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 6, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75924,849 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,849)
Average salary$116,092highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,759 people
NameJob titlePay
Bell, Jason CFinance OfficerChicago Department Of Public Health$129,636
Odlevak, Therese ALibrarian IVChicago Public Library$129,636
Jahnke, James JLead AccountantChicago Department Of Aviation$129,636
Bartkow, Rafal APolice TechnicianChicago Police Department$129,774
Roman, JoelPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Jones, Timothy PPolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Antonsen, RichardPolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Garrett, Erin APolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Toledo, AlejandroPolice TechnicianChicago Police Department$129,774
Park, ChulwanPolice Officer(Asgnd As Latent Print Ex)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Manjarrez, BernardoPolice Officer (Assigned As Canine Handler)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Garza, DavidPolice Officer (Assigned As Canine Handler)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Langle, EdwardPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Salzman, David APolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Ayala, Jason TPolice Officer (Asgnd As Mounted Patrol Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Ibarra, Gina MPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Chavez, Gretchen APolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Tyler, Dallas CPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Shelton El, Neil TPolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Riley, Andrew TPolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Orlando, Michael LPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Cartwright, Jason CPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Stuckert, Lawrence OPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Colon, Jose DPolice TechnicianChicago Police Department$129,774
Aleszczyk, Adam SPolice TechnicianChicago Police Department$129,774
Snyder, Jeremy BPolice Officer (Assigned As Canine Handler)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Leja, Jacek RPolice Officer (Assigned As Canine Handler)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Goon, Daniel PPolice Officer (Asgnd As Marine Officer)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Kaelin, Kelli FPolice Officer (Assigned As Canine Handler)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Valdez, SergioPolice Officer (Assigned As Canine Handler)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Moynihan, Daniel PPolice TechnicianChicago Police Department$129,774
Blahusiak IV, JohnPolice TechnicianChicago Police Department$129,774
Agosto, Hector IPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Gutierrez, JorgePolice TechnicianChicago Police Department$129,774
Tunzi, Richard JPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$129,774
Dennewitz, Daniel RPolice Officer(Asgnd As Latent Print Ex)Chicago Police Department$129,774
Widerstrom, Christophe NSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$129,852
Sandlass, Christine MDirector Of MarketingChicago Department Of Aviation$129,864
Carrillo-Walker, Kimberly LDivision Manager - Bd Of ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$130,052
Lin, Matthew HDivision Manager - Bd Of ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$130,065
Santore, Thomas AVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Harris, Brian KVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Mccarthy, Robert AVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Kopka, James MVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Maderer, Christian RVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Scieszka, Carl DVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
O'Brien, Edward FVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Chavez, Juan CVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Howard, LaurentioVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
Walsh, Kevin PVentilation And Furnace InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$130,083
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 6, 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.