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
Dixon, Naraiah TGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Guzman Jr, ManuelGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Polk, Jonathan ESanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Adame, Jorge AMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/hr
Trentz, Jeremy JCarpenterChicago Department Of Transportation$58.51/hr
Camacho, ErnestoOperating Engineer-Group ADepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.92/hr
Rogers, KishoGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Freeman, Darrin LTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.97/hr
Perkins, Jabri KSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Delgado Jr, ThomasSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Page, Jarrod RBooter - ParkingDepartment Of Finance$46.71/hr
Trailer, Devin GHoisting EngineerDepartment Of Water Management$68.80/hr
Irizarry, AthenaLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Griffin II, Ira DElectrical MechanicDepartment Of Water Management$63.15/hr
Rodriguez, VanessaPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Arriaga, GloriaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.00/hr
Keller, KeithEquipment DispatcherDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$51.10/hr
Davis, Michelle NPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Lee, Gigi BPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Mangialardi, GeorgeAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$20.00/hr
Daniel, Cyrus ELaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$31.80/hr
Renda, Anthony PSupervising Watchman - AgreementDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$50.22/hr
Clark, Javon OTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Bawoll, Mark JConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Williams, Magan QTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Gaiter, RashadAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Bell Jr, KirkTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Martinis, CynthiaTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Shaw, ZakiyaTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Mullins, JeharieTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Valencia, Jose JPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Transportation$50.23/hr
White, Joshua PConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Griffin, Ivy JConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Kelly, Silbert CSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Smith, MichaelConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$47.70/hr
Barze, KaliaTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Morris, KayaTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Hankerson, Chardonnay DAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Gutierrez III, RobertoTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Henley, Denise EFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Contreras, Brenda CLamp Maintenance WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$36.68/hr
White, Michael ATraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Bratcher, AntwainiyaSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Mcneal, JovanTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Baggett, KimberlySign Painter HelperChicago Department Of Transportation$40.78/hr
Childress, Demekia LTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Fleming, La RhondaMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Walker, Raynard NTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Marquez, Jesus TLaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$31.80/hr
Vega, VanessaAnimal Care Clerk - HourlyPart timeChicago Animal Care And Control$29.41/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.