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 30, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75524,844 salaried · 6,911 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,844)
Average salary$115,978highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,911)

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31,755 people
NameJob titlePay
Zaja, Robert AFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Waters, Grant RFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Ghouleh, Noor El-Dean AFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Rialmo, Anthony JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Kulpa, Sean JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Ortiz Jr, Alfonso RFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Chevas, Nicholas CFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
O'Neill, Patrick FFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Grabarek, Michael AFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Suarez, Anthony JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Rhodes, Timothy CFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Bianchi, Michael JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Lahendro, Christopher PFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Tas, Mitchell KFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Hagman, Eric GFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Alvarez, EnriqueFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Collaro, Joseph JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Thompson, Kieron JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Holm, Jayson MFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Kania, Nicholas JFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Kostecki, ChristopherFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Colby, Trevor GFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Stare, Jeffrey MFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Diana, Jack DFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Hayes, George WFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Michuda, CaseyFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Kotrba, Gregory VFirefighter/ParamedicChicago Fire Department$122,376
Garant, Raymond RAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Ramos, JosephAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Weiss, Alexandra EAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Alperstein, Daniel EAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Cook, Benjamin HAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$122,148
Bunn, Matthew HAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Mladonicky, Jean MAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Merel, EthanAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Looper, Janye MAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Tisher, Elizabeth MAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Kaur, SimerdeepAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$122,148
Williams, Tenniecia CAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Tibbs, Eric LAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$122,148
Cook, William OAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$122,148
Nam, Sora SAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$122,148
Vance, Dorian DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
Flisk, Michael JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
Davis, Jason DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
Dalton, Bradley RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
Ternes Jr, Richard JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
Kaspar, Michael RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
Switalla, Daniel AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
Negron, Alan CFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$122,136
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 30, 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.