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 5, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75424,844 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,844)
Average salary$116,091highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,754 people
NameJob titlePay
Lomeli, JoaquinAsst ComptrollerDepartment Of Finance$125,316
Moore, Norkeisha TCommunications Operations ManagerOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$125,316
Mcdonough, Edwin JChief Programmer/Analyst ExcludedDepartment Of Human Resources$125,316
Tabatabaee Zavareh, Hamid RDirector Of FinanceChicago Department Of Public Health$125,316
Freeman, Peter FDir Of Program Operations X33Chicago Department Of Public Health$125,316
Fallon, JohnDirector Of PolicyDepartment Of Family And Support Services$125,316
Mc Mahon, Donald JMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Pater, Daniel TMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Solis, RodolfoMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Perkovich, Mark LMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Lally, ThomasMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Vassallo, AntoninoMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Mendez Jr., VictorMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Porter, Charles GMason InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$125,403
Cape Jr, Will EMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Pavela, BillMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Ostrowski, Craig PMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Valicento, AnthonyMason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$125,403
Villegas, GilbertAlderman - 36th WardCity Council$126,000
Alejo, Juan ASr Testing / Assessment SpecDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Pruitt, James LSr Programmer/Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Grams, WilliamFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$126,228
Wayne, Dinah AFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Housing$126,228
Simos, Krista AInvestigator III - IgOffice Of Inspector General$126,228
Dickman, Carmella MResearch And Policy Analyst - CpdChicago Police Department$126,228
Bumpers, Robert LFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$126,228
Gallaway, Nathan DInvestigator III - IgOffice Of Inspector General$126,228
Eng, JosephSr Programmer/Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Lara, KelviaSupervisor Of Labor Standards InvestigatorsDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$126,228
Lynch, John PFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$126,228
Slattery, RyanFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Housing$126,228
Alshanski, Scott KSr Testing / Assessment SpecDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Clark, AndrewForensic Data AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$126,228
Arce, RamonaFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$126,228
Booth, Anna MFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Housing$126,228
Lukovic, BesimFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$126,228
Quinn, Marty PAlderman - 13th WardCity Council$126,252
Hey, Carmen DParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Peterson, Madeline RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Gibson, Aaron DParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Price, Daniel BParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Roche, Michael TParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Bomben, Hannah NParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Fincher, Russell KParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Zuniga, Luis GParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Vukelich, Nicholis NParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Corneliuson, Jennifer FParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Bauer, Justine MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Bertrand, Charles AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Im, Sang MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 5, 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.