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 5, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75424,844 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,844)
Average salary$116,091highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,754 people
NameJob titlePay
Oswald, Bridget GFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Alexander, Paul XFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Shields, Shamus CFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Solis, James NFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Djuraskovic, Cal JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Fuller, Dejon TParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Karall, Steven CFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Lopez, Jorge AFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Blancarte, Marco AParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Burrell, Caleb EFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Mendoza-Powers, CressenciaParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Connell, Rory EFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Bemis, Colin RFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Edwards-Clay, Zahiyah UParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Cole Jr, Michael AParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Davis, Jalen AFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Joya, Christian JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Coyte, Samuel RParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
La Porte, Francesco JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Pignato, Nicholas SParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Carmody, Ryan TParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Gourley, Alexander CFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Madera, Joseph DFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Carbonaro, Antonio PFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Velez, Jeydon DParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Strzalka, Alexander RFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Reno, Daniel MFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Mcnamara, Shana MParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Gonzalez Jr, DavidFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
D'Oronzo, Michael DFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Ochoa, Robert JFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Murphy, RedmondFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Salas, Luis FFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Wilson, Michael AFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Doyle, Thomas EParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Braver, Noah AParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Rice, John RFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Ortega, Ethan EParamedicChicago Fire Department$74,526
Orozco, OmarFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$74,526
Pacheco, ClaudiaPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Poynter, Curtrice MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Webb, Porschia MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Rivera, Jasmin MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Galvan, Michael CPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Rossette III, Michael RPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Almanza, MarcyAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$74,520
Lanter, Joseph SPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Garcia, SamanthaPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Siggers, Jaimeeka MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
Randall, KellyPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$74,520
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 5, 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.