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
Ryan, Joseph AFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$136,374
Gale, James EFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$136,374
Reid, Jaimie MFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$136,374
Collins, Thomas SFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$136,374
Quinones, Luis SFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$136,374
Hansen, Christopher MFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$136,374
Gavin, Clement ASupervising Cooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$136,240
Brady, Ethan GStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$136,200
Pollard, Paul LShift Supvsr Of Security Communications CenterChicago Department Of Aviation$136,020
Ausmann, Kimberly MAviation Communications Operator - TrainerChicago Department Of Aviation$136,020
Duffy, JeanetteShift Supvsr Of Security Communications CenterChicago Department Of Aviation$136,020
Williams, Cristina NDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$135,912
Lund, Robert VMarine Pilot - Fire BoatChicago Fire Department$135,860
Steiner, GordonMarine Pilot - Fire BoatChicago Fire Department$135,860
Leblanc, Christophe JMarine Pilot - Fire BoatChicago Fire Department$135,860
Courtney, Thomas RMarine Pilot - Fire BoatChicago Fire Department$135,860
Lemmon, Bari RPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Strazzante, Philip MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Rachuy, Deanna MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Clinton, Shantell DPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Santiago, Helen LPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Graney, Kevin APolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Fava, Daniel CPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Hill, Elisabeth LPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Drozdel, DominikPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Stevens, Patricia JPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Mcnally, BrendanPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Harris, Nicholas GPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Khan, KashifPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Taglieri, Christopher CPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Perez, Erik APolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Ramos, Francis OPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
King, Eric EPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Galligan, MichaelPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Nelson, Tiffany MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Gurley, Andrew JPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Ivankovich, DavidPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Fields, Jerohn DPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Skarupinski, ChrisPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Gaffney, Kyle JPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Roberts, Brendan DPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Watson, David LPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Bansley, James APolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Williams, Markus CPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Martin, Walter RPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Rinella, Richard MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Zamora, Anthony MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Gaytan, Michael APolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Janas, Jonathan WPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
Pelayo, Jose MPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$135,816
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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.