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
Sautkus, Steven JSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Perez, ManuelSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Pasiewicz, John ASergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Iglinski Jr, Charles ELieutenantChicago Fire Department$152,010
Schaedel, Daniel FSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Khoushaba, Baz GSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Vasavid, James NSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Philp, Allen DSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Quinn, Timothy JPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$152,010
Jones, DeonSergeantChicago Police Department$152,010
Tyler, Brian AAsst Deputy MayorOffice Of The Mayor$152,076
Anderson, JonahAsst Deputy MayorOffice Of The Mayor$152,076
Okeefe, Brian PLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$152,154
Darbro, Michelle CLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$152,154
Del Toro, JesusAsst Deputy MayorOffice Of The Mayor$152,172
Mc Gee, Willie MChief Vent And Mechanical Equipment InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$152,248
Logan, Chandra DSupervising Public Health NurseChicago Department Of Public Health$152,472
Aikens, Clora MSupervising Public Health NurseChicago Department Of Public Health$152,472
Degnan, Robert PGeneral Foreman Of Hoisting EngineersChicago Department Of Transportation$152,984
Feeney, Patrick JGeneral Foreman Of Hoisting EngineersDepartment Of Water Management$152,984
Lee, MichellePrincipal Data Base AnalystChicago Department Of Transportation$153,228
Li, QingweiChief Systems ProgrammerOffice Of Public Safety Administration$153,228
Martinez, Gerard TForeman Of LinemenOffice Of Public Safety Administration$153,358
Barzola, DanielForeman Of LinemenOffice Of Public Safety Administration$153,358
Doyle, Sean MForeman Of Street Light RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Heffernan, Patrick JForeman Of LinemenOffice Of Public Safety Administration$153,358
Joyce, Bridget PSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Miller, Andre SSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Suerth, Brian ZForeman Of Street Light RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Lopez, Melissa AForeman Of Street Light RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Canning, Michael JSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Mahoney, Michael PForeman Of LinemenOffice Of Public Safety Administration$153,358
Shugrue, Michael OSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Burke, Christopher PSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Graf, Steven PForeman Of Street Light RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Morrissey III, Earl GSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Parker, CarlitaSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Aguirre, Robert JForeman Of Street Light RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Lee, Martin AForeman Of Street Light RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Kramer, Timothy WSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Duran, AlejandroForeman Of Traffic Signal RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Shevlin, Daniel TSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Schumacher, Robert JSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Norris, Kevin FForeman Of Traffic Signal RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Mc Carthy, Danielle MForeman Of Street Light RepairmenChicago Department Of Transportation$153,358
Drey Johnson, Joanne MSupervising Fire Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$153,358
Gallagher, Kevin JForeman Of LinemenOffice Of Public Safety Administration$153,358
Delgiudice, Courtney MManaging Deputy Procurement OfficerDepartment Of Procurement Services$153,936
O'Kane, Brian PAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$154,044
Li, KenjiSenior Security EngineerDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$154,044
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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.