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 31, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75724,845 salaried · 6,912 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,845)
Average salary$115,979highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,912)

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31,757 people
NameJob titlePay
Richardson, BessieCommunity Living SpecialistDepartment Of Family And Support Services$112,236
Watanabe, Scott ALibrarian IIChicago Public Library$112,236
Linehan, Katherine MLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$112,236
Azeem, Mohammed AWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$112,236
Roberts, AkilahWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$112,236
Howell Jr, George BWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$112,236
Parker, TerryWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$112,236
Ashley, Karma TWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$112,236
Arroyo, FranciscoLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$112,236
Bogus, Doreen ADisability Services CoordinatorMayors Office For People With Disabilities$112,236
Nguyen, Diem TLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$112,236
Zayed, Samera ZDisability Services CoordinatorMayors Office For People With Disabilities$112,236
Ruffin, Sarah ADisability Services CoordinatorMayors Office For People With Disabilities$112,236
Romasanta, JocelynDisability Services CoordinatorMayors Office For People With Disabilities$112,236
Brady, JoanneLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$112,236
Brandys, DanielWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$112,236
Kunigelis, Christopher RWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$112,236
House, Jacquelyn BDisability Services CoordinatorMayors Office For People With Disabilities$112,236
Rodriguez, JasonFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Hopkins, Liam JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Lingel, Chas EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Proszek, Trevor DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Sugrue, John PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Lill, Andrew TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Moriarty, Nicholas JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Costoso, ChristopherFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Jaime, Adam AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Flores, Joshua MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Mcgovern, SeanFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Puschmann, Steven RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Dati Jr, Thomas JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Mlinarcik, Matthew EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Ciara, Samantha LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Gulling, Colin SFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Perez, RafaelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Owens, Brett JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Robinson, Robert AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Khoury, Michael SFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Henley, Daniel TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Orsi, Evon AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Garrity, Matthew RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Bastien, Matthew TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Kocanda, Christopher MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Ward, Marcus TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Carrizales, Nicolis JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Miller, Kyle LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Barry, Robert JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Morales, VincentFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Daniels, Jamal JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
Navarro, Gabriel LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$112,326
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 31, 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.