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
Phillips, Asia DMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Rodriguez, Kevin FSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Little, Joseph BLibrary Clerk - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$22.82/hr
Murillo, ManuelWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Grider, Ashley CMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Matthews, Shamika TPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Pryce-Jones, TimothyPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Saddiq, Sarmad MMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Flagg, Marcus AElectrical MechanicChicago Department Of Aviation$63.15/hr
Venegas, JoaquinMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Pienta, Matthew JForeman Of Water Pipe ConstructionDepartment Of Water Management$65.70/hr
Burks, Brittany SAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$26.05/hr
Martinez, Joshua LMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Wilson, Cassandra RMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Shew, DanielOperating Engineer-Group ADepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.92/hr
Flynn, Henry TMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Reed, Keona DPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Caponigro, Robert AForeman Of Water Pipe ConstructionDepartment Of Water Management$65.70/hr
Rosales, MaricelaMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Knowles, Kennyata SMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Keys, Justin ESanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Francois, AlexanderMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Green, DominiqueStores LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Hughes, TaraMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Mendez, Francisco JMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Laboy, JimmyMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Lowe, Terrence ICarpenterChicago Department Of Transportation$58.51/hr
Rainey, Kia WMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Gutierrez, Liliana MMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Dean, Ashanta LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Carpenter, Sean PSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Daniels, Charles OMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Sardinas Sanchez, AlfredoMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Lam, John BMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
White, Anthony AMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Hentz, SamuelMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Gatheright, JosephMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
De Jesus, EddieMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Mathewjohn, JustinMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Mejia, JohanMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Wilson, Jacquise ISanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Mora, Martin AMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Liszka, Jacob FMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Lammersfeld, Edward CForeman Of Motor Truck DriversChicago Department Of Aviation$54.00/hr
Reynoso, Pedro AForeman Of Construction LaborersChicago Department Of Transportation$54.10/hr
Gutierrez, Pablo AElectrical MechanicDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.15/hr
Yu, Tony YLinemanChicago Department Of Transportation$67.18/hr
Gomez, Daniel OMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Walker, Gregory DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Shokunbi, AbdulrahmanMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/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.