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 6, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75924,849 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,849)
Average salary$116,092highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,759 people
NameJob titlePay
Peterson, JeanineHead Library ClerkChicago Public Library$53,532
Torres, EmelyAdministrative AssistantDepartment Of Family And Support Services$53,532
Hernandez, YeseniaCollections RepresentativeDepartment Of Finance$53,532
Lewis, Charmaine CAdministrative AssistantChicago Department Of Aviation$53,532
Roldan, BrianaAdministrative AssistantChicago Department Of Aviation$53,532
Lisi, VojoUnit AsstDepartment Of Family And Support Services$53,532
Bryant, Aaron SLibrary ClerkChicago Public Library$53,532
Lee, Latonya CCollections RepresentativeDepartment Of Finance$53,532
Underhill, Logan DSenior Office AssistantChicago Department Of Public Health$53,532
Pena, AshleyCustomer Account RepresentativeOffice Of City Clerk$53,532
Rodriguez, Alexandra NAdministrative AssistantDepartment Of Family And Support Services$53,532
Robinson, AshleyEmergency Medical TechnicianChicago Department Of Public Health$53,532
Banks, Monique EAdministrative AssistantDepartment Of Family And Support Services$53,532
Mueller, Brenda HCommunications Operator I - 311Office Of Emergency Management And Communications$53,532
Lang, MilesDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$53,520
Trentz, LindaDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$53,520
Seals, Quanzail SSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$53,520
Davis, Lance CSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$53,520
Galvan, RonaldDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$53,520
Turcios, Josue JDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$53,520
Evans, Naudia SDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$53,520
Salinas, SandraSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$53,520
Kelly, Jessica LDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$53,520
Blumenthal, Christine FSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$53,520
Pantoja, Julio CPrincipal Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$53,280
Battle, Anthony CElection Equipment & Supply Spec IIBoard Of Election Commissioners$53,280
Williams, Mia NSenior Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$53,280
Durham, Jennifer MPrincipal Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$53,280
Mckinney, Laquechia NPrincipal Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$53,280
Calderon, GiselleSenior Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$53,280
Schafer, Katherine WStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$53,004
Ortega, EmmaStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$52,488
Sanchez, JasonStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$52,488
Martin, Leona TSenior Clerk-ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$51,984
Wrice, Linda DClerk - Bd Of ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$51,984
Johnson, HermanElection Equipment & Supply Spec IIBoard Of Election Commissioners$51,984
Markovic, Kristina LAnimal Care ClerkChicago Animal Care And Control$51,936
Morales, JesseAdministrative AssistantChicago Department Of Aviation$51,936
Borum, DenetteHead StorekeeperDepartment Of Water Management$51,936
Holzem, Lily GAnimal Care Aide IChicago Animal Care And Control$51,936
Kim, Steve SAdministrative AssistantChicago Department Of Aviation$51,936
Harmon, Kenyatta CPayment Services RepresentativeOffice Of City Clerk$51,936
Eiland, MichelleHead Library ClerkChicago Public Library$51,936
Love, Trena MPayment Services RepresentativeDepartment Of Finance$51,936
Alvarez, Andres VHead Library ClerkChicago Public Library$51,936
Khan, MustafaPayment Services RepresentativeOffice Of City Clerk$51,936
Pena, ElizabethPayment Services RepresentativeOffice Of City Clerk$51,936
Duggan, Bridget KCommunications Operator I - 311Office Of Emergency Management And Communications$51,936
Brewster Anderson, Helena AAnimal Care Aide IChicago Animal Care And Control$51,936
Dominguez, OsvaldoHead StorekeeperDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$51,936
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 6, 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.