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
Tas, Darcie JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Hedlund, Dawn DParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Faizi, Tarek JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Payne, ArlettParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Digiovanni, Joseph JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Cairo, Nicholas SBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Pohl, Albert HBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
O Connell, Ryan PBattalion ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Both, Shawn DParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Jones, EricParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Lesnicki, Eva MParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Mc Keon, HeatherParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Holiday, MarkParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Solano, SalvadorParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Rivera, Ralph RParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Ernst, David JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Bedtke, Brian JParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Ignacio Silvestrini, EdgarParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Gomez, Scott AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Gradolf, Anne EParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Johnson, Brian KParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Caraballo, AlexanderParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Fitzpatrick, Louise AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Olszewski, Sherry MParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$186,594
Epps, William DCommanderChicago Fire Department$186,594
Long, Alexis RManaging Deputy ComptrollerDepartment Of Finance$185,736
Barrett, William RManaging Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Family And Support Services$185,736
Cohen, Jeffrey SManaging Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Planning And Development$185,736
Salao, John Marvin CManaging Deputy ComptrollerDepartment Of Finance$185,736
Pai, LotikaManaging Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$185,736
Hunt, Joshua TFirst Deputy Chief AdministratorCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$185,736
Chibe, Lisa MCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Ulleweit, Fredrick CCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Poppish, Michael JCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Muscolino, Robert GCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Artz, Charles JCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Courtney, Brian PCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Doerge, Andrew NCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Irvin, Yolanda KCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Shoshi, Leonard MCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Koenig, David MCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Aylward, Patrick MCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Clark, Jason TCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Alderden, Jacob MCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Mendez, Jose ACaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Butler, Darwin ECaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Ryan, Thomas WCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Barry, Kevin JCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Zodo, Nicola ECaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Kapustianyk, Michael WCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
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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.