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
Rice, Larry DSign PainterChicago Department Of Transportation$48.16/hr
Hillas, Arthur WWatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$28.27/hr
Hollis, Maurice DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Hernandez, CrystalWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Williams, Otha MMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Taylor, Solon MMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Mason, Terrell DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Johnson, Cynthia AWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Maturo, NicoleWatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$28.27/hr
Johnson, Edward LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Boadu, Rafarel KSupervising WatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$33.86/hr
Lawrence, AmareWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Gutierrez, MerarriMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Saida, CindyTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Nunez, ReneSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Lucente, StevenForeman Of Hoisting EngineersDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$72.80/hr
Diaz, Adam LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Seals, Tresman TSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Mullaney, Kelly MSupervising WatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$33.86/hr
Sarlo, AlfonsoSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Mcdougle, Latonio DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Urbina, DanielWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Castro, CesarSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Norton, Edward BWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Kruser, John WMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Diaz, AlexanderAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$24.00/hr
Rodriguez, Michael KSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Ayala, JoseSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Protopappas, George JEmergency Crew DispatcherDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Flores, MatthewHoisting EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$68.80/hr
Anderson, Thomas RWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Anaya, HectorGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Garay, EduardoSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Suggs, Danisha DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Ramirez, RogelioStation LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$29.00/hr
Barrios, MarioSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Jones Jr, William HConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Lambert, LatoyaWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Riley, ShequellaPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Abrego Garcia, EderConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Duran, CristianMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Hernandez, Isaac RPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Torres, JessieSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Smiley, MelindaPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Brown, DayshaSign PainterChicago Department Of Transportation$48.16/hr
Mendoza, Alex HSign PainterChicago Department Of Aviation$48.16/hr
Durham, AndreWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Smith, Robert ESupervising WatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$33.86/hr
Torres, Mariah NSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Council, James LMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/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.