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
Mclaughlin, Katherine EAsst To The AldermanCity Council$100,884
Davenport, Casandra YAsst To The AldermanCity Council$100,776
Rice, CharlesStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$98,832
Franco, RubenLegislative AideCity Council$98,352
Garcia, JaneAsst To The AldermanCity Council$98,124
Bradford, Brandon MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$97,836
Starks, ChaquitaAsst To The AldermanCity Council$97,836
Burgos, April MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$97,416
Granacki, NicoleAsst To The AldermanCity Council$97,332
Ortiz, Josue ALegislative AideCity Council$97,296
Mayen, Sophia PLegislative AideCity Council$97,008
Postma, Iris MLegislative AideCity Council$97,008
Heer, PrabhneekLegislative AideCity Council$97,008
Murray, Tracy YAsst To The AldermanCity Council$96,012
Calderon, Lucia AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$95,676
Drew, William DAsst To The AldermanCity Council$95,676
Arrigo, SharonAsst To The AldermanCity Council$95,484
Ucles-Banegas, Christian JLegislative AideCity Council$93,852
Lopez, Hugo AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$93,384
Harper, Anthony PAsst Sergeant At ArmsCity Council$93,204
Ravindran, PoojaLegislative AideCity Council$92,880
Meng, YutingLegislative Budget AnalystCity Council$92,760
Bisenius, Alexander PLegislative Budget AnalystCity Council$92,760
Townsend, Thomas JAsst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Winters, AdamAsst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Barrios, KennethLegislative AideCity Council$92,700
Hohenkirk, Shenicka TStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Sirridge, CharlesStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Mauer, Zachary MLegislative AideCity Council$92,496
Mcgrath, Daimhin TLegislative AideCity Council$92,496
Kennedy, Leah GStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$92,280
Orama, MabelAsst Cncl Comm SecCity Council$91,968
Nye, Lucy MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$90,648
Simon, Olivia LStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$90,192
Cleveland, Nanida MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$90,192
Carrigan, ConstantinLegislative AideCity Council$90,168
Dixon, JakhanLegislative AideCity Council$90,000
Dever, Margaret AAsst Cncl Comm SecCity Council$89,952
Cernek, Jamie ELegislative AideCity Council$89,712
Papp, JessicaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$89,640
Barajas, JuanitaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$89,616
Solski, JenniferAsst To The AldermanCity Council$88,872
King, Tonnika NStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$88,740
Izquierdo, AlejandraStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$88,068
Ruiz, AuberetteStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$87,564
Kifle, BethelAsst To The AldermanCity Council$87,564
Smart Jr, JesseStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$87,516
Sokolowski, Keith AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$86,004
Bush, Jill RStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$85,476
Kehinde, Shola BStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$85,032
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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.