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
Bryant, Linda AAsst Sergeant At ArmsCity Council$73,116
Pena, EuniceStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Morin, GraceStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Avila, ElizabethStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Battieste, James CStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Powell, William TStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Grace, Elijah DLegislative AideCity Council$72,108
Cosby, Tiara BAsst Cncl Comm SecCity Council$72,108
Thompkins, MichelleStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Rodriguez, Sara LStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,096
Walsh, Margaret SStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,616
Bonet, Shirley AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,580
Zepeda, Alondra MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,520
Corya, Isabella MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,460
Chesniak, Emma RStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,304
Simental-Valdez, MauroLegislative AideCity Council$71,004
Pedraza, Valeria CLegislative AideCity Council$71,004
Orr, Jesse ZStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$70,032
Molise, EleanaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$70,032
Smith, TanyaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$70,032
Wiltz, Vernon EStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$69,936
Johnson, Evann MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$69,648
Kosterman, MargueriteStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$69,528
Rogers, Sheila JStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$69,156
Podbielski, Carly MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$69,024
Kasper, Rebecca MLegislative AideCity Council$68,940
Garcia, Cecilia AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$68,940
Mccall, Javas GAsst Sergeant At ArmsCity Council$68,940
Fletcher, Betty AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$68,940
Hayes, LincolnAsst Sergeant At ArmsCity Council$68,844
Watson, Patrick CStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$68,484
Haney, Takeya SStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$67,980
Moreno, YasminAsst To The AldermanCity Council$67,176
Benitez Cruz, Carlos AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$66,960
Mccray, Ryan MAsst To The AldermanCity Council$66,936
King, Erin MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$66,936
Chiu, Lai PingStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$66,300
Hart, Thazarra AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$65,592
Gameng, Mark GStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$65,568
Imperatrice, Christine MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$65,244
Harrington, RandallStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$65,184
Ward, DjatonAsst To The AldermanCity Council$65,112
Fonseca Hernandez, CitlallyAsst To The AldermanCity Council$65,004
Vaughn, FloydAsst To The AldermanCity Council$64,992
Hartmann, AnnaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$64,992
Perez-Padilla, GilbertoLegislative AideCity Council$64,548
Parks, AshleyLegislative AideCity Council$64,080
Thompson, Zachary HLegislative AideCity Council$64,008
Sandifer, Tony BAsst To The AldermanCity Council$63,852
Ferraro, GeorgeLegislative AideCity Council$63,660
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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.