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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31,762 people
NameJob titlePay
Council, James LMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Torres, Mariah NSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Smith, Robert ESupervising WatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$33.86/hr
Durham, AndreWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Mendoza, Alex HSign PainterChicago Department Of Aviation$48.16/hr
Brown, DayshaSign PainterChicago Department Of Transportation$48.16/hr
Smiley, MelindaPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Torres, JessieSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Hernandez, Isaac RPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Duran, CristianMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Abrego Garcia, EderConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Riley, ShequellaPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Lambert, LatoyaWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Jones Jr, William HConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Barrios, MarioSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Ramirez, RogelioStation LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$29.00/hr
Suggs, Danisha DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Garay, EduardoSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Anaya, HectorGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Simpson, Tjaden ITraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Anderson, Thomas RWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Flores, MatthewHoisting EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$68.80/hr
Protopappas, George JEmergency Crew DispatcherDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Ayala, JoseSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Rodriguez, Michael KSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Diaz, AlexanderAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$24.00/hr
Kruser, John WMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Norton, Edward BWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Castro, CesarSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Urbina, DanielWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Mcdougle, Latonio DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Sarlo, AlfonsoSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Mullaney, Kelly MSupervising WatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$33.86/hr
Seals, Tresman TSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/hr
Diaz, Adam LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Lucente, StevenForeman Of Hoisting EngineersDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$72.80/hr
Nunez, ReneSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Saida, CindyTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Gutierrez, MerarriMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Lawrence, AmareWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Boadu, Rafarel KSupervising WatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$33.86/hr
Johnson, Edward LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Maturo, NicoleWatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$28.27/hr
Johnson, Cynthia AWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Mason, Terrell DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Taylor, Solon MMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Williams, Otha MMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Hernandez, CrystalWatchmanDepartment Of Water Management$28.27/hr
Hollis, Maurice DSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Hillas, Arthur WWatchmanDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$28.27/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.