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
Kreski, Christopher OBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$192,180
Lowe, Monica LAsst Chief Labor NegotiatorDepartment Of Law$193,152
Tantillo, Steven JChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$193,152
Hinton, Tiheta LFirst Deputy Procurement OfficerDepartment Of Procurement Services$194,052
Chavez Torres, MaribelManaging Deputy CommissionerChicago Department Of Public Health$194,052
Rodriguez-Northern, RaquelManaging Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Human Resources$194,052
Schmitz, Matthew MManaging Deputy Budget DirectorOffice Of Budget & Management$194,052
Brooks, Tiffany NFirst Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$194,052
Gross, Adam EExecutive Director - CcpsaCommunity Commission For Public Safety And Accountability$196,140
Tovar, Angela AChief Sustainability OfficerDepartment Of Environment$196,140
Jessee, Patrick JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Schulz, Jennifer LAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Haynes, Shun TDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Dickman, Jacob JAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Serb, Christopher JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Bartecki, Mitchell DAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Mielnicki, Mark JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Beam, Michael ADeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Lach, Jason FDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Dietz, David BDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Burns, Kelly JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Frazier, AnthonyDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Mc Cluskey, Kristin MAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Giordano, John JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Schomer, Fred HAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Flynn, Sean MAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Porter, Monica AAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Doggett, David JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Gray, Keith LAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Ijimakin, Bernard OAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Ronstadt, Scott FAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Kinnerk, Michael JAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Brooks, Gary JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Ochoa, RaulDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Mc Gill, John ADeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Pinkston, Ernie LDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Kiely, Mark JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Jackowiak, PatriciaDir Of Administrative HearingsDepartment Of Administrative Hearing$197,484
Mastrodomenico, SalvatoreBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kelly, Brendan JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ziemba, Lloyd WBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Flynn, James PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Reidy, Daniel TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ohse, Rory ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Meziere, Christopher JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Neary, James ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Woods, Daniel FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Reppen, Barry GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Rogers, Michael RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Jurasz Jr, Kenneth MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
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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.