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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31,755 people
NameJob titlePay
Coulter, Craig ARecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
Zotta, SandinoMechanical Engineer IVDepartment Of Water Management$146,160
Kent, Moira KCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$146,160
Labrador, Robert SCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$146,160
Duplaga, GrzegorzFire Prevention EngineerChicago Fire Department$146,160
Howell, Charlene SCivil Engineer IVChicago Department Of Transportation$146,160
Davis, Lakeisha TMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$146,160
Mc Farland, TelondaRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
Smith, Devetta LRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
Moody, AntoinetteRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
Siddiqui, Anis UProject Manager - BuildingsDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Kanoon, Fatin YSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Finance$146,160
Vilenchik, DinaSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$146,160
Kalantzis, ThanasisMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$146,160
Killen, Brian PMajor Case Specialist-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$146,160
Kelly Mitchell, Donna LArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Gonzalez, CarolinaArchitect IVDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Patel, Dixit RStructural EngineerDepartment Of Buildings$146,160
Pinto, Rajiv AArchitect IVChicago Department Of Transportation$146,160
Silva Miller, Julian PArchitect IVChicago Department Of Transportation$146,160
Mckissick, BrianRecruiterDepartment Of Human Resources$146,160
Wendell, JohnSenior Systems ProgrammerDepartment Of Business Affairs And Consumer Protection$146,160
Williams, Cora DSenior Programmer/AnalystDepartment Of Planning And Development$146,160
Hawthorne, Angel LDir Of Public AffairsDepartment Of Water Management$145,932
Litland, James HFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Flint, LeslieFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Cabral, CesarFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Folk, Robert MFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Craelius, Michael DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Russell, Coakie LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Lee, Jafeden CFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Percival, William JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Fouch, Tony DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Antrobus, EricFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Yniguez, Michael JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Miller, Gerald AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Williams, Freddie LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Doyle, Jason AFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Holcomb, CalvinFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Kehoe, Brian FFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Ireland, RaymondFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Wieclawek, Matthew LFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Bowen, Joseph JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Jordan, Matthew DFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Kirkilas, DavidFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Wilson, BruceFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Metzger, John JFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Grandberry, StephanFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Owens, Robert CFire Engineer-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
Kapka, Nicholas DFirefighter (Per Arbitrators Award)-EmtChicago Fire Department$145,878
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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.