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
Edwards, John FCooling Plant InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$132,080
Beringer, Victoria AShift Supvsr Of Security Communications CenterChicago Department Of Aviation$131,736
Enright, Daniel RAviation Communications Operator - TrainerChicago Department Of Aviation$131,736
Riley, KevinShift Supvsr Of Security Communications CenterChicago Department Of Aviation$131,736
La Vecchia, Joseph RChief Mason InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$131,643
Mercado III, AlejandroLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Miller, William JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Raymond, Maximilian SFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Hamm, David MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Diaz, FernandoFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Stewart, MichaelFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Reitz, Anthony HFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Johnson, Kevin BFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Davis, EricFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Licato, Anthony JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Bastian, Michael RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
O Ryan, Michael JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Don, Donald MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Risley, John WFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Houston, Anthony JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Karkazis, PeterFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Brady, Robert LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Lopez, Eric JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Orozco, JavierFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Fisher, Lawrence FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Denson, Homer DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Polek, Craig TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Tolbert, Christoph CFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Pryst, Theodore TFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Valdez, Henry JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Sabin, Carl JFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Reichel, Christian FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Calace, Nick AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Garrett, Ben AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Fattore, Grady EFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Mosele, Robert LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Salbego, Michael AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Davis, Scott WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Nunn, Joseph LFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Board, Randall VFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Guerrero, Frank AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Zuniga, VicenteFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Diete, Michael RFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Borsch, Richard AFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Collazo, Steven MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Ernst, John DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Karaboyas, JenniferFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Boyd, Thomas DFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Bridgeford, Marc FFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
Hemmer, Scott MFirefighter-EmtChicago Fire Department$131,472
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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.