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
Coughlin, Michael LSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Keeler, Herbert MPolice Forensic Investigator IChicago Police Department$152,010
Rice Jr, Richard GSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Mayas, Carlos MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Velazquez, SergioSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Curry, John TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Wolf, William TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Cicero, Frank WLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Dorng, Thomas WSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Buenrostro, Marcus LSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Kennedy, Michael TSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Magallon, RafaelSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Leahy, Kevin CSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Gajeski, Keith ELieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Miura, Cynthia MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Wisniewski, Joseph RLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Hutchinson, William MLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Considine, Joseph MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Vogt, Vincent NSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Gopez, FrederichSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Wynn, James BExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$152,010
Staunton, Patrick JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Dawson, Elizabeth PSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Leverett, Michael ESergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Geisbush, James GSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Brannigan, Patrick MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Goosherst, Daniel PSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Stachura, Melissa ASergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Flisk, Margaret JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Gonzalez, EricSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Gallardo, Elfego JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Uchman, Steven MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
King, Christoria JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Lorenz, John MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Johnson, Brian MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Gaines Jr, Ronald ISergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Cunningham, John JLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Jaros, Todd JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Lazaro, Tanya NSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Johnson, Michael BLieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Collins, Tonya LSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Fabian Jr, Elmer ASergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Estrada, EricaSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Morales, Juan CSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Szwed, Eric PSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Loughran, Kathleen MSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Lewandowski, Kenneth JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Ochoa, OswaldoSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Quinn, Brian JPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$152,010
Butler, James ESergeantChicago 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.