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
Daniel Jr, MauricePolice Officer (Assigned As Evidence Technician)Chicago Police Department$133,650
Demarco, Michael RPolice Officer/Explsv Detect K9 HndlrChicago Police Department$133,650
Valenzuela, JulianPolice Officer (Assigned As Evidence Technician)Chicago Police Department$133,650
Valentine, Michael RPolice Officer (Assigned As Canine Handler)Chicago Police Department$133,650
Cardona, Felix Jr.Alderman - 31st WardCity Council$133,368
Lopez, Raymond AAlderman - 15th WardCity Council$133,368
Martin, Matthew JAlderman - 47th WardCity Council$133,344
Tagler, Patrick DGeneral Manager Of Airport OperationsChicago Department Of Aviation$133,104
Gutierrez, GeorgeGeneral Manager Of Airport OperationsChicago Department Of Aviation$133,104
Candelaria Cortes, Sandra CFiscal Administration ManagerChicago Department Of Transportation$133,104
Sandoval, Shelley ADir Of Atty Recruitment & Prof DevDepartment Of Law$133,044
Watson, Karl BMechanical Engineer VChicago Department Of Aviation$133,044
Aruna, RemigijusCivil Engineer VDepartment Of Water Management$133,044
Small Jr., Dennis KDir Of AccountingDepartment Of Family And Support Services$133,044
Mckinnie, Erin ELibrary DirectorChicago Public Library$133,044
Ferrer, Isaac ENetwork And Telecom LeadDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$132,672
Warner, Felicia CProject Management Office LeadDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$132,672
Udeaja, RaphealSenior Security AnalystDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$132,672
Mitchell, William MSecurity EngineerDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$132,672
Ahmed, HammadSecurity EngineerDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$132,672
Caproni, Max AExecutive Dir - Police BoardChicago Police Board$132,636
Sullivan, Abigail ADirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$132,636
Kirchhardt, Karl RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Briseno, Alexander AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Riley, Daniel MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Wirtz, SeanParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Chileski IV, Harry FParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Wyatt, Diana JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Ramos, AlexParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Pod, AlexandruParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Haberny, AgnieszkaParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
James, Gregory RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Higareda, Alberto VParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Payne, Amber MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Dickinson, Michael BParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Starck, Shlomo CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Mccann, Jennifer NParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Franco, Stephen BParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Palacz, Christopher DParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Cupello, Damien AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Klimek Ratulowski, Agata MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Brennan, Kevin PParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Taldone, John AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Wells, Benjamin JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Galan, DavidParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Ernst, Nicholas JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Coffey, Kevin BParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Fountain, Layette SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Mozdzen, Sean KParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
Mares, Jennifer CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$132,624
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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.