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
Jaramillo, Winston EPlumberDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$62.00/hr
Soto Correa, DavidLaborer - TraineePart timeDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$17.05/hr
White, Jonathan TLibrary PagePart timeChicago Public Library$19.05/hr
Salgado, JoshuaOperating Engineer-Group CDepartment Of Water Management$60.72/hr
Paocic, Marijan TBooter - ParkingDepartment Of Finance$46.71/hr
Vitalo, Frank VElectrical MechanicOffice Of Public Safety Administration$63.15/hr
Senteno, Roman ASanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Meeks, Sabrin LPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Bello, RamanuMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Rodriguez, Ruben MMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Fuentes, NorbertoConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Mikowski, Michael JBlacksmithDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$59.10/hr
Cruz Bravo, MiguelAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Muhammad, Saffiyah ALaborer - Parking OperationsDepartment Of Finance$53.00/hr
Arellano, RamonEmergency Crew DispatcherDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Esposito, Edward AOperating Engineer-Group AChicago Department Of Aviation$63.92/hr
Flaherty, Paul AMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/hr
Penarrieta, MyckelGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Moton, Venice LTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.97/hr
Demy, David JPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
West Jr, JamesPlumberChicago Department Of Transportation$62.00/hr
Rander, TaverasConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Valdez, Victor PElectrical MechanicDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.15/hr
Parson, Victor EPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Pascua, Steve PForeman Of Motor Truck DriversChicago Department Of Aviation$54.00/hr
Santiago, DanielAsst Chief Operating EngineerDepartment Of Water Management$70.31/hr
Davis, ShawnSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Gonzalez, Miguel DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Jones, Kavarri JLaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$37.10/hr
Witkowski, Michael DHoisting EngineerDepartment Of Water Management$68.80/hr
Alexander, Racquel LConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Santiago, Daniel JConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Williams, Reginald TSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Reh, Michael DStudent InternChicago Department Of Public Health$17.50/hr
Estudillo, AnelLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Lane, AlfredConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Hemphill, Jeryl ECarpenterChicago Department Of Transportation$58.51/hr
Blackwell-Gardner, Sharon LPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Gonzalez, Michael APool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Ruiz, WilfredoLinemanChicago Department Of Transportation$67.18/hr
Lebron, Christopher EMotor Truck Driver - Tire RepairDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$50.98/hr
Buikema, Dennis MAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Enright, Edmund JForeman Of SteamfittersDepartment Of Water Management$65.50/hr
Trent, LavelMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Cotton, MarloLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$49.39/hr
Saenz, Luis AMachinistDepartment Of Water Management$61.89/hr
Acevedo, Steven APool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Transportation$50.23/hr
Porter, Joseph BLibrary PagePart timeChicago Public Library$17.70/hr
Batchelor, Randall WPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Miller, Tamulea MTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
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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.