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
Morales Jr, JesusWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Mulheron, Sean MForeman Of Sign ShopChicago Department Of Transportation$54.11/hr
Curley, KrystalWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Castro, IsmaelWatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$28.27/hr
White, Gregory AConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Meilicke, William JMarine PilotDepartment Of Water Management$65.35/hr
Aguilar, GuadalupeSign HangerChicago Department Of Transportation$45.48/hr
Herron, CortezLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$44.45/hr
Hummel, AllisonLibrary Clerk - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$22.82/hr
Rodriguez, Christopher OLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$32.10/hr
Murillo, FranciscoConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$47.70/hr
Smith, Laura BCustodial WorkerChicago Department Of Aviation$20.75/hr
Fields, Elisha KLaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$31.80/hr
White, Reginald LEquipment DispatcherDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$51.10/hr
Ibarra, RamiroGeneral Laborer - AviationChicago Department Of Aviation$32.10/hr
Johnson, WoodrowConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Gomez, Gustavo YEquipment DispatcherDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$51.10/hr
Lowery, Everett DConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Robinson, Evelyn TSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
English, Ricky KMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Johnson, TiffanyLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$32.10/hr
Smith, Kevin MLaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$31.80/hr
Reyes, ChristianLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$44.45/hr
Grey, Darria DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Pawlos, Mark ACarpenterChicago Department Of Transportation$58.51/hr
Campus, Erek RSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Spencer, TewaunGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Harmon Jr, David EPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Jackson, KenWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Clark, WendellWatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$28.27/hr
Thomas, JoySanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Kaminski, Andrew ESanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Holcomb, Michael USanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Freeman, DaroldSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Gaines, Dejuan JLaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$31.80/hr
Gordon, Drake AConstruction LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Moreno, CarlosSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
King, Christopher MSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Chavez, Nicholas JLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$32.10/hr
Prince, Rickey AMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Rico Mancilla, CamiloConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Boyd, SeanSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Thompson, Rondae TSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Rose, EvelynLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$37.04/hr
Zhang, Ivan MLibrary Clerk - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$22.82/hr
Lyons, Edward SHoisting EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$68.80/hr
Pineiro, Brandon MSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Reteguiz, BenjaminSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Connolly Jr, Kevin PPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Di Caro, Charles AWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
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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.