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
O Neill, Kathleen AAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$172,728
O'Bryan, KevinAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$172,728
Gaspar, RicardoDir Of Facilities ManagementChicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Azzo, Michael EContracts AdministratorDepartment Of Water Management$172,728
Chiczewski, RalphAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Water Management$172,728
Alavi, Saaema BAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Nickerson, Natasha TAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Water Management$172,728
Oquendo, Maria DAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Water Management$172,728
Casey, Brian MAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Fire Department$172,728
Randerson, Jeffrey RAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Serb, Joseph AAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Johnson, Russell LAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Dunn, ReneAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$172,728
Ranne, Raimond HAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Townsell, William HAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$172,728
Gillespie, Adella GContracts AdministratorChicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Pimsarn, Ruksakul WDirector Of FinanceDepartment Of Water Management$172,728
Limon, FrankAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Pundavela, Christine NAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Obrien, Robert CAssistant Commissioner -43Department Of Streets And Sanitation$172,728
Redington, Justin LContracts Administrator-43Department Of Water Management$172,728
Mc Donnell, Rosemary CAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Gallardo, Bryan JAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Transportation$172,728
Neely, Elgie RenaAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Liu, LixiaAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Farrell, Joanne MDir Of Ems ComplianceChicago Fire Department$172,728
Mullane, William EAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Jaupi, ArianaAssistant Commissioner -43Chicago Department Of Aviation$172,728
Murray, Sarah TMgr Of Emergency Management ServicesChicago Department Of Aviation$172,584
Cato, EvelynNurse PractitionerChicago Department Of Public Health$172,584
Ceballos, DanielNurse PractitionerChicago Department Of Public Health$172,584
Ciccone, Alfred ADistrict Supvsr - Graffiti Removal ServicesDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$172,572
Fuscaldo, FrankSuprvng Building/Contruct InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,572
Comer, Kevin PSuprvng Building/Contruct InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$172,572
Pusateri, Vincent JSuprvng Building/Contruct InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,572
Spittzzeri, John MSupvsr Of Lot Cleaning ServicesDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$172,572
Tokar, Richard WElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Velazquez Jr, Marcos AElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Wade, Bryan PElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Salopek, Evelyn CElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Jackson, TevisElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
O'Leary, JohnElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Atkinson, JulieElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Flebbe, Douglas JElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Haqq, Monica MElevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$172,349
Brown, Joy ADir Of Human ResourcesOffice Of Public Safety Administration$171,192
Steinmetz, Christopher JCaptainChicago Fire Department$170,700
Lewis, Stacy ALieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Jones, Devinn DLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Regnier, Scott MCaptainChicago Fire Department$170,700
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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.