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
Bailey, Angela RChief Voucher ExpediterDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$81,324
Wells, VictoriaSponsorship CoordinatorDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$78,768
Lopez, Maria DPolicy AnalystDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$78,768
Peterson, Alton DPolicy AnalystDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$78,768
Lewis, Mya ACurator Of ExhibitsDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$75,180
Dunne, MaureenCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$75,180
Shiplett, BenjaminCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$75,180
Baldwin, RashanahCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$75,180
Powell, Ajani ZCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$75,180
Trevino, Angela LStaff AsstDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$74,172
Bahow, Anna CCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$71,772
Ramirez-Smith, BriannaCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$71,772
Atkinson, LisaCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$71,772
Linzy, Katrina MSenior Administrative AssistantDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$70,752
Rivera, Leilani CStudent 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
Watson III, TerryStudent 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.