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
Siergiej, JohnAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$165,504
Verma, AnupamChief Engineer Of SewersDepartment Of Water Management$165,504
Phillips, Rey AChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$165,504
Payne, DennisDir Of Human ResourcesChicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Vaci, Lisanne MDirector Of Professional Counseling ServicesChicago Fire Department$165,504
Mashal, MohammadEngineer Of Water PurificationDepartment Of Water Management$165,504
Joyce, Martin DAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Meehan, Richard JAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Kierna, DanAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Wright, Marc EAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Moore, La TriceAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Fire Department$165,504
Powe, David DAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Williams, Bernadette LAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Babich, Matthew MAsst Dir Of Information SystemsChicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Zhu, Teresa RAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Mitchell, Jennifer SAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Khan, ArsalanAsst Chief EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Lane, Ryan SAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Khudeira, Soliman JAsst Chief EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Martinez-Aviles, Juan FAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$165,504
Anderson, Eric JAsst Chief EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$165,504
Ward, Reginald MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Yau, AliceLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Ray, Kenneth EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Skupien, Daniel ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Wasielewski, Carl MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Marzullo, Victoria JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Pietryla, Scott JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Parlor, Tanyshia LLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Frestel, Kelly MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Unizycki, Gregory WLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Mendoza, Marco ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Graham, Robert LAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Janik, Andrew JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Perez, Adrian SLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Goddish, AssataLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Criscione, Adam JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Augle, Matthew ELieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Kellinger, Robert RLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Piek, Richard LLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Guerin, MauriceLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Gallagher, James JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Timmerman, Samuel ELieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Whittingham, ReneeLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Considine, John ELieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Johnson, Richard EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Foster, Mark SLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Harty, Ryan ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Harris, Jermaine MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Chatys, MartinLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
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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.