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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NameJob titlePay
Hodrick, ShanteCommunications Operator I - 311Office Of Emergency Management And Communications$53,532
Badis, SabrineAirport Information AmbassadorChicago Department Of Aviation$53,532
Peterson, JeanineHead Library ClerkChicago Public Library$53,532
Adams, Marjorie EAdministrative AssistantChicago Department Of Aviation$53,532
Schraeder, Joyce EAsst To The AldermanCity Council$53,556
Bettis, DiamondStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$53,568
Solomon, BrittanyParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Braswell, Shenita DParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Dudley, Devon AParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Price, Felicia RParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Robinson, JaquesParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Meriweather Jr, FredrickParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Payne, JamesParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Lewis, DavontaParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Hogan, Steven SParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Coleman, RobertParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Shaw, Joyce BParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Shek, Fung SParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Chandler, Shymel AParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Friend, Chiquita LTraffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$53,820
Cramer, Jason RTraffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$53,820
Powers, Jerome TParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Strahan, CalvinParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Wright, Tyeisha LParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$53,820
Romo, MonikaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$54,012
Stigler, Lisa MTraffic Enforcement TechDepartment Of Finance$54,048
Lopez, MarcComplaint Intake Specialist - IgoOffice Of Inspector General$54,300
Franklin, SharonLegislative AideCity Council$54,300
Hicks, PatriciaLegislative AideCity Council$54,312
Brackett, Sarah HPrincipal Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$54,624
Moore, Michael APrincipal Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$54,624
Rousset, RubenComputer Appl Analyst I-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$54,624
Wall, Tyler JComputer Appl Analyst I-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$54,624
Navarro, Jose DLegislative AideCity Council$55,008
Allen, DoneceLegislative AideCity Council$55,104
Clinite, FrancesLegislative AideCity Council$55,200
Flannigan, Dawn GStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$55,620
Alegria, Cristina GSenior Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$55,980
Davis, Tamecia RSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$56,112
Shakir, Akilah CDistrict Clerk - AsphaltChicago Department Of Transportation$56,112
Manning, Shandalyn MSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$56,112
Wilson, ValentinoSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$56,112
Logan, KyleDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$56,112
Uryszek, Danuta ADistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$56,112
Dominguez, Izabella ADistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$56,112
Rojas, AldoDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$56,112
Cage, Alexandra LPolice Administrative ClerkChicago Police Department$56,124
Desimone, LeahCommunications Operator I - 311Office Of Emergency Management And Communications$56,124
Chavez, CristinaCommunications Operator I - 311Office Of Emergency Management And Communications$56,124
Nash Shaw, Alicia LCommunications Operator I - 311Office Of Emergency Management And Communications$56,124
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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.