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
Reidy, Bryan LPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$140,454
Sherrod, Jameka RPolice Officer (Assigned As Detective)Chicago Police Department$140,454
Alvarez, CristinaDir Of Public AffairsOffice Of City Clerk$140,400
Schroeder, Erica NDir Of Public AffairsChicago Department Of Transportation$140,400
Huynh, MargaretAsst Dir Of News AffairsChicago Police Department$140,400
Shoss, Deanna LDir Of Public AffairsOffice Of Inspector General$140,400
Santell, PhilipAsst Corporation Counsel IIIDepartment Of Law$140,376
Dionne, Christopher JAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$140,376
Lewis, Vincent MAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$140,376
Cicchetti, John RAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$140,376
Polcik, Brandon JAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$140,376
Stiarwalt, MeganAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$140,376
Siegel, Mark SAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$140,376
Ryder, JesseAsst Corporation Counsel SupvsrDepartment Of Law$140,376
Gardner, Robin CarolChief Operations AnalystChicago Department Of Transportation$140,148
Urbach, Shawn LGis Data Base AnalystChicago Department Of Aviation$140,148
Sivashanmugam, Sri HariData ScientistChicago Department Of Public Health$140,148
Talbert, Deborah MSupervising Investigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$140,148
Chung, Isabel SEpidemiologist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$140,148
Lauritsen, Jeff SEpidemiologist IIIChicago Department Of Public Health$140,148
Martinez, LetisiaApplication Delivery ManagerDepartment Of Technology And Innovation$140,148
Arellano, AlesiaAuditor IVDepartment Of Finance$140,148
Masters, GregSupervising Investigator-CopaCivilian Office Of Police Accountability$140,148
Ali, AdamCivil Engineer VChicago Department Of Transportation$140,148
Sposato, Nicholas SAlderman - 38th WardCity Council$140,046
Howlett, Michael JLegislative AideCity Council$139,992
Patton-Burnside, Tiffany NSr Dir Of Crisis ServicesChicago Department Of Public Health$139,812
Izewski, Dorothy ICoordinating ArchitectChicago Department Of Aviation$139,812
Moretti, Carmela JAttorney - ExcludedDepartment Of Procurement Services$139,812
Abarca-Compton, Ruth AAttorney - ExcludedChicago Department Of Public Health$139,812
Deitz, Gary AAssistant Director Of FinanceDepartment Of Water Management$139,812
Rodriguez, Sandra IManager Of Audit And FinanceDepartment Of Finance$139,812
Yuen, AmyCoordinating Engineer IChicago Department Of Transportation$139,812
Pitts, Matthew HCoordinating Engineer IIChicago Department Of Transportation$139,812
Van Nortwick, Taylor WCoordinating Engineer IChicago Department Of Transportation$139,812
Blanche, ShadiAttorney - ExcludedDepartment Of Procurement Services$139,812
Hadden, Maria EAlderman - 49th WardCity Council$139,776
Robles, AndrewStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Covington, AnwarTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Perez, ArmandoStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Ramirez, David WTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Medic, MarkoStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Reed, DamienTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Santana, RicardoLoad DispatcherChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Mc Cluskey, Kevin PTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Duran, RicardoTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Perez, EdwinStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Bregman, J ScottTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Oconnor, JosephTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Ingram, Reginald RStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
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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.