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 4, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,76124,849 salaried · 6,912 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,849)
Average salary$116,091highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,912)

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31,761 people
NameJob titlePay
Higgins, Peter TPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Nasadowski, Adam JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Barrios, ArgeliaPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Johnson, Stephens CPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Mendez, Melvin APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Bryant, Malcolm JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Vito, Anthony JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Smith, Brandy PPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Vidljinovic, Stevan NPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Shields, Brendan JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Alvarez, ArmandoPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Walton, Anthony NPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Rak, David GPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Hernandez, RobertPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Andrich, David LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Paez, JuanPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Craig, JarvisPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Irby Alexa, Yolanda JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Cade, Dorothy LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Perez, Jose APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Guzman, William PPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Diliberto, Robert JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Zdeb, Mark JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Vargas, ArtemioPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Zapata, Maria GPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Blackman, David DPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Gamble, Tyrone DPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Caldwell, Lee APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Szeto, PennyPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Sepcot, Sean WPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Mendoza, AlejandroPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Claussen, JosephPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Mero, Ronald APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Bajorek, Grzegorz JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Valentine, Nigel LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Villa, SergioPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Moy, JoannePolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Swedler, David IEpidemiologist IVChicago Department Of Public Health$119,472
Hassan, NaumanManager-Fleet Services & Auto ProcurementDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$119,472
Munoz, Eduardo ACoordinating PlannerChicago Department Of Public Health$119,472
Zuckert, SamuelChief Analytics AnalystChicago Public Library$119,472
Adams, Ramone LCoordinating Engineer IDepartment Of Water Management$119,472
Devereux, George JResearch And Policy Analyst - CpdChicago Police Department$119,472
Oguah, Dave PCivil Engineer VDepartment Of Water Management$119,472
Lassa, Patrice MSafety AdministratorChicago Department Of Public Health$119,472
Royston, Sheldon LFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$119,472
Rollins, Vanessa MCoordinating Engineer IChicago Department Of Transportation$119,472
Sellke, Erika BSupervising PlannerDepartment Of Planning And Development$119,472
Guy, Jasmine ESenior Equity OfficerChicago Fire Department$119,472
Bourne, Shannon MDir Of Library Programs And EventsChicago Public Library$119,472
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 4, 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.