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
Kelleher, John FBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$150,180
Ethredge, Lisa BBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$150,180
Trejo, DavidSuprvng Building/Contruct InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$150,180
Gipson, Stephen PSupvsr Of Electrical InspectorsDepartment Of Buildings$149,063
Cumpian, Oscar ASupvsr Of Electrical InspectorsDepartment Of Buildings$149,063
Lockhart, Tammara DAdministrative Services Officer IIDepartment Of Buildings$148,056
Tolbert, DavidAsst Chief Plumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$147,611
Hoes, Osekre DProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,460
Bassett, Derek JArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Hussaini, Syed MProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Walker, Pamela JArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Oshana, Robert PSenior Data Base AnalystDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Mitchell, Browning WProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Martinez, Victor MProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Mc Leary, Craig TArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Torres Castro, FelipeArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Audiffred, Oscar FArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Siddiqui, Anis UProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Gonzalez, CarolinaArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Kelly Mitchell, Donna LArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Patel, Dixit RStructural EngineerDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Dragovic, DuloElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Dyess, GordonElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Thomas, Dimitrius IElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Merriweather, Derrica CElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Mc Dermott, Patrick SElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Martinez, JulioElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Jain, SanjeevElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Moore, Chantel AElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Sowder, VictorElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Perkins, Mark SElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Satterfield, James LElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Castaneda, DanielElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Sonne, Lawrence MElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Flores, ArnulfoElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Lynch, Thomas FElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
De Boer, Joseph WElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Bucher, William GElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Sarabia, ReneElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Campos, JorgeElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Chirikos, Nicholas TElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Willis, Mark AElectrical InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$144,487
Bialoruski, Keith SBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Powell, HopeBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Vasquez, JesusBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Brady, Kevin LBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Martinez, Mario SBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Mulyk, Mark ABuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Goolsby, Jules EBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
Chukwu, Basil OBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$143,352
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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.