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 Sep 3, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75324,841 salaried · 6,912 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,841)
Average salary$116,094highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,912)

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31,753 people
NameJob titlePay
Brand, ClaudiaLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Gomez, PaulaTesting AdministratorDepartment Of Human Resources$101,664
Crotwell, ChristopherLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Schroader, Patricia LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Gissy, Sharon MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
O Connor, Michael TLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Wos, Matthew JOperations AnalystDepartment Of Finance$101,664
Escutia, Sandra LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Bruins, Barbara ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Jiang, WeiLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Johnson, Kathleen GElder Protective Investigator IDepartment Of Family And Support Services$101,664
Aharanwa, Alexander ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Alexander, Sarah BLibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Bahena, Blanca ELibrarian IChicago Public Library$101,664
Lamare, Chetou NPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Thomas, Jeanette LPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Ewing, YolandaPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Cooper, Jennifer LPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Rollins, Stephanie JPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Rufus, CarolPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Hwang, Grace EPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Ornelas, ArielPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Young, Torri RPublic Health Nurse IIChicago Department Of Public Health$101,448
Draws, LeoAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Pollonais, ChristinaAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Mannam, Anusha SAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Geary, LauraAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Choi, Stephen SAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Ekwunoh, Rhonda SSr Project Mgr - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$101,436
Hall, Destiny KAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Barefield, Tiffany RAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Kellett, Timothy PAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Mongillo, Jason PAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Maxfield, Andrew CAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Mills, Ian SAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Beard, Katherine LAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Lewis, ShaneAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Slagle, John RAsst Corporation Counsel IDepartment Of Law$101,436
Peltin, Bradley LAsst Corporation Counsel IIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Youseph, JonathanAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$101,436
Nihal, Mohammed APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Coreno, JasminPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Nunez, EdwinPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Muhammad, Maryam RPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Jones, Mikayla LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Walton III, LesliePolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Sufranski, Nicole APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Nalls, Torrey LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Gamboa, JocelynPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
Suarez, GiovanniPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$100,950
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 3, 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.