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 30, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75524,844 salaried · 6,911 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,844)
Average salary$115,978highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,911)

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31,755 people
NameJob titlePay
Cho, TimothyPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Nelson, JamesPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Poskin, AlexPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Alegre, DavidPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Ayala, ManuelPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Regalado, DavidPolice Officer (Assigned As (Swat)Chicago Police Department$124,578
Sipiora, GregPolice Officer (Assigned As Evidence Technician)Chicago Police Department$124,578
Bermudez, MoisesPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Viteri, AllisonPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Zepeda, EduardoPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Butkovic, NicholasPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Coleman, ShanePolice Officer (Assigned As (Swat)Chicago Police Department$124,578
Hartfield, Jordan MPolice Officer (Assigned As Traffic Specialist)Chicago Police Department$124,578
Sanchez, JovannaPolice Officer / Fld Trng OfficerChicago Police Department$124,578
Santisuk, PacharaPolice Officer (Assigned As (Swat)Chicago Police Department$124,578
Majda, David GFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Sheridan, Patrick JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mohammed, KeithFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Norbut, David GFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
O' Connell, Michael FFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Oboyle Jr, James MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Porter, Ozzie LFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Castro, JanetParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Gimino, Keith MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Nero, Randy RFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Indicavitch, Daniel AFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Castello, Joseph HParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Magis, Craig RFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Egan, Mark CFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Wronowski, James JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Garcia, Ronald SFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Bucio, IsaacFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mullins III, Patrick JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mc Clure, James EFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Estey Jr, James MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Kane, Michael KFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Smith, Kevin WFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
O Shea, Karen MParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Donnelly, Daniel JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Dillon, Douglas CFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Samansky, John TFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
O Donnell, Sean EFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Callaghan, Kevin MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Spataro, Albert FFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Drake, Darail AFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Simich II, Thomas AParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Keske, Ken LParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Kotzman, Marcelo MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mc Vey, Michael DFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Danaher, Edward BFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 30, 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.