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 Aug 29, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75524,845 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,845)
Average salary$115,983highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,755 people
NameJob titlePay
Rodriguez, Sara LStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,096
Powell, William TStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Battieste, James CStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Thompkins, MichelleStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,108
Grace, Elijah DLegislative AideCity Council$72,108
Cosby, Tiara BAsst Cncl Comm SecCity Council$72,108
Avila, ElizabethStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Pena, EuniceStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Morin, GraceStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$72,132
Cortes Tapia, Vicente RAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$72,192
Watson, Desmond LAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$72,192
Villagomez, SandraPublic Health NutritionistChicago Department Of Public Health$72,684
Ray, SomaliaPublic Health NutritionistChicago Department Of Public Health$72,684
Phipps, DesireeLibrary AssociateChicago Public Library$72,684
Louis, Karen ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Callahan, Maureen ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Heymann, Sara BLibrary AssociateChicago Public Library$72,684
Brown, Stefanie ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Mcmillan, MichelleLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Perzynski, Rachel TLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Montes, Flora ALibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Tapia, Diego ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Malinowski, Margaret ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Kaplan, EstherLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Colbert, Eleanor MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Grinnan, FrancesLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Cooper, AyanaLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Bornell, Riese GLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Archey, Paula MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Carney, AnneLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Silvera, Rose CLibrary AssociateChicago Public Library$72,684
Cook, Kayla JLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Freeman, DanieleLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Ames, Vanessa LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Buchanan, Suzanne ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Akers, Sarah MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Cowan, TravaughnLibrarian IChicago Public Library$72,684
Groat, TheodoreLibrary AssociateChicago Public Library$72,684
Bryant, Linda AAsst Sergeant At ArmsCity Council$73,116
Thurman, Richard DA/Suprv RedistrictingBoard Of Election Commissioners$73,440
Carrillo Barrios, GiovannaCommunity Services Rep - B Of EBoard Of Election Commissioners$73,440
Holloman, QuentinWater Rate TakerDepartment Of Water Management$74,136
Vossoughi, JohnField Service Specialist IIChicago Department Of Transportation$74,136
Cabral, ErikaSafety SpecialistChicago Department Of Aviation$74,136
Medina, AmadorService WriterDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$74,136
Sanchez, Alexis LField Payroll AuditorOffice Of Public Safety Administration$74,136
Cuebas Rivera, WilmarilaneWater Rate TakerDepartment Of Water Management$74,136
Coronel, Aferny ASafety SpecialistChicago Department Of Aviation$74,136
Ball, Taneen LSafety SpecialistChicago Department Of Aviation$74,136
Caruvana, KelliSafety SpecialistChicago Department Of Aviation$74,136
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 29, 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.