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
Peterson-Venegas, Rogelio JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Martin, Matthew WPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Brown, Arlandria TPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Oboikovitz, Dylan JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Adame, ChristianFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Flores, Ruben JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Cotey, Brayden SFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Sanchez, Bryan GFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Cosey, BernardPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Hernandez, Gabriel EPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Shell, Michael RPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Reid, JammalPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Acevedo, Daniel EFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Perez, Noel AFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Malan, Dexter WFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Diaz, Roger JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Mustafa, Nideen IParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Organ, AdamParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Salgado, AileenParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Shannon, Michael AParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Duncan, DylanParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Perez, Israel APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Macias, Elizabeth MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Vera, AlejandroParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Lopez, SarahParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Mrkvicka, Samuel GParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Macklin, BrentonParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Tebbens, Robert JParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Muhammad, AaliyahParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Garcia, JoelPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Weikel, Christopher CParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Martinez, GermanPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Dominguez, LeilanyPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Kowal, Amelia LParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Blough, AllisonParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Fischel, Joseph SParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Jones, Keturah VPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Porter-Kooy, JeniseParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Acevedo, Ian NFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$90,816
Maciaz, GenaroPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Siordia, Dina MParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Ramirez, DanielPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Villanueva, OscarParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Villegas, Karl CParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Busche, AndrewParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Ransom, Bonisha DPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Balfour, David MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Rangel, Angelina MParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
Savage, Patrick JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$90,816
Boggs, Kenneth RParamedicChicago Fire Department$90,816
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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.