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
O Connor, Mary EDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Planning And Development$180,780
Wisniewski, Marek JDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$180,780
Maffeo, GiovanniDeputy Budget DirOffice Of Budget & Management$180,780
Reynoso, Martha EDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Buildings$180,780
Ortiz, ArleneDeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$180,780
Rocha, CarmenDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Human Resources$180,780
Guillermo, Dennis CDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$180,780
Givens, Kevin NDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Family And Support Services$180,780
Sanders II, Mark LDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Family And Support Services$180,780
Ceko, BorislavCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Savoia, Richard ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Koenig, Daniel RCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Gonzales, JesseCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Stack, Richard ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Lapinski, Daniel TCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Kassing, James MLieutenant-Emt (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$181,062
Flanagan, Matthew JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Navarro, DavidCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Celis, JesusCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Meuris, John HCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Walsh, James PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Zervas, Nicholas JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Szymczyk, David JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Zendejas, RubenCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Norals, Karl ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Carthy, Timothy SCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Langbein, JohnCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Stanislawski, Joseph CCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Lamb, Dennis RCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Arnoldt, Robert KCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Bober, Charles MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Pickert, John ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Fennessey, William MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Doherty, Martin FCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Suarez Del Real, UbaldoCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Waldrom, Jeffrey ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Fornaciari Jr, Robert ELieutenant-Emt (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$181,062
Carter, James RCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Wilhelm, Michael MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Doherty, Martin JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Haugh, Joseph MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Turner, Gerard DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Heenan, Vera LCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Santiago, Angel ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Smith, Dwayne ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Alvarez Jr, RafaelCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Duffy, Joseph PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Gariti, Robert JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Allison, Paul WCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Datz, Edward ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
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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.