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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NameJob titlePay
Grosby, Sara AAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Perez, Hugo LAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Mussen, Daniel JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Tannehill, Timothy PAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Cotter, Vincent PAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Evans, Windy CAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Russell, GailAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Nieves, HarryAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Green, AndreAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Esquivel, AlbertAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Gilmore, Venessa PAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Casares, Brian JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Mastalerz, John JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Singer, Steve MAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Martin, Lewis HAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
West, Julie DPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Murray, Georgine EPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Douglas, Tiffany DPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Booth, Charlotte APolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Alagna, Anthony JPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Jamison, Lisa YPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Buchanan, Michelle LPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Terry, Elizabeth RPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Evans, TamarPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Griffin, Steven MPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Anderson, Thomas EAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Cole, AureliusAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Crosby, Harold DAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Jimmerson, Johnny MAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Rush, Tony LAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Haynes, David JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$112,956
Lyons, Amy BPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$112,956
Young, Lanessa BStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$112,560
Williams, Alonzo ALegislative AideCity Council$112,560
Reimers, Laura BLegislative AideCity Council$112,560
Schiller, David SCriminal Intelligence AnalystChicago Police Department$112,536
Gassmann, Kevin AFiltration Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$112,536
Wyant, LindaInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$112,536
Strong, Curtiss DMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$112,536
Hernandez, MarciaInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$112,536
Gonzalez-Djangi, Maria CPolice Mental Health ClinicianChicago Police Department$112,536
Ge, ConghuiCivil Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$112,536
Jogkaew, SomchaiSenior Programmer/AnalystChicago Department Of Public Health$112,536
Kaput, Dana MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$112,536
Loinaz, NicoleLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$112,536
Li, ZanFiltration Engineer IIIDepartment Of Water Management$112,536
Thorson, Daniel GLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$112,536
Kamrath, Kurt RMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$112,536
Yata, Robert CPolice Mental Health ClinicianChicago Police Department$112,536
Bolton, Russell AProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$112,536
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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.