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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31,755 people
NameJob titlePay
Schick, Douglas FBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Reidy, Daniel TBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Sullivan, Matthew DBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Flynn, James PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Coney, Gary KBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Swift, Daniel JBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Olszewski, Christopher PBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Renaud, Thomas BBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Spalla, James ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Ohse, Rory ABattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Fleming, James WBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Chambers, Patrick MBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Guzman, Michael RBattalion Chief - EmtChicago Fire Department$197,880
Jackowiak, PatriciaDir Of Administrative HearingsDepartment Of Administrative Hearing$197,484
Lach, Jason FDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Schomer, Fred HAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Bartecki, Mitchell DAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Mielnicki, Mark JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Mc Cluskey, Kristin MAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Schulz, Jennifer LAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Flynn, Sean MAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Dickman, Jacob JAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Giordano, John JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Kinnerk, Michael JAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Ochoa, RaulDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Frazier, AnthonyDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Jessee, Patrick JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Burns, Kelly JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Brooks, Gary JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Ijimakin, Bernard OAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Ronstadt, Scott FAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Beam, Michael ADeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Haynes, Shun TDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Mc Gill, John ADeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Kiely, Mark JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Pinkston, Ernie LDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Person, Evan PDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Serb, Christopher JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Porter, Monica AAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Dietz, David BDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Doggett, David JDeputy District ChiefChicago Fire Department$197,472
Gray, Keith LAsst Deputy Chief ParamedicChicago Fire Department$197,472
Gross, Adam EExecutive Director - CcpsaCommunity Commission For Public Safety And Accountability$196,140
Tovar, Angela AChief Sustainability OfficerDepartment Of Environment$196,140
Brooks, Tiffany NFirst Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$194,052
Chavez Torres, MaribelManaging Deputy CommissionerChicago Department Of Public Health$194,052
Hinton, Tiheta LFirst Deputy Procurement OfficerDepartment Of Procurement Services$194,052
Rodriguez-Northern, RaquelManaging Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Human Resources$194,052
Jones, Harley AFirst Deputy CommissionerDepartment Of Family And Support Services$194,052
Schmitz, Matthew MManaging Deputy Budget DirectorOffice Of Budget & Management$194,052
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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.