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
Kolssak, Thomas JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Bilal, Malick MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Swanson, Gregory ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Stadler, Terence JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Cremins, Kevin MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ward, Charles JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Fuchsgruber, Thomas MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Koch, Jeremy SBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Foster, James JCommander-Logistics And Operations (Emt)Chicago Fire Department$197,880
Person, Evan PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Mc Dermott, Daniel JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Blake, Thomas ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Plescia, Frank VBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Buganski, Daniel MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Flood, John GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Cronin, John JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Swift, Daniel JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Nichols Jr, Gerald DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Exter, Frederick CBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dyer, Brandon FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Huff, Roger WBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Angus, Kevin PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Rowe, William SBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Wirtz, Kevin TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Newell, Kevin MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Leyden, Patrick JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Garr, Barry JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Murphy, Robert PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Heneghan, Peter TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Gallagher, Patrick GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Bouck, Steven RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Gallardo, John DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Sullivan, Michael TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
O Boyle, Michael BBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ludwig, Robert JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Fleischhacker, T PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Johnson, Eric LBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Haran, Thomas ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Adams, Raymond TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kendrick, Steven RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Sanders, Anthony JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Mullen, John PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Mc Laughlin, Brian JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Batka Jr, Bradley AAsst Commanding Fire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Martin, Anthony RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dowdall, Matthew EBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Keating, Fred ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Raiford, Andre LBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Olszewski, Christopher PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dennis, Joshua 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.