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
Alvarado, PeterParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$138,318
Karas, OliviaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Gutierrez, JoseSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Williams, JeraldSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Lucena Rivera, MiriamSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Enahora, ShalaineSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Waldbuesser, Theresa ASergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Curran, RobertSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Pringle, Camelia SSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Cusimano, DanielleSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Guzman, ClaudiaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Rivera, VanessaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Welbel, Cheryl HExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$138,318
Pietryla, JohnSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Pietryla Jr, MichaelSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Cabay, JamesSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Rodriguez, MelissaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Johnson, CarlSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mina, WashingtonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Escamilla, BernardSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Holden Jr, StevenSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Lyjak, KevinSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Garcia, JesusSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Grabowski, JulitaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Morris, RaymondSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Costanzo, CarrieSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Gustafson, MarkSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mcinerney, MichaelSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Moy, Jonathan SSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Guzman Sanchez, ErnestoSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Rodarte, BernardoSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Pringle, TabathaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Konopka, RafalSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Hardt, DavidSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Huynh, GeorgeSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Brown, Danielle NSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Silva, JordanSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Tovar, SamanthaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Irizarry, ElianaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mcdonough, KevinSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Burns, AaronPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$138,318
Washington, TiffinySergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Sanders, Caeana RSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Rose, JasonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Kociolek, MichaelSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mcdonald, BrandonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Carter, JeremySergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Acosta, MarkSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Lopez, DannySergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Aragon, DanielSergeantChicago 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.