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 4, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,76124,849 salaried · 6,912 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,849)
Average salary$116,091highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,912)

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31,761 people
NameJob titlePay
Gomez, LuisFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Rentas, AngelFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Sanchez, GabrielFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Clemens, Sean PFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Benitez, EmmanuelFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Irizarry, Joshua GFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Estrada, FelixFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Banda, HermesFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Schnoor, Brendan WFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Garcia, Troy DFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Soto, IsaacFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Tate, Rommell MPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Cairo, NicholasFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Bobek, NataliePolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Bacon, Sean VPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Hurtado, Sebastian DPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Miranda, XavierPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Shockey, Jayson CPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Gonzalez, Dennis AFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Solano, Jesus BPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Zetina, DiegoPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Hernandez, GerardoPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Powell, Satayia RPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Dhouibi, AhmedPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Franco, Jose LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Negron, RyanFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Mcguire, James CFirefighter-Emt (Recruit)Chicago Fire Department$95,982
Gadlin, Yusuf KPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Thompson, AshleighPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Hammad, Annas WPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Chatman, Kaleb EPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Martinis Gomez, Emilio NParamedicChicago Fire Department$95,982
Rodriguez, Francisco APolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Langston, Shuntrell LPolice OfficerChicago Police Department$95,982
Hatch, Yolanda MProject Strategy Manager - CpdChicago Police Department$95,952
Karner, James LPrincipal Operations AnalystDepartment Of Family And Support Services$95,952
Beltran, DianaCity Planner VDepartment Of Housing$95,952
Benson, Alexander PFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$95,952
Swena, JohamaryCity Planner VDepartment Of Planning And Development$95,952
Chin, AnnieProject Strategy Manager - CpdChicago Police Department$95,952
Graham, KailaTesting SpecialistDepartment Of Human Resources$95,952
Walther, London MCity Planner VDepartment Of Planning And Development$95,952
Gwinner, James ACity Planner VDepartment Of Planning And Development$95,952
Lagunas, EvelynResearch And Policy Analyst - CpdChicago Police Department$95,952
Paschke, Timothy MCompliance OfficerOffice Of Inspector General$95,952
Lara, EdgarCity Planner VDepartment Of Planning And Development$95,952
Lawson, LaquintissClassification & Compensation AnalystDepartment Of Human Resources$95,952
Patterson, Wyatt DForensic Data AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$95,952
Difazio, Jennifer MManager Of Finance - Inspector GeneralOffice Of Inspector General$95,952
Mitchell, Bailey JFinancial Planning Analyst - ExcldDepartment Of Planning And Development$95,952
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 4, 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.