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
Mustin, Ronelle LAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.51/hr
Coley, Mikiya PAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$20.00/hr
Robinson, Gwendolyn MAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Forsythe Keaton, Elizabeth MAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$20.00/hr
Mcmullin, Martin PStudent Intern - AldermanicCity Council$17.05/hr
Wiers, William BAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$17.05/hr
Rodriguez Lopez, ElisaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Deberry, Caleb JAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$24.00/hr
Cooley, MakilahAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.50/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.