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
Mitchell, Gregory IAlderman - 7th WardCity Council$155,688
Quezada, Anthony JAlderman - 35th WardCity Council$155,688
Gardiner, James MAlderman - 45th WardCity Council$155,688
Rodriguez, Michael DAlderman - 22nd WardCity Council$155,688
Coleman, Stephanie DAlderman - 16th WardCity Council$155,688
Chico, PeterAlderman - 10th WardCity Council$155,688
Gutierrez, Jeylu BAlderman - 14th WardCity Council$155,688
Vasquez, AndreAlderman - 40th WardCity Council$155,688
Mosley, Ronnie LAlderman - 21st WardCity Council$155,688
Knudsen, Timothy RAlderman - 43rd WardCity Council$155,688
Burnett, Walter RAlderman - 27th WardCity Council$155,688
Howd, ShawnAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$155,934
Peaslee, Sean PAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$155,934
Chambers, ArshanetteLieutenantChicago Police Department$155,934
Brackin, ConnorLieutenantChicago Police Department$155,934
Sheridan, PatriciaLieutenantChicago Police Department$155,934
Marrero, LissetteAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$155,934
Green, Victoria RAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$155,934
Kus, MichaelFaa Fire Training SpecialistChicago Fire Department$155,934
Pillon, Jennifer LAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$155,934
Mc Cormack, Larrence JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Duda, John PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Ritchie, Theresa CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Mercado III, AlejandroLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Piccolo, Michael GLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Claudio, DavidLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Newton, JonathanLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Klockowski, JohnLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Davis, Scott WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Dunson, Ronnie RLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Latiker, KimLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Kosmoski, Kenneth SLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Talavera, FedericoLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Regan IV, James JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Buino, Christopher SLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Licato, Anthony JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Lindquist, Mark PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Reardon, Sean PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Norwood III, Clarence ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Mulligan, Michael JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Lujano, HectorLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Rivera, WilliamLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Kelly, Michael JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Day, Michael JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Pease, Joseph MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Mc Namara, John BLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Nunez, John CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Phee, Frank PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Murphy, Thomas KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
Mcgrath, Martin VLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$156,174
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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.