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 10, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,77624,849 salaried · 6,927 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,849)
Average salary$116,110highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,927)

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31,776 people
NameJob titlePay
Bowers, Joshua RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Jarocki, Marc ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Nunez, Ana LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Ontiveros, Robert ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Howard, Ryan RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Rodriguez, Richard MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Ruiz, Leila ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Fenton, Timothy SSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Granado, David JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Palmer, Melissa LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Doherty, Brian JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Burmistrz, Jennifer GSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Smith, JimmieSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Thomas, Brian JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Watkins, Carla MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Cravens, Daniel LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Campbell, Emily CSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Reyes Jr, Santos TSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Torres Jr, GustavoSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Maldonado, Ivy LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Bruno, Anthony PSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Pater, Rosa LSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Quaid, Kevin JPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$147,252
Hamid, Anil BSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Garcia, JorgeSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Smith, John WSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Chudy, Jeffrey ESergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Mc Nichols, Steven MExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$147,252
Petracco, CorySergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Coffey, Fred BSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Burright, Dallas BSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Habiak Jr, Guy DSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Azzaretto, Brian MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Pattison, Joseph RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Mc Clain, RoderiqueSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Smith, Darrell WSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Glombicki-Fields, Katherine KSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Mclaurin, Donald MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Williams, Renee CSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Gleeson, Kevin MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Silapaduriyang, TrakSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Hansson, Jeffrey GSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Clay, Dante MSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Petrancosta, Anthony JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Bell, Christopher ASergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Wilson, Stafford DSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Smith, Kenneth RSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Mchale, Brian JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
Watts Jr, Otis OPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$147,252
Bertrand, Jeffrey JSergeantChicago Police Department$147,252
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 10, 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.