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
Merritt, Kenya KCommissioner Of Cultural Affairs/Spec EventsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$200,856
Ochoa, AbelFirst Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$173,988
Mcneal, MeidaDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$173,004
Baig, TahiraDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$173,004
Purdiman, Bria PDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$162,048
Olguin, Natasha PDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$162,048
Lewis, Frayne TDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$162,048
Lorick, Lisa JAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Wang, Melanie MProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Heitz, Neal AProgram 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
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
Mota, YesceniaProgram Director Special EventsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Trejo Lozano, Laura PProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,980
Melgar, Lionel CData Services AdministratorDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$157,332
Grais, Betsey GProgram Director Special EventsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$151,212
Cazares, MonicaDirector Of FinanceDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$151,212
Swinney, Brett DProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$141,660
Gibson, Acasia AProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$141,660
Tortolero, Carlos CProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$141,660
Fox, JoshuaProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$141,660
Youngblood, Janeth CProgram Coord - Special EventsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$140,796
Jacob, ChristineProgram Coord - Special EventsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$140,796
Reyes Brown, Laura CProject CoordDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$130,668
Partynski, Julie GSponsorship CoordinatorDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$128,316
Gayles, LamarProgram Dir - Cultural AffairsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$125,316
Carlson, Amanda LProjects AdministratorDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$116,976
Pappalas, VivianProjects AdministratorDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$116,976
Ross, Lydia KProjects AdministratorDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$116,976
Zboril, Nora APublic Relations Rep III - ExcldDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$116,976
Walls, Jacquelyn LExec Administrative Asst IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$116,976
Obafemi-Adewale, MayowaContracts CoordDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$102,588
Cerritos, RogelioCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$101,796
Thomfohrda, Melissa AProjects AdministratorDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$100,776
Mason, Nathan ACultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$97,164
Friel, Susan ACultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$92,700
Chavez, DavidCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$92,700
Freeman-Lambert, Kiesha AAdministrative Services Officer IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$89,244
Goebel, Joanna LCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$88,560
Butler, Nikki SCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$88,560
Brown, Jennifer LCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$88,560
Washington, Darryl CPublic Relations CoordDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$87,684
Olson, Timothy WCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$85,548
Davis, Saudia APolicy AnalystDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$82,524
Williams, Maici EExec Administrative Asst IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$82,524
Carrera, Sandra YCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$82,524
Ojeda, Joshua ACultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$82,524
Jackson, Camille FCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$82,524
Pavkovic, Maria Rosario JCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$82,524
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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.