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 Aug 29, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75524,845 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,845)
Average salary$115,983highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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NameJob titlePay
O Donovan, JamesFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Toman, Anthony MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Lindquist, Ramona AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Fischler, Michele CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Beason, Dave AFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Branch, EmersonFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Lemmon, SilvianaParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
King, Joni LParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Fortis, Joseph LFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$147,024
Dodero, Timothy CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Pratl, John CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Osborne, Eric SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Pape, John SParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$147,024
Maniatis, Lauren MDeputy Director - 22Board Of Ethics$146,748
Rodriguez, Glenda LDeputy Director - 22Office Of City Clerk$146,748
Barry, John MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Nielsen, Scott TLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Mcmahon, Mary Ann CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Myers, Bryce ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Skowronski, Thomas JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Link, Nancy CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Woznicki, Brian LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Byrne, John ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Folan, Martin ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Hudecek, Collett PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Carlson, Michael WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Warnke, Joseph PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Darwin III, Thomas ELieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
O'Malley, Andrew CLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Kalosky, Aaron DLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Bolger, Daniel ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Dolan, Jared PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Berry, Brendan MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Ashley Jr., Randy LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Brown, Thomas PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Corley, Kevin WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Evans, Jessica MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Ahlgrim, Michael LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Kelly, Thomas MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Richards, Brian KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Mccarron, James LLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Shirley, Conley KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Muller Jr, Andrew FLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$146,718
Leick, James CGeneral Foreman Of General TradesDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$146,661
Olson, Adriana DGeneral Foreman Of General TradesDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$146,661
Hosty, Joseph WGeneral Foreman Of General TradesChicago Department Of Transportation$146,661
Horton, Ashlee DDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$146,544
Hoes, Osekre DProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,460
Rachowicz, Robert SSupvsr Of AuditingDepartment Of Finance$146,448
Kielar, Michael ASupvsr Of AuditingDepartment Of Finance$146,448
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 29, 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.