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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NameJob titlePay
Spataro, Albert FFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Dillon, Douglas CFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Bazarek, Robert GFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Kordas, Patrick JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Szewczyk, Boguslaw TParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Keske, Ken LParamedicChicago Fire Department$123,978
Drake, Darail AFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mc Vey, Michael DFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Kotzman, Marcelo MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Vazquez, Luis JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Arima, Benjamin HFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Kelly, Michael JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Sheehy, KevinFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Harrity, Sean KFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Bonnett, James DFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Mc Mullin, Sean MFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Pullano, Joseph JFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Houston, Terry LFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Baumgartner, Lisa KFirefighterChicago Fire Department$123,978
Dancy, Ahja APolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Goodloe Dancy, Sonya JAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$123,924
Edmerson, Vera EPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Dunmars, Lyna APolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Joyce, Ellen CPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Robinson, Paprice APolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Sonntag, William TPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Leavy, Heather MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Jania, Jennifer LPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Kilgore, Berhonda TPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Klug, Douglas CPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Griffin, Patricia RPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Sautkus, LauraPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Koziol, Jamie SPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Lovell, Amy MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Gesiakowski, Karen MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Clancy, Ann MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Rice, Anna MPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Crayton, Marstine LSupvsr Of Animal Control OfficersChicago Animal Care And Control$123,924
Martin, Allegra NPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Ward, Patricia LPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$123,924
Heroff, John MLegislative AideCity Council$123,768
Mora, Desiree JWeb Development LeadDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$123,744
Tabois, Terrence ASecurity AnalystDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$123,744
Alminawi, MahmoudSenior Security AnalystDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$123,744
Parikh, Chirayu CCloud/Data Center LeadDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$123,744
Abbasi, Anas Zahid ZSenior Security AnalystDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$123,744
Khaddam Allah, SohaybSecurity AnalystDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$123,744
Saucedo, RenePolice OfficerChicago Police Department$123,576
Sanchez, GuadalupePolice OfficerChicago Police Department$123,576
Ciocci, Vincent MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$123,576
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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.