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
Lindquist, Ramona AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Malone, Karen MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Del Marto, Michael JFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Fortis, Joseph LFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Dodero, Timothy CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Falbo, Elvis JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Wilson, Jon KFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Rodriguez, James AFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Waedekin, Anthony JFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Wright, Shelly DParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Fischler, Michele CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
O Donovan, JamesFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Miskell, Brian JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Vuletic II, Anthony JFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Schneiter, MichaelParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Sun, Yi KAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$147,060
Mowatt, RaoulAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$147,060
Rodgers Jr, Charles EAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$147,060
Dax, Nicole KAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$147,060
Mohip, Ranjeev SAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$147,060
Murphy Jr, Bernard JAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$147,060
Collins, StephenAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$147,060
Garner, Kelley OAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$147,060
Wilder, RobertAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$147,060
Jestadt, Jeffery SLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Beaton, Nicholas TParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$147,246
Reidy, Brian MLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Bartecki, Debra LParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$147,246
Powers, Christopher RParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$147,246
Barron, David MLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Otero, Luis ALieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Hogan, Michael PLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Walsh, Stephen LLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Bolar, Roderick LLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Basic, Paul JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
O Sullivan, Michael JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Goldsmith, DrewoneLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Burke, Julie AParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$147,246
Fowler, Timothy JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$147,246
Ramos, Ivan ISergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Stapleton, Daniel MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
James, DorianSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Feazell, KeionPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$147,252
Piesiewicz, ArthurSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Gonzalez, Renee ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Luevano, ArnoldSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Berg, Anthony ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Kant, Matthew JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Cortes, Juan LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Gerena, Leslie RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
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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.