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
Khrustov, Boris VSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Price, Jessie AFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Thornton, JamesFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Womack, Emma JSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Dudley, Janice AFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Childs, Irene EFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Israel, DayanahSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Lewis, JacquelineSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Walker, Debra AFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Kipnis, Iosif BSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Nesbitt, LorettaFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Kipnis, ViktorSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Horton, GeraldineSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Rutledge-Lane, Edith EFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Billops, BarbaraFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Dobson, Birtha MFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Jennings, Betty GFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Watson-Gaines, Constance DFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Gilmore, Leah RSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Tchernookova, Radka BSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Fourte, QuinaiyaStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Keaton, ArmandaSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Adams, Rena MFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Love, Ethel MSenior CompanionPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Crump, BrandonAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$25.00/hr
Lamb, DanishaStudent InternPart timeChicago Department Of Aviation$19.00/hr
Hearns-Garland, AshleyLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
Bailey-Wardlaw, Vanessa EFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Sigman, Joshua SLibrary Associate - HourlyPart timeChicago Public Library$32.30/hr
White, Meichielle CTraffic Control Aide-HourlyPart timeOffice Of Emergency Management And Communications$25.54/hr
Diana, AntonioSign Painter HelperChicago Department Of Transportation$40.78/hr
Luna, AlexiaAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$18.00/hr
Brown, Kiara MCustodial WorkerChicago Department Of Aviation$19.75/hr
Spano, David MHoisting EngineerChicago Department Of Transportation$68.80/hr
Tarde, Rudy SSign HangerChicago Department Of Transportation$43.21/hr
Zielinski, RobertForeman Of Cement FinishersChicago Department Of Transportation$60.60/hr
Payne, BrianLamp Maintenance WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$47.16/hr
Selby, CharlotteAldermanic AidePart timeCity Council$19.00/hr
Dodson, James ELamp Maintenance WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$47.16/hr
Haynes, Rhyaan FTree TrimmerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$44.97/hr
Lowe, Ashley RConstruction LaborerChicago Department Of Transportation$53.00/hr
Jones, ShaverenceLamp Maintenance WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$47.16/hr
Armstrong, SydneyLibrary PagePart timeChicago Public Library$17.70/hr
Walton Jr, Bobby EStores LaborerDepartment Of Water Management$53.00/hr
Young, Catherine AFoster GrandparentPart timeDepartment Of Family And Support Services$4.73/hr
Ramirez-Taylor, ChristopherPlumberDepartment Of Water Management$62.00/hr
Hampton, GeionniGeneral Laborer - DssDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$27.16/hr
Young, Tawanna MSanitation LaborerDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$49.39/hr
Bond, GarnettPool Motor Truck DriverDepartment Of Streets And Sanitation$50.23/hr
Clark, JamesElectrical MechanicDepartment Of Fleet And Facility Management$63.15/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.