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
Kazi, SanamAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$137,856
Lee, FranksonAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Water Management$137,856
Nichols, Randolph JAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$137,856
Allen, Jeffrey WChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$137,856
Barrera, FidelAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Water Management$137,856
Sweet II, Charles HAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$137,856
Russek-Sobol, ZoeAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$137,856
Luna, Daniel CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$137,928
Fried, Saundra NAttorneyChicago Department Of Aviation$137,952
Chase, AlanSoftware Dev Coord - Bd Of ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$138,060
Richards Jr, James TSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Healy, Matthew RSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Castillo, Medardo USergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Perricone, MichaelSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Smith, Nathan CSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Catalano, StephanSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Gubricky, RyanSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Piell, DanielSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Lopez, Joel ASergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Rivera Jr, RobertSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Cooperwood, OzzieSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Ramirez, MatthewSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Hochhauser, AlexandraSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Simik-Valadez, JustinSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Vhora, AbdulSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Stanton, WendySergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Davis, SheltonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Ramirez, MatthewPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$138,318
Hubbard, Tiffany TSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Abram, Anthony ASergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Hasan, KhaledSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Sajdak, Piotr TExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$138,318
Decoudres, Evan RSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Sabu, Steve KSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Simpson, Therese MSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Rizzuto, Luke GSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Fagiano, Rocco ASergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Pagan, Jason DSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Saldivar, SandySergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Champion, Joshua JSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Elliott, William SSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Moriarty, PatrickSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Vo, Daniel ESergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Smith, Jordan NSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Gorzelanny, Robert ESergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Hernandez, MartinSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
English Jr, MitchellSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Holstrom, NicoleSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Kurien, Anthony TSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Huml, EricSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
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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.