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 matching231230 salaried · 1 hourly
Median salary$136,656salaried staff only (230)
Average salary$137,295highest $210,552
Median hourly rate$17.05/hrhourly staff only (1)

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Department Of Buildings

231 people
NameJob titlePay
Johnson, Aprella MProjects AdministratorDepartment Of Buildings$124,584
Geiger, Frederick EProjects AdministratorDepartment Of Buildings$124,584
Martinez-Vujovic, Sophie MProjects AdministratorDepartment Of Buildings$124,584
Fitzgerald, Michael JBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Capilla, Mario ABuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Jefferson, Telly LBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Scalise, VincentBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Estrada, Jose FBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Rogulich, Eric MBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Tardy, Michael PBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Taormina, Leonard FBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$124,740
Porter, Charles GMason InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$125,403
Mccarthy, Robert AVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Salinas, MercedesVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Santore, Thomas AVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Kalat, Daniel JVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Walsh, Kevin PVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Maderer, Christian RVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Howard, LaurentioVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Chavez, Juan CVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
O'Brien, Edward FVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Kopka, James MVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Harris, Brian KVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Scieszka, Carl DVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Yates, Clifford EProject CoordDepartment Of Buildings$130,668
Mc Gann, Stephen ECooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Hastings, Richard MCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Edwards, John FCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Sichelski, Brian ACooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Boykin, Michael SCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Dearing, CarlCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Travis, Messiah VCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Mazariegos, DavisCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Lempa, JeffreyCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Henderson, Maurice LCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Reyes, SalvadorBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Grant, Bernard HBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Mckee, Brian MBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Scott, John PBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Carpenter, Jason PBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Gavin, Clement ASupervising Cooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,240
Patterson, Brian DPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Woodward, Paul BPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Diaz, NarsisoPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Prophet, MarvinPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Brown, Gregory EPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Delcarmen, BaltazarPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Reidy, Edward JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Brennan, Cory JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Blankenship, Braden LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
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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.