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
Hoes, Osekre DProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,460
Horton, Ashlee DDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$146,544
Olson, Adriana DGeneral Foreman Of General TradesDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$146,661
Hosty, Joseph WGeneral Foreman Of General TradesChicago Department Of Transportation$146,661
Leick, James CGeneral Foreman Of General TradesDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$146,661
Darwin III, Thomas ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Borkowski, Matthew SLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Turrentine, Lorne KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Reilly, Brendan JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Quinn, Kevin RLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Woznicki, Brian LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Nielsen, Scott TLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Ahlgrim, Michael LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Ashley Jr., Randy LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Brown, Thomas PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Shirley, Conley KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Barry, John MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Myers, Bryce ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Richards, Brian KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Berry, Brendan MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Muller Jr, Andrew FLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Folan, Martin ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Byrne, John ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Kalosky, Aaron DLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Bolger, Daniel ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Dolan, Jared PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Skowronski, Thomas JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Evans, Jessica MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Warnke, Joseph PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
O'Malley, Andrew CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Hudecek, Collett PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Kelly, Thomas MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Mccarron, James LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Link, Nancy CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Corley, Kevin WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Mcmahon, Mary Ann CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Carlson, Michael WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Maniatis, Lauren MDeputy Director - 22Board Of Ethics$146,748
Rodriguez, Glenda LDeputy Director - 22Office Of City Clerk$146,748
Lugo, Alexander MFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Lemmon, SilvianaParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Thornton, Carol IParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Branch, EmersonFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Beason, Dave AFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Toman, Anthony MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Snyder, Anthony JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Pape, John SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Osborne, Eric SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Moon, Michael CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
King, Joni LParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
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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.