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 30, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75524,844 salaried · 6,911 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,844)
Average salary$115,978highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,911)

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NameJob titlePay
Elmore, Raekwon SPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Johnson, Melanie DPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Emerson, Tyvelle TPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Rodriguez, Jory XPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
O'Carroll, Aidan WFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$100,950
Harvill, Andre LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Lewis, ShaneAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Choi, Stephen SAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Maxfield, Andrew CAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Ekwunoh, Rhonda SSr Project Mgr - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$101,436
Carsh, AustinAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Peltin, Bradley LAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Youseph, JonathanAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Hall, Destiny KAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Barefield, Tiffany RAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Mills, Ian SAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Beard, Katherine LAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Kellett, Timothy PAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Slagle, John RAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Mongillo, Jason PAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Draws, LeoAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Pollonais, ChristinaAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Conard, Elizabeth SAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Barr, Ian GAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Mannam, Anusha SAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Hwang, Grace EPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Young, Torri RPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Rollins, Stephanie JPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Rufus, CarolPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Ornelas, ArielPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Lamare, Chetou NPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Cooper, Jennifer LPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Ewing, YolandaPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Brand, ClaudiaLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Parks, Barbara JTesting AdministratorDepartment Of Human Resources$101,664
Jiang, WeiLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
O Connor, Michael TLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Watson, William KLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Reiter, Denise ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Aharanwa, Alexander ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Perry, Susan ECity Planner IIDepartment Of Planning And Development$101,664
Anderson, Eric MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Yu, Wan FangLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Alexander, Sarah BLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Escutia, Sandra LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Vanicelli, Maddelyn MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Ballard, Jamie LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Wos, Matthew JOperations AnalystDepartment Of Finance$101,664
Moore, Jon PTesting AdministratorDepartment Of Human Resources$101,664
Gomez, PaulaTesting AdministratorDepartment Of Human Resources$101,664
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 30, 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.