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 matching6864 salaried · 4 hourly
Median salary$102,588salaried staff only (64)
Average salary$115,825highest $200,856
Median hourly rate$17.05/hrhourly staff only (4)

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Department Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events

68 people
NameJob titlePay
Heitz, Neal AProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Wang, Melanie MProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Castillo, James PProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Mota, YesceniaProgram Director Special EventsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Lorick, Lisa JAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Heinemann, ZhenesseProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Fonzino, Joseph RProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Lewis, Frayne TDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$162,048
Purdiman, Bria PDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$162,048
Olguin, Natasha PDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$162,048
Baig, TahiraDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$173,004
Mcneal, MeidaDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$173,004
Ochoa, AbelFirst Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$173,988
Merritt, Kenya KCommissioner Of Cultural Affairs/Spec EventsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$200,856
Rivera, Leilani CStudent InternDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$17.05/hr
Watson III, TerryStudent InternDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$17.05/hr
Ghebreweldi, Yosan IStudent InternDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$17.05/hr
Martinez, JasminStudent InternDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$17.05/hr
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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.