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 9, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,77524,848 salaried · 6,927 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,848)
Average salary$116,102highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,927)

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31,775 people
NameJob titlePay
Kuhach, Robert EParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Waters Jr, John LParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
De Lisle, Dan LParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Behland, Nicholas CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Jaber, Marwan FParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Dietz, Juan CFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$141,864
Mcgraw, Gary LParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Antoniazzi, Barry MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Franta, John PParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Gomez, Sergio EParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Sindelar, MarisolParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Zittnan, Vincent MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Relf, Michael AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Gacek, StanislawParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Howard, Christine MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Gallagher, Timothy MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Kaveney, Kyle TParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Marriner, Nicole LParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Toronyi, Scott DParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Campanella, Riccardo EParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Cole, John SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$141,864
Napolitano, Anthony VAlderman - 41st WardCity Council$142,020
Nugent, Samantha GAlderman - 39th WardCity Council$142,020
Hopkins, Brian KAlderman - 2nd WardCity Council$142,020
Lee, Nicole TAlderman - 11th WardCity Council$142,020
La Spata, Daniel FAlderman - 1st WardCity Council$142,020
Plovanich, Joseph MSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Camey-Sandoval, Carlos RSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Jarzabek, Joanna DSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Brown, Chike JSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Chikko, Nadia DSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Kelly, Patrick CSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Stephens, Allison JSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Paulsen, Adam DExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$142,668
Serrato Jr, ReynaldoSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Ali, JavedSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Serrano Jr, SalvadorSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Zepeda, AdrianSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Peralta, IsaganySergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Tegtmeier, Matt ESergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Razo, Victor MSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Medina - Reighter, YeseniaSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Komosa, Evan JSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Richmond, Michelle KSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Guzman, DanielSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Przybylowski, Robert MSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Roberts, Tawaga LSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Ternand, Brandon RSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
Wnek, Lukasz PExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$142,668
Ronneberg, Timothy MSergeantChicago Police Department$142,668
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 9, 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.