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
Burke, Christopher CCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Evangelisti, Anthony MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Kraft Jr, Jeffery ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Del Greco, Michael CCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Sobek, Kevin MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Ergish, Jeffrey JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Cosgrove, Timothy FCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Eason, Cory TCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Lucas, James JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Ayala, FranciscoCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Sanchez, JesseCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Lopez, Joseph ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Larkin, Brian JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Massaro, Anthony KCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Pawelko, John SCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Pressel, Frank JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Washington, Sean LCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Larkin, Michael PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Fleckenstein, Robert WCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Demovic, Robert AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Junious, Cory DCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Salgado, AgustinCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Banks, Yolanda LCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Hoard, Anthony CParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Rottman, Doreen RParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Fenner, Nakia MCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Clark, Nicole CCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Triantafillo, James PCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Reyes, FelipeCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
De Julio, Vincent NCommanderChicago Fire Department$181,188
Wasserman, Joel HParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
O Connell, KathrynFirst Deputy City ClerkOffice Of City Clerk$181,284
Broderick, Brendan JCommander-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,836
Lea, Paul JCaptain-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$182,184
Tsokolas, AngeloCaptain-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$182,184
Slack, Craig ADeputy City TreasurerCity Treasurer'S Office$182,700
Bock, Gary AAsst Chief Elevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$182,900
Mclaughlin, EllenChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Mcdonald, Doris SChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Tomiello, StevenChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Angel, Glenn KChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Vuolo-Milan, Maria CChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Cavanaugh, Peter HChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Whisler, Katharine JChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Thomas, Joseph AChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Loose, Suzanne MChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Patel, Shilpa AChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Kosztya, Ashley CChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Anderson, Deborah LEnterprise Architecture LeadDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$182,940
Walker, KatrinaFirst Deputy City TreasurerCity Treasurer'S Office$184,296
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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.