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
Nieves, Fernando LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Tripamer, Robert TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Hebda, Kevin EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Zarlenga, NicholasFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Omaye, Aaron SFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Clark, Christopher TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Daugherty, David AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Gomez, Luis MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Ferguson, Jeffrey RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Hoang, Long BFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Hernandez, RubenFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Kovacs, Ronald PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Spangelo, Anthony JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Edwards, Reed MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Terry, David EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Budz, Edward FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Barba, EmmanuelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Flynn, Sean PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Pruski Jr, Michael AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$126,384
Naser, Amina NParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Im, Sang MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Bertrand, Charles AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Bauer, Justine MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Johnson, Herbert JParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Prunotto, Anthony TParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Corneliuson, Jennifer FParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Vukelich, Nicholis NParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Zuniga, Luis GParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Fincher, Russell KParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Bomben, Hannah NParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Roche, Michael TParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Beranek, Ashley MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Price, Daniel BParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Gibson, Aaron DParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Peterson, Madeline RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Hey, Carmen DParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Motamedi, EvaParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Safis, Joseph AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$126,312
Quinn, Marty PAlderman - 13th WardCity Council$126,252
Arce, RamonaFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$126,228
Alejo, Juan ASr Testing / Assessment SpecDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Eng, JosephSr Programmer/Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Clark, AndrewForensic Data AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$126,228
Pruitt, James LSr Programmer/Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Alshanski, Scott KSr Testing / Assessment SpecDepartment Of Human Resources$126,228
Lynch, John PFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$126,228
Slattery, RyanFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Housing$126,228
Booth, Anna MFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Housing$126,228
Gallaway, Nathan DInvestigator III - IgOffice Of Inspector General$126,228
Simos, Krista AInvestigator III - IgOffice Of Inspector General$126,228
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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.