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
Ernst, John DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Algas, Jonathan TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Karaboyas, JenniferFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Lecodet, VictorFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Durham, MarioFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Orozco, JavierFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Olson, William JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Olifer, George BFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Salbego, Michael AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Polek, Craig TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Denson, Homer DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Theusch, Daniel JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Martens, Matthew DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Serritella, Anthony GFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Favis Jr, Mario RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
La Vecchia, Joseph RChief Mason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$131,643
Enright, Daniel RAviation Communications Operator - TrainerChicago Department Of Aviation$131,736
Beringer, Victoria AShift Supvsr Of Security Communications CenterChicago Department Of Aviation$131,736
Riley, KevinShift Supvsr Of Security Communications CenterChicago Department Of Aviation$131,736
Travis, Messiah VCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Boykin, Michael SCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Sichelski, Brian ACooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Edwards, John FCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Mc Gann, Stephen ECooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Lempa, JeffreyCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Dearing, CarlCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Henderson, Maurice LCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Hastings, Richard MCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Mazariegos, DavisCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Calzaretta, Anthony EFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Scannell, Joshua AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Mannix, Edmond JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Thomas, Douglas BFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Richied, Michael JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Zajac, Martin EFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Martinez, Jorge AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Soraghan, Barry JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Ruiz, Phillip RFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Bragalone, Marc TFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Balzer, Scott CFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Mosley, Aser TFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Dardanes II, John WFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Graber, Michele DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Walsh, Timothy FFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Seidl, Joseph CFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Warren, Justin DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Rodriguez, MarkFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Wietecha, Joseph HFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Roland, Martin JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
Alfaro, Alexander JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$132,156
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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.