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 Sep 3, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75324,841 salaried · 6,912 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,841)
Average salary$116,094highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,912)

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31,753 people
NameJob titlePay
Mcclinton-Jackson, Vanessa DMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$117,636
Robles, Juan DEnvironmental Engineer IIIChicago Department Of Aviation$117,636
Cunningham, MichaelSanitary Engineer IIIDepartment Of Water Management$117,636
Novak, Shana MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$117,636
Vardian, ForoughFiltration Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$117,636
Tighe III, Francis PAttorneyChicago Police Department$117,636
Malik, Sandra SRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$117,636
Truong, Minh QCivil Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$117,636
Jones, Nina TSanitary Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$117,636
Williams, Charles LRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$117,636
Chavez, AlbertoSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Family And Support Services$117,636
Oviedo, LorenaClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$117,636
Muldoon, Teresa JSanitary Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$117,636
Meneghetti, Ralph JSupervising Investigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$117,636
Harris, Shanta DLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$117,636
Fleury, MichaelMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$117,636
Holly, Taylor MEpidemiologist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$117,636
Holt, Aaron AChief Operations AnalystChicago Police Department$117,636
Flores, EdwinCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$117,636
Jamali, BabakCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$117,636
Jablonowski, Michael JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Sullivan, John DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Lapinskas, Justin WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Vallas, Paul RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Lapke, Luke RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Hardin, Kyle EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Casamajor, Jonathan PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Simek Jr, Thomas JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Spizzirri, MichaelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Knightly, Brian JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Kuester, Samuel MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Macis, Robert JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Jimenez, Kenny AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Clemens, Thomas PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Chiczewski, Margaret CFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Vanboldrik, MichaelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Bird, Peter MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Sebek, Joseph WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Luczak, Thomas SFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Mis, Stephen JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Velez, GabrielFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Hawkins, Darius LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Williams, Antonio AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Pieruccini, Jake RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Minnick, Vincent AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Clark, Mitchell PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Richard, James PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Choy, WilliamFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Mitchell, Kareem AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Santiago, Daniel NFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 3, 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.