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
Prachand, Nikhil GDir Of EpidemiologyChicago Department Of Public Health$167,556
Ruestow, Peter SDir Of EpidemiologyChicago Department Of Public Health$167,556
Soto III, George ALieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Durbin, Jason RLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Quinn, Martin PLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Moberg, Cynthia ALieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Rosa, John RLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Lemke, Joseph JLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Sarnowsky, Christina MLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Washington, DwayneLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Sotos, Vasilios TLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Mccollum, Patrick LLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
O Malley, Kevin MLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Edling, Leonard PLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Lara, JorgeLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Bullock, NolanLieutenant-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$167,214
Flynn, John CChief Plumbing InspectorDepartment Of Buildings$167,107
Layne, John ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Mc Garry, Patrick MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Mc Glynn, Peter JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Isakson, Roy ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Mc Aroy, Robert JAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Mc Cormick, Christopher LAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Ross, Coryanne MAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Mc Laughlin, Michael JAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Pucillo, Robert JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Goddish, AssataLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Cho, Seung HLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Browning, Kelly BAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Unizycki, Gregory WLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Holtkamp, Katie MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Collins, Albert PAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Skupien, Daniel ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Graham, Robert LAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Ward, Reginald MLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Gonzalez, Charlotte GLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Timmerman, Samuel ELieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Summers, Joseph MAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Chatys, MartinLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Guerin, MauriceLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Schultz, Brian GLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Desmond, James PLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Gallagher, James JLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Fichter, Zachary MAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Spradley, Ernest RLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Mendoza, Marco ALieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Allen, James WLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
Kasper, Jason EAmbulance CommanderChicago Fire Department$165,624
Obrien, Rory PPolice Legal Officer IIChicago Police Department$165,624
Piek, Richard LLieutenantChicago Police Department$165,624
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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.