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 Sep 2, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75424,842 salaried · 6,912 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,842)
Average salary$116,073highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,912)

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NameJob titlePay
Bacha, Michael TAirport Operations Supvsr IIChicago Department Of Aviation$97,932
Negrete, RobertBuilding/Construction InspectorChicago Department Of Public Health$97,932
Reynoso, ElmerBuilding/Construction InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$97,932
Goduto, Angelo AAirport Operations Supvsr IIChicago Department Of Aviation$97,932
Bradford, Brandon MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$97,836
Starks, ChaquitaAsst To The AldermanCity Council$97,836
Bean, Jacquelyn IPublic Health Nurse IChicago Department Of Public Health$97,644
Calvache, Begsa RPublic Health Nurse IChicago Department Of Public Health$97,644
Arzadon, JocelynPublic Health Nurse IChicago Department Of Public Health$97,644
Niepsuj, Joseph DOccupational Health NurseOffice Of Public Safety Administration$97,644
Alvarez, Jennifer CClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Johnson, JosephInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$97,488
Peters, NicoletteGrants Research SpecialistChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Johnston Rowlett, Nathan ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Kuntz, Jason ASanitary Engineer IIDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Sanchez Cervantes, Adriana EEquity OfficerDepartment Of Housing$97,488
Friberg, Kaye PLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$97,488
Robitson, Katriana JLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$97,488
Eversole, Kimberly ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Tisbo, Marisa AAttorneyCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$97,488
Jacob, Joash VFiltration Engineer IIIDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Allen, Najja TRecruiting CoordinatorDepartment Of Human Resources$97,488
Campbell Jr, JeromeLead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$97,488
Proca, MariaLead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$97,488
Ross, Anthony MGrants Research SpecialistOffice Of Public Safety Administration$97,488
Bromann, NatalieLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$97,488
Pierre, KevinLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Taylor, Tyler HArchitect IIDepartment Of Planning And Development$97,488
Johnson, RoslynClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Tsuji-Chevas, Gwendolyn AClinical Therapist IIIChicago Fire Department$97,488
Masso, JeannyClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Mance, Tanya EClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Demarse, Daniel JLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Toledo, Alan EWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Mcgarr, Dana REquity OfficerDepartment Of Housing$97,488
Ahadi Cherkonloei, MohsenFiltration Engineer IIDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Kamau, MosiLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$97,488
Hodge, AndrewClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Nava, JasminGrants Research SpecialistChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Madueno, Hope SLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Wyatt Odem, Sharon MLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Mashal, Mohammad SCivil Engineer IIIDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Gulick, Allison SLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$97,488
Lyman, AnnaClinical Therapist IIIChicago Fire Department$97,488
Estrada, CindyClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Piotrowski, Andrew CGrants Research SpecialistChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Cisneros, Sharon LMicrobiologist IVDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Milan Alvarado, EligiaClinical Therapist IIIChicago Fire Department$97,488
Anderson, Aleksa LEquity OfficerChicago Police Department$97,488
Brown, Leslie RLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 2, 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.