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
Smith, LionelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Chval, Melissa JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Lacey, Robert EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wyatt, Maurice DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wood, Michael CFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Thomas, Richard LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Abdullah, Daniel NFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Mac, GeorgeFire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Brown, Claude DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Dunbar, Tommy LFire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Nelson, Wayne TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Sircher, David MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Napier, Brandon LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Short, Mark AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Noble, LawrenceFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Bisbee, James EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wlodarczyk, Thomas JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Parks, Robert WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Blandin, MauriceFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wade, Marshall LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Battistella, John GFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Finnerty, Ryan EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Casper, Nicholas RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Rivera, AbelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Wilder, Rey HFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Bishop, Morris FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Nolan II, Samuel LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Austin, Robbie AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Glennon, John WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
O Hara, Christophe TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Watkins, Tamala MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Sharrieff, JosephFire Marshal-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Hernandez, Juan CFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$136,686
Jones, DanielHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Haggerty, JosephPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Delcarmen, BaltazarPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Smith, AaronPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Brown, Cornelius DHouse Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Lohse, Roy LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Durcan, Sean PPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Frank, RobertPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Prophet, MarvinPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Turman, JosephPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Folan, Colm JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Brown, Gregory EPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Taylor, Kevin LPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Martin, ShanePlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Diaz, NarsisoPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
Geiss, Daniel JPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$136,656
Feely, JohnPlumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,656
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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.