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 7, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,76224,852 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,852)
Average salary$116,094highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,762 people
NameJob titlePay
Knotts, YolandaEmployability Review Specialist IIIDepartment Of Planning And Development$134,916
Ortiz-Jimenez, YildaSupvsr Of 311 OperationsOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$134,916
Stewart, LynnSenior Program AuditorDepartment Of Housing$134,916
Alam, Syed SChief Voucher ExpediterDepartment Of Finance$134,916
Lamothe, Maria DProgram AnalystDepartment Of Family And Support Services$134,916
Clay, Parrish LBusiness Compliance InvestigatorDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$134,916
Batinich, Denise HSanitarian IIChicago Department Of Public Health$134,916
Martin, Nola ISanitarian IIChicago Department Of Public Health$134,916
Jones, ElissaPublic Health Administrator IIChicago Department Of Public Health$134,916
Edwards, Jacqueline DSanitarian IIChicago Department Of Public Health$134,916
Cintron, Myrtice JSupervising Disease Control InvestigatorChicago Department Of Public Health$134,916
Torres, Michael WEngineering Technician VDepartment Of Water Management$134,916
Gonzalez Jr, JoseBusiness AnalystDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$134,916
Ricobene, Thomas JBusiness Compliance InvestigatorDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$134,916
Cleveland, Leslie ESenior Help Desk TechnicianDepartment Of Finance$134,916
Coats, Patricia ASanitarian IIChicago Department Of Public Health$134,916
Ward, Tracie JTraining OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$134,916
Yarkony, AviEngineering Technician VDepartment Of Water Management$134,916
Witchard, CalvinSubpoena OfficerChicago Police Department$134,916
Hairston Jr, GeorgeSenior Environmental InspectorDepartment Of Environment$134,916
Williams, Tiffany TSenior Environmental InspectorDepartment Of Environment$134,916
Lopez, Sonia PProject CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$134,916
Godfrey, Georgiaree GDir Of Public InformationChicago Department Of Aviation$134,988
Palmore, Anne MCoordinating ArchitectDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$135,060
Berenfeld, Christopher MCoordinating ArchitectChicago Department Of Aviation$135,060
Janeu, Peter HCoordinating Engineer IChicago Department Of Aviation$135,060
Ranttila, Ann ECoordinating ArchitectChicago Department Of Aviation$135,060
Boxberger, Jakob ATraffic Engineer VChicago Department Of Transportation$135,060
Miller, Tekoa RAssistant Director Of FinanceChicago Department Of Transportation$135,060
Trayanovski, BobbyAirport Cybersecurity And It Compliance ManagerChicago Department Of Aviation$135,060
Alobaidi, MudharCoordinating Engineer IChicago Department Of Aviation$135,060
Burke, Mary ESr Recovery Team Program MgrChicago Department Of Public Health$135,060
Ranavat, MandeepsinhSenior Security EngineerDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$135,360
Boyle, Maureen PPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Millan, Bjornn MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Fava, Daniel CPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Sus, Sean MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Kirchens, James KPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
De Jesus, Brian CPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Mandile, AngeloPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Gaffney, Kyle JPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Galligan, MichaelPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Mitchell, Ranita LPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Zamora, Anthony MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Baker, Thomas JPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Mitchell, Michael MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Gozdal III, Matthew WPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Perez, ArmandoPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Sroka, Tracey APolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Remegi, Denise LPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 7, 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.