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
Powell, HopeBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Mccarthy, Morgan JStructural EngineerDepartment Of Buildings$141,564
Leung, Man HStructural EngineerDepartment Of Buildings$141,564
Hussain, Syed RProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$141,564
Seymore, ShirleySupvsr Of Personnel AdministrationDepartment Of Buildings$140,796
Griffin, Eamon GIron InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$140,795
Jenkins, Marlon DIron InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$140,795
Griffin, GeraldIron InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$140,795
Maloney, Patrick GAsst Chief Engineer Of SewersDepartment Of Buildings$140,496
Davis, PamelaPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Buildings$139,256
Nayman, David TSuprvng Building/Contruct InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,872
Cherry, Alesia RBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,872
Amick, David JBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,872
Alvarez, TibaldoBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,872
Alexander, KevinPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Feely, JohnPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Cunningham, Patrick JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Hughes, LolitaPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Nehlsen, Timothy EPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Lopez, Manuel MPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Blankenship, Braden LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Prophet, MarvinPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Payne, Carla YPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Mc Ging, Michael JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Woulfe, Martin GPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Haggerty, JosephPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Smith, AaronPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Fox, VictorPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Diaz, NarsisoPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Woodward, Paul BPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Bajkiewicz, Radoslaw LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Ruiz, JesusPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Ryan, Kevin WPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Patterson, Brian DPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Reidy, Edward JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Delcarmen, BaltazarPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Brown, Gregory EPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Smith, Don MPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Brennan, Cory JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Gavin, Clement ASupervising Cooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,240
Mckee, Brian MBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Carpenter, Jason PBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Reyes, SalvadorBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Grant, Bernard HBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Scott, John PBoiler InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$133,994
Edwards, John FCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Sichelski, Brian ACooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Hastings, Richard MCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Mazariegos, DavisCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Boykin, Michael SCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
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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.