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
Montagna, Michael CLabor Relations SupvsrChicago Department Of Public Health$106,596
Jackson, GwendolynShift Supvsr Of Aviation SecurityChicago Department Of Aviation$106,596
Ference, Adriana LAsst To The CommissionerChicago Department Of Aviation$106,596
Swan, Lorna EAdministrative Asst To Deputy Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$106,596
Bennett, GeralynProgram SpecialistDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$106,596
Swalek, Matthew RDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$106,596
Lovemore, Shavette LSupvsr Of Family Support ProgramsDepartment Of Family And Support Services$106,596
Flores, Eduardo SAirport Facilities ManagerChicago Department Of Aviation$106,596
Guzman, ClaudiaDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$106,596
Lorenc, Paul AAirport Facilities ManagerChicago Department Of Aviation$106,596
Thomas, Rowena CAdministrative Asst To Deputy Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$106,596
Rayburn, AngelaOperations Manager - Animal ControlChicago Animal Care And Control$106,596
Johnson, Anita EChief Methods AnalystDepartment Of Law$106,596
Stone, Monique LDir Of Administration IIDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$106,596
Martel, AlfonsoPolicy AnalystChicago Department Of Public Health$106,596
Smith, Lawrence ABusiness Consultant SupervisorDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$106,596
Beale, Linda DLabor Relations SupvsrOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$106,596
Alferes, Gerardo FSupervising VideographerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$106,596
Buenger, MelissaSenior Policy AnalystChicago Department Of Public Health$106,596
Battle, TaylorSr Project Mgr - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$106,596
Richmond, Johnna MInvestigator-Internal AffairsChicago Fire Department$106,596
Henley, Gabrielle CSupervising Disease Control Investigator - ExclChicago Department Of Public Health$106,596
Newell, BiancaProject Mgr - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$106,632
Pukala, Walter TAviation Security SergeantChicago Department Of Aviation$106,776
Brennan, Raymond MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$107,046
Sajovec, Paul DAsst To The AldermanCity Council$107,088
Kuczer, Greg ABuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$107,460
Heflin, Tiffani LBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Khan, Akeem ABuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Livak, Eric MBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Dvorak, Brian DBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Hudson, Don LBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$107,460
Dean, Varian CBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Swanigan, Jemollo CBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Navarro, Edwardo SBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$107,460
Zepeda, Natalie IBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$107,460
Arroyo, AbelBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$107,460
Lockhart, Luster LBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Reed, Jeffrey CBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$107,460
Ahmed, SyedField SupvsrChicago Department Of Transportation$107,460
Hervai, Karl PMgr Of Emergency Management ServicesChicago Department Of Aviation$107,508
Lorence, Tayler MMgr Of Emergency Management ServicesChicago Department Of Aviation$107,508
Wollam, Arthur BCriminal Intelligence AnalystChicago Police Department$107,508
Crockett, MarthaelCriminal Intelligence AnalystChicago Police Department$107,508
Mitchell, Monica SPublic Health Administrator IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,508
Thurmon, Karen YContracts CoordChicago Department Of Transportation$107,508
Nevarez, AlitzeContracts CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$107,508
Mc Donald, Kevin CCriminal Intelligence AnalystChicago Police Department$107,508
Abubaker, NallyvePublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,544
Ajibola, Atinuke IPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,544
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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.