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
Collins, Clyde AStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Caballero, JesusStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Stodolny, NicholasLineman - SalariedOffice Of Public Safety Administration$139,734
Bertucci, DamianLineman - SalariedOffice Of Public Safety Administration$139,734
Santana, RicardoLoad DispatcherChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Mandujano, GerardoStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Duran, OscarTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Heneghan, Andrew MStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Maronto, Jessica ATraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Carrillo, Edward HStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Spencer, Thein DLineman - SalariedOffice Of Public Safety Administration$139,734
Greco, Marco RLineman - SalariedOffice Of Public Safety Administration$139,734
Lucas, Eric AStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Lee, Roger RStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Williams, David LStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Webb, Corbin JStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Alcantar, RamiroStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Blossom, MartinTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Napier, LuciusTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Rushton, Scott PStreet Light Repair WorkerChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Evans, Jevon TTraffic Signal RepairmanChicago Department Of Transportation$139,734
Jones, Hannah ERecovery Team Program DirectorDepartment Of Planning And Development$139,440
Martinez, Gregorio IDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$139,416
Lowinger, Lauren ESr Recovery Team Program MgrOffice Of Budget & Management$139,416
Kettler, Desiree MDirector - Mayor'S OfficeOffice Of The Mayor$139,416
Smith, Lloyd BPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Sowa, Joseph WPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Tavares, David MPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Zahdan, Ziyadeh DPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Luna, BernardPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Water Management$139,256
Davis, PamelaPlumbing Inspector I/CDepartment Of Buildings$139,256
Ratulowski, Michael DGeneral Foreman Of MachinistsChicago Department Of Transportation$139,131
O'Donovan, Kathleen DChief Performance AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$139,056
Gretsch, Stephanie REpidemiologist IVChicago Department Of Public Health$139,056
Hughes, Shelley RLibrary DirectorChicago Public Library$139,056
Zavala, FernandoDir Of AccountingDepartment Of Water Management$139,056
Smith, Kevin MChief Performance AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$139,056
Simon, Kathryn HChief Performance AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$139,056
Spies, Benjamin JChief Performance AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$139,056
Davis, Sharron LDir Of AccountingDepartment Of Family And Support Services$139,056
Islas, EusebioChief Analytics AnalystDepartment Of Procurement Services$139,056
Westley, Dana MChief Performance AnalystOffice Of Inspector General$139,056
Peoples, JamesSupervising House Drain InspectorDepartment Of Water Management$138,736
Mccann, KevinSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Forbes, Patrick WSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Brandt, AlexandraSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Miranda, AntonioSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Escamilla, BernardSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Wolinski, SebastianSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Alvarado, PeterParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$138,318
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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.