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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 7, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,76224,852 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,852)
Average salary$116,094highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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headcount · average salaried pay

Showing the 12 largest of 39 departments — pick any of them in the filter below.

All employees

31,762 people
NameJob titlePay
Cruz, DawnDistrict ClerkDepartment Of Water Management$71,412
Johnson, MichelleSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$71,412
Crumb, DarianSanitation ClerkDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$71,412
Chesniak, Emma RStaff Asst To The AldermanCity Council$71,304
Arrez, AdriannaPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Robinson Jr, JosephPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Westmoreland, JonathanAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Mercado, Ainslie AAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Gibson, Aricka GPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Cook, Shanyria RPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Hitchcock, JermaineAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Bush, Mitchell JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Alba Esparza, Karla LPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Gougis, Roger LAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Dicera, Rhonda APolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Thomas, Markia VAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Isarve, NataliaAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Vaxter, Brittney JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Hueramo, AndresAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Cervantes, JohannAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Williams, Omari JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Minter, Peyton IAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Sandoz, Priscilla DPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Pizarro, JuanAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Czykier, ChristopherAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Taylor, IgnatiusAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Perkins, JazminPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Myers, MercedesPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Turner, OliviaPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Brown, Joshua APolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Latham, Kendall SAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Ochoa, Joana GAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Chaplin, Shani EPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Crowder, SharellAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Chambers, Jacquez JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Tobar, Niomi MPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Haynes, RhainePolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Ocallaghan, JohnPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Heredia Jr, ArturoAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Williams Jr, HerbertAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Rivera, JacobAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Ochoa, Cruz DPolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Romano, ArlenePolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Morgan, Kiela LPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Lacey, Sharonda NPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Walker, Jaleesa PPolice Communications Operator IOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Kocevar, Michael JAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Hill, Daijzah CAviation Communications OperatorChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
Aguilar Mcmullin, Amber APolice Communications Operator IIOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$71,076
Ramos, Jonathan MAviation Security OfficerChicago Department Of Aviation$71,076
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 7, 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.