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
Mauer, Zachary MLegislative AideCity Council$92,496
Mcgrath, Daimhin TLegislative AideCity Council$92,496
Romer, Aaliayah CSr Analyst - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$92,700
Sirridge, CharlesStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Hohenkirk, Shenicka TStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Chavez, DavidCultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$92,700
Townsend, Thomas JAsst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Winters, AdamAsst To The AldermanCity Council$92,700
Barrios, KennethLegislative AideCity Council$92,700
Luna, Armin CIndex EditorOffice Of City Clerk$92,700
Luczak, Robert JParking InvestigatorDepartment Of Finance$92,700
Friel, Susan ACultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$92,700
Pyszka, Patrick LPrincipal PhotographerDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$92,700
Romero Jr, ArmandoAsst Director - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$92,748
Bisenius, Alexander PLegislative Budget AnalystCity Council$92,760
Meng, YutingLegislative Budget AnalystCity Council$92,760
Ravindran, PoojaLegislative AideCity Council$92,880
Gomez Jr, Luis MAviation Security SergeantChicago Department Of Aviation$92,892
Quinones, Erendira EAviation Security SergeantChicago Department Of Aviation$92,892
Aranda, EricaAviation Security SergeantChicago Department Of Aviation$92,892
Ma, QiwenLead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$92,940
Frazier, Tawnja LAuditor IIIDepartment Of Finance$92,940
Johnson, Kenneth LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$92,940
Perez, Maria DAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$92,940
Bahena, Arlene SInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$92,940
Tsagaris, Alexandros IAuditor IIIDepartment Of Finance$92,940
Harris, Marquita VInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$92,940
Mcdonald, Lisa MLabor Standards InvestigatorDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$92,940
Dent, Raynisha EInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$92,940
Figa, AlenkaLibrarian IChicago Public Library$92,940
Ortiz, DeniseSpecial Victims Investigator - CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$92,940
Najera, ClarissaCertification - Compliance OfficerDepartment Of Procurement Services$92,940
Sullivan, Bruce ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$92,940
Roth, Emily MLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$92,940
Kelleher, Connell EProgrammer/AnalystChicago Department Of Aviation$92,940
Aljada, Spear ICivil Engineer IIIDepartment Of Water Management$92,940
Baluch, BehzadMechanical Engineer IIDepartment Of Water Management$92,940
Mckenna, Jordan VLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$92,940
Gonzalez, JohnathanSpecial Victims Investigator - CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$92,940
So, ChristineEquity OfficerChicago Police Department$92,940
Otero, RafaelLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$92,940
Fealy, EileenRecruiting CoordinatorDepartment Of Human Resources$92,940
Jackson, AmberClinical Therapist IIIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$92,940
Redinger, Rebecca CLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$92,940
Gagner, Renee MLabor Standards InvestigatorDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$92,940
Mielecki, Kathy ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$92,940
Driggs, AkeemaEquity OfficerChicago Police Department$92,940
Feeney, Helen ALibrarian IChicago Public Library$92,940
Vergara, EulisesInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$92,940
Upshaw, Alexis VInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$92,940
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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.