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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31,754 people
NameJob titlePay
Bazargani, FariborzCivil Engineer IIIDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Chavez-Figueroa, ClaudiaLead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$97,488
Puente Jr, BraulioEquity OfficerDepartment Of Housing$97,488
Cervantes, GiselaAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$97,488
Gronski, IzabelLibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Martin, Zelma JCertification - Compliance OfficerDepartment Of Procurement Services$97,488
Tabiadon, Gimi RAssociate Fire Prevention EngineerChicago Fire Department$97,488
Gonzalez, Elizabeth REquity OfficerDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Lantier, Lucas CAssociate Fire Prevention EngineerChicago Fire Department$97,488
Redovan, Valerye ALibrarian IIIChicago Public Library$97,488
Pigozzi, Cecilia AEpidemiologist IIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Gonzalez, AlondraCivil Engineer IIIChicago Department Of Transportation$97,488
Manzo, GriseldaClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Piceno, Erica DAssociate Fire Prevention EngineerChicago Fire Department$97,488
Firgens, EmilyGrants Research SpecialistDepartment Of Family And Support Services$97,488
Ahmad Derweesh, BaheiaClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Bahena, RogelioLead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$97,488
Booher, KathrynLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$97,488
Sullivan III, Bernard JLead AccountantChicago Department Of Transportation$97,488
Streeter, CereneLead AccountantDepartment Of Finance$97,488
Conroy, Pamela ALibrarian IIChicago Public Library$97,488
Short, SharaneInvestigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$97,488
Thompson, Jami MLibrarian IVChicago Public Library$97,488
Omorojor, Omohowho MFiltration Engineer IIDepartment Of Water Management$97,488
Henderson, Renata FAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$97,488
Stypka, Carolyn MClinical Therapist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,488
Smith, Delilah LAsst Manager - Bd Of ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$97,464
Burgos, April MStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$97,416
Granacki, NicoleAsst To The AldermanCity Council$97,332
Ortiz, Josue ALegislative AideCity Council$97,296
Desiderio, AllanAviation Security SergeantChicago Department Of Aviation$97,260
Rusin, JakubAviation Security SergeantChicago Department Of Aviation$97,260
Gay, Janet MStaff Assistant - ExcludedDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$97,164
Smith, ToshaSupervising Program AuditorDepartment Of Family And Support Services$97,164
Hawkins, Belinda DExec Administrative Asst IIDepartment Of Law$97,164
Cullerton, Florence EPolicy AnalystChicago Department Of Public Health$97,164
Render, Lorraine ESenior Producer/WriterDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$97,164
Orok, MadelineShift Supvsr Of Airport Ground TransportationChicago Department Of Aviation$97,164
Evariz, Lijia ECoord Of Econ Dev I - Plng & DevDepartment Of Planning And Development$97,164
Hill, SamanthaExec Administrative Asst IIDepartment Of Housing$97,164
Alvarez, AlfredoParking InvestigatorDepartment Of Finance$97,164
Mason, Nathan ACultural Affairs Coord IIDepartment Of Cultural Affairs And Special Events$97,164
Jackson, DionStaff Assistant - ExcludedDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$97,164
Evans, MichelleExec Administrative Asst IIDepartment Of Buildings$97,164
Lauletta, Deborah LParking InvestigatorDepartment Of Finance$97,164
Lee, ChristinaExec Administrative Asst IICivilian Office Of Police Accountability$97,164
Barreto, MaribelExec Administrative Asst IIChicago Department Of Public Health$97,164
King, Regina AExec Administrative Asst IICity Treasurer'S Office$97,164
Johnson, Tiffany LSupervising Public Health AdministratorChicago Department Of Public Health$97,164
Heer, PrabhneekLegislative AideCity Council$97,008
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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.