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 matching2,049412 salaried · 1,637 hourly
Median salary$117,636salaried staff only (412)
Average salary$114,152highest $234,828
Median hourly rate$53.50/hrhourly staff only (1,637)

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Department Of Water Management

2,049 people
NameJob titlePay
Zahdan, Ziyadeh DPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Smith, Lloyd BPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Tavares, David MPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Sowa, Joseph WPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Zavala, FernandoDir Of AccountingDepartment Of Water Management$139,056
Peoples, JamesSupervising House Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$138,736
Lee, FranksonAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Water Management$137,856
Barrera, FidelAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Water Management$137,856
Noe, Martin APlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Langowski, ChristopherPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Bean, Jerry LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Taylor, Kevin LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Harrison, TraceyHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Lally, Thomas BPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Echeverria, JaimePlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Gallagher, MatthewPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Gonzalez, JavierPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
O'Brien, Joseph RPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Hulede, AndrewHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Turman, JosephPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Thompson, BernardPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Gruenke, Richard JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Folan, Colm JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Covarrubias, Juan CHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Durcan, Sean PPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Rodriguez, Louis AHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Saliano, James RPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Dillane, Dominick VPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
May, Michael APlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Geiss, Daniel JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Haniacek, John JHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Molenstra, John JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Moran, John SPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Vittorini, DominickPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Jones, DanielHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Lohse, Roy LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Frank, RobertPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Johnston, RichardHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Fleming, ZanePlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Farias, Miguel PPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Feregrino, EduardoPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Brown, Cornelius DHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Obrien, StuartPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Martin, ShanePlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Corcoran, Michael PHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Majewski, ThomasPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Cardiff, Michael DPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Torres, Michael WEngineering Technician VDepartment Of Water Management$134,916
Yarkony, AviEngineering Technician VDepartment Of Water Management$134,916
Henly, Kathleen LAsst To The CommissionerDepartment Of Water Management$134,436
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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.