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 15, 2026Source on the data portal
Employees31,79224,863 salaried · 6,929 hourly
Median salary$115,158salaried staff only (24,863)
Average salary$116,109highest $406,536
Median hourly rate$50.23/hrhourly staff only (6,929)

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31,792 people
NameJob titlePay
Crumb, DerrickGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Chiles, James BConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Ramotowski, EricElectrical MechanicDepartment Of Water Management$63.15/hr
Jones, Dwayne WLinemanChicago Department Of Transportation$67.18/hr
Larry, Tijuan BMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Rizzi, PasqualeHoisting EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$68.80/hr
Bankole, Olalere DMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Lew, Jonathan JSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Cundari, Carmen RHoisting EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$68.80/hr
Moy, Michael JMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Lindsey, Captain DConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Hall, Cheryl LForeman Of Custodial WorkersDepartment Of Water Management$23.55/hr
Evans, Denise MLibrary Clerk - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$22.82/hr
Waddell, Edward SPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Nunez, JesusPainterDepartment Of Water Management$56.30/hr
Johnsen, RobertForeman Of Water Pipe ConstructionDepartment Of Water Management$65.70/hr
Espinoza, GilbertoMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Sheehy, Brian JAsst Chief Operating EngineerChicago Department Of Aviation$70.31/hr
Culotta, ChristopherConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Anastasof, Frank GTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.97/hr
Hernandez, VictorSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$37.04/hr
Nugent, Kevin JMotor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Pickett, JeromeTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Lott, Brandon TMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Brooks, Alan SSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Acres, Anthony ELaborerDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$53.00/hr
Alvarez, JesusHoisting EngineerDepartment Of Water Management$68.80/hr
Pizarro, Francisco CCarpenterChicago Department Of Aviation$58.51/hr
Finley, Marques MConcrete LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Mangione, NicoLaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Woods, Orlando JConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Joseph, Louis VOperating Engineer-Group AChicago Department Of Aviation$63.92/hr
Walker, Roberta ALibrary PagePart timeChicago Public Library$19.05/hr
Martinkus, William MMotor Truck DriverDepartment Of Water Management$50.23/hr
Haywood, Waymon RPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Kilmartin, JohnOperating Engineer-Group CDepartment Of Water Management$60.72/hr
Revilla, ElizabethLaborer - ApprenticeDepartment Of Water Management$37.10/hr
Russell Jr, Chris MSign HangerChicago Department Of Transportation$38.66/hr
Horne III, Wayne SProgram AidePart timeChicago Police Department$17.05/hr
Aguilera, JesusSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Williams, Richard AConstruction LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Peca, Christophe JForeman Of LinemenChicago Department Of Transportation$73.73/hr
Morabito, Dominic SOperating Engineer-Group ADepartment Of Water Management$63.92/hr
Grassini, Frank PAsphalt LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Jefferson, Jason AAirport Maintenance ForemanChicago Department Of Aviation$53.90/hr
Pickens, RobertCaulkerDepartment Of Water Management$55.80/hr
Ware, Darryl MPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Aviation$50.23/hr
Collins, Robert MPainterDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$56.30/hr
Peoples, Tramella DPool Motor Truck DriverChicago Department Of Transportation$50.23/hr
Slotowski, James EMotor 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 15, 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.