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
Zapata, Maria GPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Hawkins, Leshawn MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
O Rourke, Denis GPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Cuevas, Carl JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Martinez, Patricia MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Montes Deoca, JesusPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Mendez Jr, Jorge APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Parrilla, AlexanderPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Holmes Jr, Vertis LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Dockery, Anthony MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Medina, Lilia JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Cephas, TroyPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Andrade, DanielPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Ruggiero, Salvatore NPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Vargas, CherylPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Altenbach, Adam JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Jesse, Jason DPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Jackson, Jamesa JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Januszewski, Mark APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Alvarez, Hernan LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Smith, Brandon CPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Malinowski, Kristyn IPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Walsh, Stephanie MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Chambers, KempesPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Mack, Dennis KPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Lopez, Juan CPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Sweeney, Adam CPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Herrera, SergioPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Green, Lavonda VPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Papadopoulos, NikolettaPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Pacheco, Alfredo MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Hernandez, Simon SPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Kieduk, Brian MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Rodriguez, YeseniaPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Lopez, Brenda IPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Voss, Jonathan SPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Cardona, MaribelPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Nunez, GloriaPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Curcio, LindaPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Ware, Benjamin CFirefighterChicago Fire Department$119,154
Michel, Jonathan WPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Graham, Brian WPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Tobias, Adela GPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Ulloa, Jorge FPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Riles, Laurie APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Stapleton, Kevin MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Leon, Ruben APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Herman, Brian PPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Deleon, Jose MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
Wherfel, Patrick JPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$119,154
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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.