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
Cronin, Michael EBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Coney, Gary KBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Fleming, James WBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kamberis, Samuel HBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Stack, Brian RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Renaud, Thomas BBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ohse, Barbara ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Russell, Christophe DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Haring, John KBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Goosherst, John PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Kevin, Sean RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Cunningham, Brian KBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Borner, John PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Gasiorek, Christopher JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Flynn, Daniel GBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Velasquez, HectorBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Chambers, Patrick MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ziegenbein, Hans TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Schick, Douglas FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Groszek, Stephen FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Sullivan, Matthew DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Donahue, William TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Miller, Jimmy CBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Tonne, Robert TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Malone, Patrick ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Rogala, Thomas ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Serb, Steven JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Dziedzic, Craig JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Spalla, James ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Guzman, Michael RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Hawkins, Timothy MCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Perez, AlbertCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Santos, Michael JCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Fraction, Nichelle SCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Connolly, Luke PCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Cleggett, John RCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Rowling, Donna LCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Christian, AlisonCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Kinney, Patrick RCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Mannion, Sheamus BCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Tate Jr, Johnny ECommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Milmine, Keith ACommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Jackson, Gregory MCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Donahue, Kristen MCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Oseguera, Albert JCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Courts, Lewis LCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Forbes Jr, Terence PCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Watson, Roderick SCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Medina, Jonathan PCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
Alvarez, JesseCommanderChicago Police Department$198,012
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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.