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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
Lempa, Lawrence RCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Kirby Jr, Ronald DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Lopez, Manuel DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Stibich, Tim ECaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Maj, Ted SCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
O Brien, John FCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Goblet, Joseph JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Murphy, Edward JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Greifelt, Steven TCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Kataoka, Jon SCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
De Leon, RaulCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Roche, Thomas ECaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Robles, Carlos ECaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Rios, AlfredoCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Wizgird, Dominic JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Aldworth, James PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Sotomayor, Juan DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Donagh, Malachy FCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Zajac, Jason RCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Brown, Patrick JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Olson, Richard RCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Brezina, Kenneth ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Gahagan, Thomas JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Donagh, Joseph PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Gaietto, John CCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Boyd, Thomas OCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Novak, Gregory DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Kubik, Joseph TCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Downs, Paul ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Merchant, Kevin GLieutenant-Emt (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$181,062
Balnis, Michael DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Meel Jr, Michael LCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Czachor, Richard PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Callaghan, Daniel MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Kirkpatrick, Michael JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Carthy, Austin CCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Doody, William JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Suchecki, Michael DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Korzen, George TCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Gonzalez, Lucio GCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Bomely, Matthew ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Anello, Phillip ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Mc Lean, Sean WCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Evenson, Charles SCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Fitzgerald, James MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Bonilla, RobertCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Howard, Kevin PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Perry, Matthew RCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Morris, JeromeCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Brandel, Keith CCaptain-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.