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 6, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75924,849 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,849)
Average salary$116,092highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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31,759 people
NameJob titlePay
Williams, Laressa STesting AdministratorDepartment Of Human Resources$76,464
Stanton, James MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Richardson, Justus KLibrary AssociateChicago Public Library$76,464
Phipps, Ethan RLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Sarti, Jordan CLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Sadusky, Whit JLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Mandernach, Hanna MLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Murdoch, Evan JLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Dapkiewicz, ClaireLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Reagan, Vickie ALibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Baker, ChakishaLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Retana, Xavier JWater Chemist IIDepartment Of Water Management$76,464
Varley, Alejandra JLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Degrauwe, JenniferLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Knize, Nathaniel BLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Ramirez-Sosa, YvetteLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Wahlin, DanikaLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Brunkhorst, Sara KLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Nesbitt, Nicole CSupervising Public Health NutritionistChicago Department Of Public Health$76,464
Marshall, Andrea LLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Colon, Eric JLibrary AssociateChicago Public Library$76,464
Beheler, Thomas HLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Ortwein, Orton RLibrarian IChicago Public Library$76,464
Olsen, Margaret SLegislative AideCity Council$76,380
Sweeney, Kelly AStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,380
Chan, Agnes KStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$76,380
Simpson, ShaunSupvr Of Mailroom OperationsBoard Of Election Commissioners$76,284
Paul-Emile, Jeoneva NStaff Assistant - ExcludedChicago Department Of Transportation$75,936
Walker, PatrickParking InvestigatorDepartment Of Finance$75,936
Proutsos, Athanasia MAnimal Placement CoordChicago Animal Care And Control$75,936
Harris, Tameka DStaff Assistant - ExcludedDepartment Of Family And Support Services$75,936
Roberts, Marilyn DAdministrative Asst II - ExcludedDepartment Of Finance$75,936
Mcginn, Kathryn EStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$75,852
Chiavola, Maureen HStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$75,852
Parra-Hughes, Gina PLegislative AideCity Council$75,708
Nolter, James JAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$75,600
Jackson Harris, Javon TAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$75,600
White, Jolanda RAirport Operations Center CoordChicago Department Of Aviation$75,600
Redmond, Mikail AAsst To The AldermanCity Council$75,504
Coleman, D Niquea LTraffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$75,444
Torres, Angel LDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Robinson, Drake EField Supvsr I - Parking EnforcementDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Speller, Janeea LSupervising Traffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$75,444
Byrd, Bobbie JTraffic Control AideOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$75,444
Thomas, Jeffrey DDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Acevedo, EdwinDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Burkhead, Antoinette LParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Finley, Shaya DParking Enforcement AideDepartment Of Finance$75,444
Parvin, Timothy PDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
Shaffer, Johnnie MDetention AideChicago Police Department$75,444
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 6, 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.