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
Bellido, Whitney BPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,544
Campos, Tiffany MPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,544
Earley, Delaney LRecovery Team Program MgrDepartment Of Family And Support Services$107,616
Mckenzie, Kiana ARecovery Team Program MgrDepartment Of Family And Support Services$107,616
Martinez, Luis MAuditor IIIDepartment Of Finance$107,628
Gonzalez, Julio AAuditor IIIDepartment Of Finance$107,628
Lee, LucyAuditor IIIDepartment Of Finance$107,628
Palacios, SylviaAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$107,628
Mitchell, DawnClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,628
Drozd, StephaniePolice Mental Health ClinicianChicago Police Department$107,628
Bhakta, Shanker ALead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$107,628
Pelkey, Brendan DSanitary Engineer IIDepartment Of Water Management$107,628
Nunez, TinaPolice Mental Health ClinicianChicago Police Department$107,628
Freitag, Christina LLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$107,628
Ramos, Joyce IArchitect IIDepartment Of Planning And Development$107,628
Patel, Zuber AProgrammer/AnalystDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$107,628
Bravo, Jaime ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$107,628
Dillon-Duque, ChristianArchitect IIIChicago Department Of Aviation$107,628
Barnes, Shanstella YLead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$107,628
Fabian, Efrain IArchitect IIIChicago Department Of Aviation$107,628
Flores-Clemons, Raquel ALibrarian IVChicago Public Library$107,628
Estrada, Jessica KLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$107,628
Fry, Megan ELibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$107,628
Li, Linda FEpidemiologist IIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,628
Opiela, Gwendolyn LCivil Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$107,628
Abed, FuadCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$107,628
Li, JingCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$107,628
Alrubaye, AdamSanitary Engineer IIDepartment Of Water Management$107,628
Ristau, Andrew JSanitary Engineer IIDepartment Of Water Management$107,628
Makhamreh, IssaCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$107,628
Lubanski, Antonio CCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$107,628
Belay, Haben EWater Chemist IIIDepartment Of Water Management$107,628
Othic, Mary ELibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$107,628
Hill, Arnette SLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$107,628
Tomele, Leea NElectronic Resources LibrarianChicago Public Library$107,628
Flax-Hatch, Joel REpidemiologist IIChicago Department Of Public Health$107,628
Singler, JohnEnvironmental Engineer IDepartment Of Environment$107,628
Greenback, Megan MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$107,628
Mitchell, GabrielleMental Health Crisis ClinicianChicago Department Of Public Health$107,628
Pesantez, Wesley REnvironmental Engineer IIIDepartment Of Environment$107,628
Jones, Yasmin YLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$107,628
Nielsen, Peter TEnvironmental Engineer IIIDepartment Of Environment$107,628
Joy, Anne VFinance OfficerChicago Department Of Public Health$107,628
Reynoso, ChristianLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$107,628
Honda, Elizabeth SAuditor IIIDepartment Of Finance$107,628
Golas, Brayden CCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$107,628
Sprouse, Cassandra DInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$107,628
Strazzante, Michelle KPolice Mental Health ClinicianChicago Police Department$107,628
Vasquez, AldoLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$107,628
Garross, Jennifer YMental Health Crisis ClinicianChicago Department Of Public Health$107,628
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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.