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
Rivera, AbelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Muhammad, Ismail IFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Brown, Jemel PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Short, Mark AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Whitt, Benjamin BFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Sharrieff, JosephFire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wlodarczyk, Thomas JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Bisbee, James EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Napier, Brandon LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wood, Michael CFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Clifton, Shelby MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Muse, Kendrick TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Austin, Robbie AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Bishop, Morris FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wyatt, Maurice DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Nolan II, Samuel LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
O Hara, Christophe TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Smith, LionelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Gall, Franklin AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Evanish, David WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Akers, Derec AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Dunbar, Tommy LFire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Thomas, Richard LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Glennon, John WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wade, Marshall LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Watkins, Tamala MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Parks, Robert WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Mc Dermott, Matthew JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Carson, Randy JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Goberville, GuyFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Leynes, Gene WEnterprise ArchitectDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$136,692
Olvera, Marco AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Pellerito, EricFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Barrera, JohnFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Wadas, Michael WFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Schnoor, Patrick RFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Spears, Cory RFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Sofia, Christopher RFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Sullivan, James TFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Sutter, Jeffrey WFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Pellegrini, Nicholas RFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Raske, Robert JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Hamilton, Jameel BFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Boylan, Dennis CFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Kennedy, Joseph SFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Marchbank, Thomas JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Tutera, Peter SFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Shim II, Eugene LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Perez, ElvisFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
Power, Kevin PFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,794
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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.