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 14, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,78324,855 salaried · 6,928 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,855)
Average salary$116,108highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,928)

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31,783 people
NameJob titlePay
Stafen, Kristen HParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Cavanaugh, DennisParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Leen, John PParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Fitzpatrick, Louise AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Johnson, Brian KParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Ernst, David JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Ignacio Silvestrini, EdgarParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Epps, William DCommanderChicago Fire Department$186,594
Digiovanni, Joseph JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Hedlund, Dawn DParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Cairo, Nicholas SBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Goc, Jeffrey AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Roth, MiriamParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Kirk, Elizabeth AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Flowers, Derek NParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Gomez, Scott AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Murphy, William BBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Olszewski, Sherry MParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Caraballo, AlexanderParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Gradolf, Anne EParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Lesnicki, Eva MParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Tate, Dionne ADir Of 311 City ServicesOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$186,792
Morrissey, Meghan CGeneral CounselOffice Of Inspector General$186,792
Clemons, Maggie JDeputy CommissionerChicago Public Library$186,792
Nelligan, Ryan JDeputy DirOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$186,792
Smith, Sarontay LDeputy DirOffice Of Public Safety Administration$186,792
O Neill, Donald JDir Of Labor RelationsDepartment Of Human Resources$186,792
Carlson, Brian JDeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$186,792
White, Alexis MDeputy Budget DirOffice Of Budget & Management$186,792
Hastings, WillmoreDeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$186,792
Shrader, Anna EDeputy DirOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$186,792
Priyadarshi, Aparna RambhatlaDeputy CommissionerChicago Department Of Public Health$186,792
Leak, Leon PDeputy DirOffice Of Public Safety Administration$186,792
Wheeler, Katherine MDeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$186,792
Baliga, Dennis CDeputy DirOffice Of Public Safety Administration$186,792
Khokha, KiranDeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$186,792
Plomin, Kalpana SDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Planning And Development$186,792
Strazzabosco, Peter LDeputy CommissionerDepartment Of Planning And Development$186,792
Villa, Melissa RDeputy Inspector GeneralOffice Of Inspector General$186,792
Lauder, George HDeputy Inspector GeneralOffice Of Inspector General$186,792
Billows II, Charles ADeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$186,792
Worthington, Kimberly ADeputy Commissioner- 22Department Of Environment$186,792
Kasanin, Boban ADeputy ComptrollerDepartment Of Finance$186,792
Trotter, Shannon KLocal Liquor Control CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$186,792
Powell, Lewis WDeputy Budget DirOffice Of Budget & Management$186,792
Vazquez, KeylaDeputy Inspector GeneralOffice Of Inspector General$186,792
Ho, BenjaminDeputy Procurement OfficerDepartment Of Procurement Services$186,792
Hallihan, RamonaDeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$186,792
Villalpando, PatriciaDeputy DirDepartment Of Finance$186,792
Jones, Darwyn EDeputy Inspector GeneralOffice Of Inspector General$186,792
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 14, 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.