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
Kasper, Jason EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Awadallah, AllaLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
O Brien, Daniel MPolice Legal Officer IIChicago Police Department$165,624
Mc Garry, Patrick MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
O Keefe, Denis LLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Ernst, Stacy AAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Candelaria, JuanLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Hamilton, Thomas JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Ryan, Gerald PLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Iramiya, AdmonLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Ortega, ElvisLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Cruz, Pedro JAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Ferizovic, AdmiraLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Pucillo, Robert JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Vanek, Amanda JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Medina, Albert EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Cho, Seung HLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Harris, Jessica RLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Shepler, Walter JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Murphy, Kevin WFaa Fire Training SpecialistChicago Fire Department$165,624
Aaron, Jeffery MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Olson, ThomasLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Shaughnessy, John MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Roan Jr, Robert FAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Schnoor, Kelly ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Mc Nicholas, Matthew BLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Esters, Willie EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Vogler, Jason JPolice Legal Officer IIChicago Police Department$165,624
Calvo, Orlando JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Flynn, John CChief Plumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$167,107
Durbin, Jason RLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Soto III, George ALieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Sotos, Vasilios TLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Washington, DwayneLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Mccollum, Patrick LLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Quinn, Martin PLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Lara, JorgeLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Rosa, John RLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Moberg, Cynthia ALieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Bullock, NolanLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Sarnowsky, Christina MLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Lemke, Joseph JLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Edling, Leonard PLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
O Malley, Kevin MLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Prachand, Nikhil GDir Of EpidemiologyChicago Department Of Public Health$167,556
Devereux, Brian AManager Of AuditingDepartment Of Finance$167,556
Norborg, Christopher SAssociate General Counsel-OigOffice Of Inspector General$167,556
Ruestow, Peter SDir Of EpidemiologyChicago Department Of Public Health$167,556
Mosquera, SandraManager Of AuditingDepartment Of Finance$167,556
Valenziano, Amy HDirector Of Human ResourcesDepartment Of Planning And Development$167,556
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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.