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
Sanchez, KlaraMedical AdministratorOffice Of Public Safety Administration$163,260
Maulawin, Tomas PDir Of Grants ManagementOffice Of Public Safety Administration$163,260
Maul, Joseph JMgr Of Graphics & Reproduction CtrDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$163,260
Johnson, Sharay VSenior Director Of Family Support ProgramsDepartment Of Family And Support Services$163,260
Bryant, Cynthia LChief Investigator (Ig)Office Of Inspector General$163,260
Ramey, William QDir Of Information SystemsOffice Of Public Safety Administration$163,260
Bedore, Julie ADir Of Facilities ManagementDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$163,260
Kauffman, Jane AChief Investigator (Ig)Office Of Inspector General$163,260
Chin, Gene MAsst Dir Of Information SystemsOffice Of Budget & Management$163,260
Watson, Jeanne-ChattonCommunications Operations ManagerOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$163,260
Ahsan, Hameed MDir Of Information SystemsDepartment Of Family And Support Services$163,260
Buckley, Jenifer ADir Of Planning Research And DevelopmentChicago Department Of Public Health$163,260
Nardello, Michael DDirector Of FinanceDepartment Of Law$163,260
Cestou, Jorge ADir Of Program Operations X33Chicago Department Of Public Health$163,260
Mckeever, MariannAsst DirOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$163,260
Chae, Samuel BAssociate General Counsel-OigOffice Of Inspector General$163,260
Valdez, Raul ADir Of Special InvestigationsOffice Of Inspector General$163,260
Dawkins, Kevin BDir Of Information SystemsDepartment Of Buildings$163,260
Moody, Paul AAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Planning And Development$163,260
Arellano, Hector AChief Investigator (Ig)Office Of Inspector General$163,260
Stewart, Stephen RChief Forensic Data AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$163,260
Stevens, Doniece RAsst DirDepartment Of Finance$163,260
Tabidze, IrinaDir Of Program Operations X33Chicago Department Of Public Health$163,260
Proutsos, NikkiAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Family And Support Services$163,260
Mcmahon, Katherine SDir Of Planning Research And DevelopmentChicago Department Of Public Health$163,260
Ormiste, Ulo AChief Programmer/Analyst ExcludedChicago Public Library$163,260
Stewart, Frederick DDirector Of FinanceDepartment Of Family And Support Services$163,260
Steeves, Nicole RDirector Of Library TechnologyChicago Public Library$163,260
Nash, Sherry LAsst ComptrollerDepartment Of Finance$163,260
Lam, JonathanDir Of Information SystemsDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$163,260
Lopez, Roberto CDeputy Director - 22Office Of City Clerk$163,320
Martinez, DianaDeputy Director - 22Office Of City Clerk$163,320
Newsome, Jo Ann NDeputy Commissioner- 22Chicago Commission On Human Relations$163,320
Bowlin, Riley ODeputy Director - 22Office Of City Clerk$163,320
Ramos, JamesDeputy City TreasurerCity Treasurer'S Office$163,320
Mcgleam, Christina MDeputy Commissioner- 22Mayors Office For People With Disabilities$163,320
Higgins, James NSenior Security EngineerDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$163,488
Rosado, Luis AChief Building/Construct InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$164,364
Ravella, HimaniData ArchitectDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$164,808
Savant, ShubhadaChief Programmer/AnalystChicago Department Of Transportation$164,808
Vuong, Tuan QPrincipal Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$164,808
Wong, TimmyApplication Delivery ManagerDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$164,808
Zyskowski, DariuszPrincipal Data AnalystDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$164,880
Trieu, Hoa NPrincipal Database AdministratorDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$164,880
Nikopoulos, GeorgePrincipal Database AdministratorDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$164,880
Warren, Dominque SDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$165,096
Lasher, David JAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Boratyn, Bernadette BAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Krueger, AngelaEngineer Of Water PumpingDepartment Of Water Management$165,504
Smith, David NAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
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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.