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 15, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,79224,863 salaried · 6,929 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,863)
Average salary$116,109highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,929)

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31,792 people
NameJob titlePay
Walker, Robert SStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Stewart, BarbaraSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Bain, ElizabethFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Gailes, RitaFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Milsap-Thomas, Barbara JFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Brown, Amaya DStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Marion, PatriciaSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Ruan, Cui LSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Karosanidze, LouisaSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Dunn, SandraFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Liang, Lan FFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Greene, Barbara NFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Buie, Shirley AFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Kwiotek, Theodor TSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Birov, Eduard LSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Tchernookov, Krassimir DSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Shaw, PhyllisFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Tims, ElizabethFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Semenov, Lidia SSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Dyer, ArlenettFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Draine, Debra DFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Johnson, Mary MFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Stevenson, Henry HSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Nance-Mozeake, Gwendolyn LSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Morales-Greene, XavierAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$21.00/hr
Chatman, Peggie AFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Cobb, LorettaSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Collins, Linda DFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Williams, VerlaFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Weltman, Karen LFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Tovar, JesusWatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$28.27/hr
Sutton, Monique AAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$31.25/hr
Lim, Stanley GLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Turner-Washington, MarcelliusAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$31.25/hr
Spaulding-Hudson, Kennedy AStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Estes, Cameron MStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Chung, IanStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Holmes, David LTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Gutierrez, Natalia AStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Fisher, Henry GStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Vestjens, Eveline CStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Chavez, Cesar LStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Roshi, SarahStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Huff, AshleeLibrary Clerk - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$22.82/hr
Clark, Zyra JAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Matassarin, RuthLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Mcarthur-Self, Abigail MLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Brown, Thomas ELibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Westmoreland, Jalynn DStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Munoz, Alexis GAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.00/hr
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 15, 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.