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
Pennington, Kari TInvestigative AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$87,792
Bsharah, Michael JInvestigator I - IgOffice Of Inspector General$87,792
Chang, Yi-HuaiPrincipal Operations AnalystChicago Police Department$87,792
Mcculley II, JahruPerformance AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$87,792
Folke, Callie PAttorney (Igo)Office Of Inspector General$87,792
Thomas, SethCity Planner VDepartment Of Planning And Development$87,792
Johnson-Mohney, Desiree MCompliance OfficerOffice Of Inspector General$87,792
Johnson, Brandon ACity Planner VDepartment Of Planning And Development$87,792
Trimble Jr, ShawnSenior Performance AnalystChicago Police Department$87,792
Haywood, Latosha KCareer Placement CounselorMayors Office For People With Disabilities$87,792
Kaplan, Noah MEeo InvestigatorDepartment Of Human Resources$87,792
Henderson, Marisa MPerformance AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$87,792
Brasier, Evans AFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Dixon, Christopher HFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Mitchell, Krystal RFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Diamond, Erica CFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Diaz III, JoseFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Wahl, DeclanFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Sena, DarleneFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Edwards, Christopher JFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Wahl, Quinlan MFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Mijares, EvelynFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Turner, Brittany JFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Nofal, Katie MFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Velez, Stefanie MFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Campbell, Brandie MFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Haupt, TrevorFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Wahl, Jeanne MFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Vega, AngelicaFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Karolewicz, Brandy MFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Brantley, Dinah LFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Kobos, Adam SFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
O Connor, Coleen AFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Diaz-Garcia, Joset IFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Dineen-Holland, Sharon LFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Pimentel, Hector GFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Wright, AngelaFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Melton, Jeremiah HFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Giblin, Jennifer LFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Jackson, Vivian TFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Booker, Mark CFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Ward, Ryan TFire Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$87,888
Izquierdo, AlejandraStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$88,068
Zaki, NuraAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$88,272
Urig, Madalyn NAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$88,272
Norton, LukeAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$88,272
Suerth, Hannah MAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$88,272
Jordan, AshleyAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$88,272
Schmidt, Michael PAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$88,272
Craan, Danielle JAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$88,272
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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.