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
Crowley, Richard EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$170,700
Cowley, Keith EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$170,700
Garcia, Salvador JLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Pienta, Geoff BLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Richardson, Anthony LLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Evans, GlennLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Hoard Jr, Don ALieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Simpson, Joseph WLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Schulz, Anthony WLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Forrestal, Nicholas PLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Kearns, Mark ELieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Gunnell, Christophe PLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Mchugh, Christopher MLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Gembala, Robert MFaa Fire Training SpecialistChicago Fire Department$170,700
Gracia, ShauntaiLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Root, Gerald IAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$170,700
Kendzior, Kevin GLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Woods, Kimberly DLieutenantChicago Police Department$170,700
Edgeworth, Kevin PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Enright, Ryan GCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Antonik, Ryan MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Finn, Patrick TCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Stenson, Kevin MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Oates, Theodore KLieutenant-Emt (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$170,520
Folino, Anthony MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Wilk, Andrew JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Genova, Jason MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Henderson, Severen ELieutenant-Emt (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$170,520
Holder, Dwayne LCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Godinez, JuanCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Rennie, Thomas WCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Koster II, Richard JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Dorich, Steven JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Modjeski, MichaelCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Soda, Christopher JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Fasan, Matthew DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Debartolo, Enrico ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Ledenbach, John JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Lata, BrianCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Fuentes, Ernest JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Sullivan, Devin PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Opiola, Robert GCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Derango, Nicholas FCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Natale, RobertCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Gatewood Jr., SteveCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$170,520
Burger, James DPrincipal Systems ProgrammerOffice Of Public Safety Administration$170,160
Hamilton, Scot RChief Programmer/AnalystOffice Of Public Safety Administration$170,160
La, Vi CPrincipal Systems ProgrammerOffice Of Public Safety Administration$170,160
Keller, Audrey AVeterinarianChicago Animal Care And Control$170,160
Mui, Jennifer KPrincipal Programmer/AnalystChicago Department Of Transportation$170,160
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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.