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
Johnson, Derick PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Mc Keough, Timothy CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
King Jr, Romeo DLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Herrli, Brian CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Kubiak, Richard JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Pennie, Lawrence CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Moore, Timothy CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Biederman, Eric PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Carine, Nicholas ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Rowe, Kevin ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Byrne, James TLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Watson, Shawn MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Ahern, Michael JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Zwolfer, Matthew WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Przystal, Scott JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Walsh, John PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Looney, Patrick KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Mercado, GabrielLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Leititis, Andreas KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Hernandez, Carlos RLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Papez, Richard ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Walsh, Francis MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Cardenas, JasonLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Bohus, Gregory JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Bautista, DavidLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Taylor, ShermanLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Clark, MichaelLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Mcvicker, Daniel RLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Quaid, Brian PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Porter, Jeffery MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Schopper, MichaelLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Catalano, ChristopherLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Guttillo, Kimberly MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Wiseman, JohnLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Zajac, Victor DLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Chesack, Michael ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Zamora, MichaelLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Kroll, Brian PSupervising Fire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Alleyne, Steve CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Brown, Michael TLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Maguire, Bernard JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Walsh, Michael JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Betton, Kevin ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Zimo, JohnLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Atkins, JosephLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$161,232
Rodriguez, Adam MAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$161,352
Hirsch, RebeccaAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$161,352
Broadwell, Daniel RAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$161,352
Johnson, Randall LAsst Corporation Counsel SeniorDepartment Of Law$161,352
Repel, Michael RGen Supt Of Water ManagementDepartment Of Water Management$161,928
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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.