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 Aug 29, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75524,845 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,845)
Average salary$115,983highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,755 people
NameJob titlePay
Watson, Byron DLegislative AideCity Council$75,396
Murphy, Alison PLegislative AideCity Council$75,432
Speller, Janeea LSupervising Traffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$75,444
Byrd, Bobbie JTraffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$75,444
Finley, Shaya DParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Howze, Jacqueline NParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Burkhead, Antoinette LParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Shaffer, Johnnie MDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Bright, NormanDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Acevedo, EdwinDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Coleman, D Niquea LTraffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$75,444
Parriett, Jeremiah WParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Parvin, Timothy PDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Torres, Angel LDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Thomas, Jeffrey DDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Robinson, Drake EField Supvsr I - Parking EnforcementDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Redmond, Mikail AAsst To The AldermanCity Council$75,504
Jackson Harris, Javon TAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$75,600
White, Jolanda RAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$75,600
Nolter, James JAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$75,600
Parra-Hughes, Gina PLegislative AideCity Council$75,708
Mcginn, Kathryn EStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$75,852
Chiavola, Maureen HStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$75,852
Harris, Tameka DStaff Assistant - ExcludedDepartment Of Family And Support Services$75,936
Proutsos, Athanasia MAnimal Placement CoordChicago Animal Care And Control$75,936
Roberts, Marilyn DAdministrative Asst II - ExcludedDepartment Of Finance$75,936
Paul-Emile, Jeoneva NStaff Assistant - ExcludedChicago Department Of Transportation$75,936
Walker, PatrickParking InvestigatorDepartment Of Finance$75,936
Oconnor, DeirdreStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,212
Simpson, ShaunSupvr Of Mailroom OperationsBoard Of Election Commissioners$76,284
Olsen, Margaret SLegislative AideCity Council$76,380
Chan, Agnes KStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,380
Sweeney, Kelly AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,380
Rocha, Diana CLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Obrochta, Carleigh PLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Slade, Mikaela VLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Hernandez, Cassandra MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Jordan, ChristopherLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Reed, Sara MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Mandernach, Hanna MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Ramirez-Sosa, YvetteLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Thomas, Katherine STesting AdministratorDepartment Of Human Resources$76,464
Maia, Maria TLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Robinson, Ariel JLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Belai, Courteney ALibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Varley, Alejandra JLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Laczkowski, James ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Beheler, Thomas HLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Roach, Graceanne ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Hayes, Cordiah CLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 29, 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.