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
Itounas, Christina EExec Administrative Asst IIDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$128,316
Reilly, BrendanAlderman - 42nd WardCity Council$128,232
Oseni, Ranti BAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$127,956
Dennewitz, Susan CSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Holladay, Zachary JAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$127,956
Baldwin, Ravin ASupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Dinard, Michael JAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$127,956
Dowell, Jaime AAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$127,956
Leppanen, John DAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$127,956
Kuchyt, Lisa MSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Kay, Gina MSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Rahman, JayAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$127,956
Johnson, PatriceSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Seeleman, Eric TAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$127,956
Sutton, Carlyle JAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$127,956
Spahr, Matthew SAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$127,956
Rasilla, Carlos ESupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Johnson, FeliciaSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Cox, ErinAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$127,956
Jamieson, Michelle ASupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,956
Friedman, Cheryl LAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$127,956
Varsamis, Julia KFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Lewis, Delilah LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Adams, RosalindaFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Grand, DanielFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Helmold, Edward DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Ellerson Jr., Steven MFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Iannoni, Michael AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Villada, CharlieFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Lassley, Jennifer MFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$127,860
Starks, Alvin DSergeant At ArmsCity Council$127,812
Gutierrez, JorgeDivision Manager - Bd Of ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$127,524
Mangrum, Trina MAsst To The AldermanCity Council$127,308
Newsome, DariusSr Project Mgr - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$127,308
Hodges, Christopher SDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$127,308
Klinger, Jade KSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,284
Suggs, Aishia LSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,284
Lewis, Carla DSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,284
Carr, DavidSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,284
Smith, Bianca LSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,284
Gildersleeve, Quiana LSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,284
Pagan, NoemiSupervising Police Communications OperatorOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$127,284
Moriarty, Kyle EPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
Castellon, ManuelPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
O'Brien, Jeremy PPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
Gideon, Davin APolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
Walker, Britton RPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
Agredano, EliasPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
Samuel, Christopher APolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
Torres, Luis FPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$127,230
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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.