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 3, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75324,841 salaried · 6,912 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,841)
Average salary$116,094highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,912)

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31,753 people
NameJob titlePay
Swanson, CynthiaSenior Office AssistantChicago Police Department$84,804
Vergara, MonicaSenior Office AssistantChicago Police Department$84,804
Barbick, PauletteSenior Office AssistantOffice Of Public Safety Administration$84,804
Woods, FrankieSenior Office AssistantChicago Department Of Transportation$84,804
Bennett, Deanna LSenior Office AssistantChicago Public Library$84,804
Jackson, Jacqueline KSenior Office AssistantChicago Public Library$84,804
Edwards, Tavares DUnit AsstDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$84,804
Briseno, Russell HCertified Medical AsstChicago Department Of Public Health$84,804
Dulanas, Rosalyn CCertified Medical AsstChicago Department Of Public Health$84,804
Laporte, DianaSenior Office AssistantChicago Department Of Public Health$84,804
Gonzalez, GloriaCertified Medical AsstChicago Department Of Public Health$84,804
Bluitt, LaverneSenior Office AssistantChicago Department Of Public Health$84,804
Negrillo, M GloriaCertified Medical AsstChicago Department Of Public Health$84,804
Jones, Ruby GCertified Medical AsstChicago Department Of Public Health$84,804
Wilson, DarleneLegislative AideCity Council$84,564
Ponder-Bisping, AlexandraAsst To The AldermanCity Council$84,348
Turner, Cherie MAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$84,276
Sami, Rahela AAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$84,276
Elsayed, NadeenAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$84,276
Lopez, LorainaAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$84,276
Mccorkle, JoshuaAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$84,276
Bell, Gregory CStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$84,264
Benitez, Gladys TCommunity Living SpecialistDepartment Of Family And Support Services$84,192
Adams, Ebony ARecruiting CoordinatorDepartment Of Human Resources$84,192
Diaz, MaritelyAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$84,192
Buck, Roy JMicrobiologist IIDepartment Of Water Management$84,192
Garnier, Jill MLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$84,192
Shaffer, JaredCity ForesterDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$84,192
Thomas, Tahirah ASenior Operations AnalystDepartment Of Housing$84,192
Adeyemo, LatifaRecruiting CoordinatorDepartment Of Human Resources$84,192
Hoffman, Marjorie AMicrobiologist IIDepartment Of Water Management$84,192
Connie, Alyne ALibrarian IIChicago Public Library$84,192
Macon, Virginia LRecruiting CoordinatorDepartment Of Human Resources$84,192
Waryan, Chloe HLibrarian IIChicago Public Library$84,192
Moffett, Keyona LRecruiting CoordinatorDepartment Of Human Resources$84,192
Jin, YixuanAuditor IDepartment Of Finance$84,192
Preble, Allison NCity ForesterChicago Department Of Transportation$84,192
Saulsberry, Brian JQuality Mgmt Analyst - CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$84,192
Downer, RomellRecruiting CoordinatorDepartment Of Human Resources$84,192
Angeles, VictoriaMicrobiologist IIDepartment Of Water Management$84,192
Thomaswick, Nolan MAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$84,192
Stovall, AnaAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$84,192
Johnson, AleneCommunity Living SpecialistDepartment Of Family And Support Services$84,192
Barrera, Ashley IWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$84,192
Lavin, Tyler MAuditor IIDepartment Of Finance$84,192
Galvan, LilianaProgrammer/AnalystDepartment Of Water Management$84,192
Helding, Sarah ACity ForesterDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$84,192
Victa, Remelie MData Base AnalystDepartment Of Family And Support Services$84,192
Fullard, Rasnick LSocial Worker IIIDepartment Of Family And Support Services$84,192
Owens, Tallyn PQuality Mgmt Analyst - CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$84,192
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 3, 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.