative AideCity Council$106,104
Bahena, ElianneStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$105,228
Zettel, Nicholas JAsst To The AldermanCity Council$104,016
Owens, Tyra CStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$103,572
Wade, JeremyStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$103,572
Angarone, Joanna MAsst To The AldermanCity Council$103,512
Glover, Carla DAsst To The AldermanCity Council$103,008
Navarra, Lusia ALegislative AideCity Council$103,008
Gavin, Maurita EStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$102,000
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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.