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 Aug 29, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,75524,845 salaried · 6,910 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,845)
Average salary$115,983highest $360,504
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,910)

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NameJob titlePay
Welsh, John TLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Hagerty, Joseph ALieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Maloney, James WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Brown, Dwayne TLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Blair, Robert KLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Lonkar, Michael JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Schermer, Kevin WLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Sorenson, Zachary FLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Singleton, Brandon DLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Paukert, Andrew JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Moloney, Brian PLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Conrad, Brian MLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Newman, William JLieutenant-EmtChicago Fire Department$151,338
Porras, RaulFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Reisner, Kevin RParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Stachura, Edward CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Mathews, Le Rian KFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Bailey, Kimberly AParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Spalliero Jr, John FFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Costello, Fred VFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Gallegos, ArthurParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Tobias, Brian AFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Bornell, Robert PParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Cerna, MarioFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Rodriguez, Juan MParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Mc Gill, AndrewFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Middleton, Malik SFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Garcia, Jose CFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Jezior, Michael JFire Engineer-ParamedicChicago Fire Department$151,326
Soto, Ricardo CParamedic I/CChicago Fire Department$151,326
Riordan, Maxwell RProject DirDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$151,212
Hayes, CharlettaCommunications Operations ManagerOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$151,212
Bonner, Aja LAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Housing$151,212
Harris, James MAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$151,212
Roth, Sanford JChief Asst Inspector GeneralOffice Of Inspector General$151,212
Obrochta, Julie BAsst CommissionerChicago Public Library$151,212
Weller, Adam LAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$151,212
Anderson, David CAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Buildings$151,212
Urquidi, AlfonsoAsst CommissionerChicago Department Of Public Health$151,212
Baustert, Kristen VDir Of Administrative ServicesDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$151,212
Martinez, KrystinaDir Of Information SystemsDepartment Of Planning And Development$151,212
Ruelas, Linda OAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$151,212
Chittick, Donald TAsst DirDepartment Of Finance$151,212
Wordlaw, Belinda KAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Environment$151,212
White, Detricia WCommunications Operations ManagerOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$151,212
Dardovski, VegiAsst CommissionerDepartment Of Finance$151,212
Dennis, LahomaDirector Of FinanceOffice Of Public Safety Administration$151,212
Means, Shalanda CDirector Of Human ResourcesChicago Department Of Public Health$151,212
Ganiyu, Vaughn CAsst General CounselChicago Police Department$151,212
Harris, Corey DAsst ComptrollerDepartment Of Finance$151,212
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Aug 29, 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.