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 7, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,76224,852 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,852)
Average salary$116,094highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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All employees

31,762 people
NameJob titlePay
Hernandez, ChaveloMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/hr
Cisneros, AntonioGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Batiz, AlfonsoTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.97/hr
Poindexter, Bobby LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Lopez, EduardoConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Mitchell, Joyce SConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Johnson, LatonyaSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Lowery, MartinElectrical MechanicChicago Department Of Aviation$63.15/hr
Perry, Valerie ALaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$49.39/hr
Carey, Patrick WPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Smith Jr, Anthony TElectrical MechanicDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.15/hr
Luevanos, PedroDispatcher - ConcreteChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Johnson, DerrickTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.97/hr
Thome, Bruno FMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Hagood, Bryant BLinemanChicago Department Of Transportation$67.18/hr
Gonzalez, AlexisConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Castro, Julianna MPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Ali, FariSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Jackson, Ted EPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Transportation$50.23/hr
Sydnor III, FrazerElectrical MechanicDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.15/hr
Finley, Kevin DAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Marshall, Douglas LTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.97/hr
Johnson, IrvinMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Pinex, Dennis CMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Buenaflor, Juan Carlo PMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Anderson Jr, Ernest LCaulkerDepartment Of Water Management$55.80/hr
Garcia, SerafinForeman Of Electrical MechanicsDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$69.47/hr
Burnette, Valentino JPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Ringo, Brianna LLibrary PagePart timeChicago Public Library$17.70/hr
Mcdaniel, ErikTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.97/hr
Garcia, Arturo EGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Morris, Wanda JPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Williams III, ElijahCarpenterDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$58.51/hr
Lugo, AlejandroOperating Engineer-Group CDepartment Of Water Management$60.72/hr
Plair, ArticePool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Sterling, DarrylGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
White, KennethOperating Engineer-Group ADepartment Of Water Management$63.92/hr
Ortega, IsidroLamp Maintenance WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$41.92/hr
Mackowiak, DanielElectrical Mechanic (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.15/hr
Caston, Michael DCement FinisherChicago Department Of Transportation$57.10/hr
Barley, AngilenaLibrary PagePart timeChicago Public Library$19.05/hr
Woodson, Randy AMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Haded Hernandez, FranciscoFrm Of Machinists - AutomotiveDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$65.89/hr
Nevers, Donna LMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Baker, Camden MSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Aguirre, Julian JMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Skulsky, Joseph LFrm Of Machinists - AutomotiveDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$65.89/hr
Brito, Juan CSupervising Booter - ParkingDepartment Of Finance$48.22/hr
Batty, Paul JMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Rojas, Osvaldo JMachinistDepartment Of Water Management$61.89/hr
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 7, 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.