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
Lyjak, KevinSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Jones, DanielSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Silva, JordanSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Holden Jr, StevenSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mcdonald, BrandonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Escamilla, BernardSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Cervantes, EnriqueSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Hubbard, Tiffany TSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Dominguez, VanessaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Asdou, AkadSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Maloney, CodySergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Hall, SimonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Duhig, BrianSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mina, WashingtonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Sharp, Jodi MSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mersch, DanielSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Kociolek, MichaelSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Sturm, Kristen NSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Kwiatkowski, Anne MParamedic I/C (Assigned As Training Instructor)Chicago Fire Department$138,318
Durkin, ThomasSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Negrete, Zachary JSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Holstrom, NicoleSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Middleton, CametiaPolice Officer (Assigned As Security Specialist)Chicago Police Department$138,318
Rose, JasonSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Stawicki, ChristopherSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Poniatowski, DanielSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Reeder, JonathanSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Trifunovic, MarkoSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Pufpaf, MatthewSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Price, Denisha LSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Meeks, Demenyon DSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Mcnamara, SeanSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Fleming, JohnSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Trevino Duffy, NormaSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Cordin, CharlesSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Deering, DanielleSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Welbel, Cheryl HExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$138,318
Sabu, Steve KSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Muench, Anthony CExplosives Technician IChicago Police Department$138,318
Carter, JeremySergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Flores, Connie DSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Harding, JosephSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Gorzelanny, Robert ESergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Sanders, Caeana RSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Johnson, CarlSergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Aragon, Christina ISergeantChicago Police Department$138,318
Chase, AlanSoftware Dev Coord - Bd Of ElectionsBoard Of Election Commissioners$138,060
Fried, Saundra NAttorneyChicago Department Of Aviation$137,952
Luna, Daniel CAsst To The AldermanCity Council$137,928
Kazi, SanamAssistant Director-43Chicago Police Department$137,856
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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.