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 12, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,78324,854 salaried · 6,929 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,854)
Average salary$116,111highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,929)

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31,783 people
NameJob titlePay
Chaney, LanceMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Wortman, Aaron JMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Arlowe, Edward JForeman Of Motor Truck DriversDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$54.00/hr
Acosta, Cesar ISteamfitterDepartment Of Water Management$62.50/hr
Archer, Christopher JMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Delaney, Lashona DPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Transportation$50.23/hr
Alexander, CalvinMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Wylie, AmberLibrary PagePart timeChicago Public Library$19.05/hr
Stephens, Treon DConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Tarrant, Emily KLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Lester, Rodney RGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Kelly, Thomas EBricklayerDepartment Of Water Management$54.81/hr
Abuhashish, AwwadForeman Of Water Pipe ConstructionDepartment Of Water Management$65.70/hr
Reynolds, Ryan FSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.45/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
Jones, Gabriel ALaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$42.40/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
Mc Donald, Dorian NSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Ocampo, Manuel JConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/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
Earsery, Paris LSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Gregory, Enis RMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Butler, Shari LMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/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
Perez, LeonardoMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/hr
Anantaphong, Ryan AMachinist (Automotive)Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$61.89/hr
Shannon, Larry DWindow WasherChicago Department Of Aviation$31.15/hr
Durkin, Glenn PConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Solorio, Raul AConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Clark, John CHoisting EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$68.80/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
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Source: Employee Salaries, City of Chicago open data · city last published Sep 12, 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.