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
Yniguez, Michael JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Smith, Byron DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Fernandez, Michael JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Bowen, Joseph JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Russell, Coakie LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Litland, James HFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Flint, LeslieFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Elliott, Kip JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Kent Jr, William LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Shelton, RodneyFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Cajigas, Julius CFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Miller, Gerald AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Folk, Robert MFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Williams, James MFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Paller, Lawrence TFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Back, JasonFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Kaim, Jeremy AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Johnson, Jimmy LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Chaney, Anthony GFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Rush, Adam JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Wilson, BruceFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Cabral, CesarFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Craelius, Michael DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Cano, RobertoFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Hawthorne, Angel LDir Of Public AffairsDepartment Of Water Management$145,932
Hussaini, Syed MProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Gonzalez, CarolinaArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Siddiqui, Anis UProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Duplaga, GrzegorzFire Prevention EngineerChicago Fire Department$146,160
Walker, Pamela JArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Bassett, Derek JArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Williams, Cora DSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Planning And Development$146,160
Kelly Mitchell, Donna LArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Wang, ShengSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Finance$146,160
Audiffred, Oscar FArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Torres Castro, FelipeArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Mc Leary, Craig TArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Martinez, Victor MProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Cairns, JeffreyElectrical Engineer IVOffice Of Public Safety Administration$146,160
Johnson, Maria CSenior Programmer/AnalystChicago Police Department$146,160
Mitchell, Browning WProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Wendell, JohnSenior Systems ProgrammerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$146,160
Mckissick, BrianRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
Silva Miller, Julian PArchitect IVChicago Department Of Transportation$146,160
Pinto, Rajiv AArchitect IVChicago Department Of Transportation$146,160
Kalantzis, ThanasisMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$146,160
Vilenchik, DinaSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$146,160
Kanoon, Fatin YSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Finance$146,160
Moody, AntoinetteRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
Smith, Devetta LRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
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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.