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 28, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75724,848 salaried · 6,909 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,848)
Average salary$115,977highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,909)

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31,757 people
NameJob titlePay
Alderden, Jacob MCaptainChicago Police Department$185,676
Walker, KatrinaFirst Deputy City TreasurerCity Treasurer'S Office$184,296
Thomas, Joseph AChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Cavanaugh, Peter HChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Vuolo-Milan, Maria CChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Angel, Glenn KChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Tomiello, StevenChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Loose, Suzanne MChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Patel, Shilpa AChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Kosztya, Ashley CChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Mcdonald, Doris SChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Mclaughlin, EllenChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Anderson, Deborah LEnterprise Architecture LeadDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$182,940
Whisler, Katharine JChief Asst Corporation CounselDepartment Of Law$182,940
Bock, Gary AAsst Chief Elevator InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$182,900
Slack, Craig ADeputy City TreasurerCity Treasurer'S Office$182,700
Lea, Paul JCaptain-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$182,184
Tsokolas, AngeloCaptain-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$182,184
Broderick, Brendan JCommander-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,836
O Connell, KathrynFirst Deputy City ClerkOffice Of City Clerk$181,284
Clark, Nicole CCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Murphy, John JCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Banks, Yolanda LCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Salgado, AgustinCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Wasserman, Joel HParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Fenner, Nakia MCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Hoard, Anthony CParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
De Julio, Vincent NCommanderChicago Fire Department$181,188
Rottman, Doreen RParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Demovic, Robert AParamedic Field ChiefChicago Fire Department$181,188
Reyes, FelipeCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Triantafillo, James PCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Junious, Cory DCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Quinn, Patrick TCaptainChicago Police Department$181,188
Alvarez Jr, RafaelCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Meuris, John HCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Smith, Dwayne ACaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
De Leon, RaulCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Roche, Thomas ECaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Robles, Carlos ECaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Navarro, DavidCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Merchant, Kevin GLieutenant-Emt (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$181,062
Haugh, Joseph MCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Duffy, Joseph PCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Turner, Gerard DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Heenan, Vera LCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Flanagan, Matthew JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Arnoldt, Robert KCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Goblet, Joseph JCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
Balnis, Michael DCaptain-EmtChicago Fire Department$181,062
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 28, 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.