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
Caal, MarshallLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Davies, Mary GLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Eckert, Kathryn ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Phipps, Terry LLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Lee, Frances AInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Ho, Nam CWater Chemist IIIDepartment Of Water Management$118,836
Smith, Marcus DSocial Worker IIIDepartment Of Family And Support Services$118,836
Tapert Mercado, Katie MSocial Worker IIIDepartment Of Family And Support Services$118,836
Kim, GwiranSocial Worker IIIDepartment Of Family And Support Services$118,836
Loja, Hector AWater Chemist IIIDepartment Of Water Management$118,836
Roesner, Charles ACity Planner IVChicago Department Of Transportation$118,836
Thompson, Janet SLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Mc Nally, Gerald FLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Whitehouse, Joel AInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Fitzpatrick, KelseyInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Keolian, EvelynLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Devlin, NancyLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$118,836
Glenn, Mark AInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$118,836
Mcmullen, Kajie AAsst To The AldermanCity Council$118,536
Teresi, Daniel WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Konopka, Brian TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Flanagan, Michael PFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Gray, Keith TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Herrera, Anthony FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Morales, LeonelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Lucatero, Brandon RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Barksdale, WesleyFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Collins, Michael JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Sidorski, Roger TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Fisher Jr, MarquetteFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Ojeda, DanielFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Hermosillo, MarcosFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Sammarco, Andrew HFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Reilly, ColinFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Harvey, Timothy JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Clancy, Brian FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Stelmach, Michal FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Litkenhus, Jared MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Thomsen, Ryan FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Santiago, Robert RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Sullivan, PatrickFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Scharnhorst, Bret JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Pentek, Zachary AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Perez, Daniel AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Rosenbusch, Katie NFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Madera, Matthew MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Hampton, LorenzoFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Kuszynski, Matthew LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Longoria, Julian AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
Hill, Devonte JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$117,996
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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.