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
Stull, Samuel PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Harris, Richard JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Mcgowan, Sean HFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Smith, Orlando RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Hoffmann, Anthony MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Torres, AlejandroFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Kitanovski, NikolaFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Weiland, Trent MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Alcauter, JesusFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Portillo, AlexFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Sosnowka, MonikaFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Parks, Justin LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Mockler, Philip MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Cabot, Ryan AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Colmery, Harry CFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Martinez, Angel AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Caal, MarshallLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Mc Nally, Gerald FLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Lee, Frances AInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Glenn, Mark AInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Hernandez, MarciaInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Davies, Mary GLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Devlin, NancyLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Fitzpatrick, KelseyInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Whitehouse, Joel AInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Tapert Mercado, Katie MSocial Worker IIIDepartment Of Family And Support Services$118,836
Roesner, Charles ACity Planner IVChicago Department Of Transportation$118,836
Loja, Hector AWater Chemist IIIDepartment Of Water Management$118,836
Keolian, EvelynLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Smith, Marcus DSocial Worker IIIDepartment Of Family And Support Services$118,836
Kim, GwiranSocial Worker IIIDepartment Of Family And Support Services$118,836
Phipps, Terry LLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Eckert, Kathryn ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Kelly, Kimberly JLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Thompson, Janet SLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Ho, Nam CWater Chemist IIIDepartment Of Water Management$118,836
Harris, Stephaney DSr Project Mgr - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$118,884
Jarrett, Anthony MForestry SupvsrDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Perez, RobertAirport Operations Supvsr IIChicago Department Of Aviation$119,052
Huicochea, Daniel JRefuse Collection CoordDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Esteban, Michael MRefuse Collection CoordDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Dean, Malachi PRefuse Collection CoordDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
White, Anthony JRefuse Collection CoordDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Torres, Joseph SRefuse Collection CoordDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Suggs, Ke'Anna DRefuse Collection CoordDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Butler-Griffith, Syreeta LField Sanitation InvestigatorDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Pleasant, Deshun LField Sanitation InvestigatorDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Lee, Winston HRefuse Collection CoordDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
Kopiec, Christopher AField Service Specialist IIChicago Department Of Transportation$119,052
Dickerson, Albert CField Sanitation InvestigatorDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$119,052
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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.