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 10, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,77624,849 salaried · 6,927 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,849)
Average salary$116,110highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,927)

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NameJob titlePay
Stephens, Treon DConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Lester, Rodney RGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Ortiz, RaulTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Kelly, Thomas EBricklayerDepartment Of Water Management$54.81/hr
Abuhashish, AwwadForeman Of Water Pipe ConstructionDepartment Of Water Management$65.70/hr
Leick, Richard SPlumberDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$62.00/hr
Parnell, Tellis LMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Gamino, PedroLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$49.39/hr
Looney, Dennis LOperating Engineer-Group ADepartment Of Water Management$63.92/hr
Miranda, JulianGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Coan, Matthew HPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Walker, PatrickConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Beamon, Desmond VAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Doody, EdwardPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Castaneda Jr, JoseElectrical MechanicChicago Department Of Aviation$63.15/hr
Cardona, Arif AMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/hr
Earley, KevinOperating Engineer-Group ADepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.92/hr
Benitez, NicolasMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Pina Ortiz, Angel EPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Flores, Julio CConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Muschkat, Michael JAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Gonzalez Jr, CarlosMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Villegas, MiguelFleet Services AsstDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$34.66/hr
Davis, Jerry JPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Johnson II, Albert SMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Transportation$50.23/hr
Anantaphong, Ryan AMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/hr
Durkin, Glenn PConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Solorio, Raul AConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Gonzalez, Stephen JConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Perkins, Keith LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Brown, Marcus AMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Jones, Ebony MPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Romano, Stephen JHoisting EngineerDepartment Of Water Management$68.80/hr
Cargle, Tikesha SMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Macedo, MartinPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Chesniak, George MLaborerChicago Department Of Aviation$49.39/hr
Morrissey, Francis JOperating Engineer-Group ADepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.92/hr
Iandolo II, ChristopherConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Chierici, JamesHoisting EngineerDepartment Of Water Management$68.80/hr
Hunley, MichaelMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Goodpaster, DavidBooter - ParkingDepartment Of Finance$46.71/hr
Scumaci, AnthonyAsphalt ForemanChicago Department Of Transportation$53.90/hr
Israel, Adriel NMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Pierce, Bennie LAsst Chief Operating EngineerChicago Department Of Aviation$70.31/hr
Calderon, Christopher JPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Nunez, SocorroMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Rivera, Jemilier JPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Hartmann, Gregory WEmergency Crew DispatcherDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Montano Jr, RaulAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$47.70/hr
Joyce, KyleSteamfitterDepartment Of Water Management$62.50/hr
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 10, 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.