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 12, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,78324,854 salaried · 6,929 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,854)
Average salary$116,111highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,929)

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31,783 people
NameJob titlePay
Aranda, ArthurLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Davey Jr, Thomas DSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Higgins, John PSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
White, Anton TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Kappel, Raymond JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Skweres, Mark SSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Murphy, Bartholmew DSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Cortesi, Nicholas FSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Houston Hinkle, IrisSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Ramaglia, Frank VSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Duarte, Cynthia TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Michalek, Brent ALieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Kasput, Matthew JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Powell Ward, Dina MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Kowalski, David MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Young, Arthur MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Karczewski, Michael TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Pietrzak, Stephen TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Jackson, Robert ASergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Carter, Michael FLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Schmitz, Paul MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Dolan, Michael ASergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Rodriguez, David MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Brock, Steven ESergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Hughes, John PLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Ogliore, Mia MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Conneely, John TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Cipriani, AaronLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Moonan, Michael JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Castaneda, Jose LSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Bush, Gary SSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Schnier, Brian TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Uldrych, Marilyn VSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Fischer, RobertSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Mahaffey Jr, Louis DSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Schoeff, Andrew JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Howard, Pamela KSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Sullivan, Mark ALieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Hickey, David GSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Hurley, Edward FSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Sanchez, Carlos ESergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Dineen, John CSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Finegan, Joseph LSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Placencia Jr, RogelioSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Molesky, Kenneth ESergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Mc Kee, Luke JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Allen, Henry CSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Piwnicki, Raymond RSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Jugo, Steven HSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Bernath, William JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 12, 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.