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Miami City Manager James Reyes, left, talks with Miami Police Manuel “Manny” Morales during a City Commission meeting at Miami City Hall, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. Reyes earns the highest salary in the city, and Morales ranks #4 on the salary list. <\/p>\n
Pedro Portal<\/p>\n
pportal@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n
Want to know how much money city of Miami employees make? You can now search for that information in an online database.<\/p>\n
This week, Miami District 3 Commissioner Rolando Escalona announced the launch of the publicly accessible online salary portal<\/a>. Escalona, who recently replaced Commissioner Joe Carollo, pledged on the campaign trail<\/a> last year that one of his first legislative items would be creating an online salary portal.<\/p>\n \u201cTransparency and accountability are essential to building trust between government and the residents we serve,\u201d Escalona said in a statement this week. \u201cThis new salary portal gives our community direct access to public information in a way that is clear and easy to navigate. Residents deserve a government that remains committed to openness at every level.\u201d<\/p>\n Up until now, city employee salary information has been available through a public records request. But the process of obtaining records through the city\u2019s official public records system can be cumbersome and lengthy.<\/p>\n The change puts the city on par with Miami-Dade County, which already has a searchable online database<\/a> of county employee salary information.<\/p>\n As it stands now, the three highest paid city employees by salary are:<\/p>\n City Manager James Reyes, $475,000City Attorney George Wysong, $417, 642.12Deputy City Attorney Kevin Jones, $361,725<\/p>\n Police Chief Manuel Morales ranks fourth on the list with a $350,000 salary. Incoming Police Chief Edwin Lopez, who hasn\u2019t officially begun yet, will be among the top 10 salary earners, with a starting salary of $325,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n While Lopez will be making $25,000 less than his predecessor, his starting salary is $80,000 higher than Morales\u2019 when he was first named chief. In Feb. 2022, when Morales formally transitioned from interim chief to chief, his starting salary was $245,000, according to Morales\u2019 offer letter. Then in April 2024, Morales was given a substantial raise to the $350,000 salary he currently makes.<\/p>\n The new online portal shows salary information, but not total annual compensation. For example, it lists city commissioners\u2019 salaries at $58,200. But with the other perks that include cell phone and car allowances, Miami commissioners\u2019 gross annual pay is about $100,000.<\/p>\n The database does, however, show year-to-date gross pay for each employee. For example, as of May 29, 2026, the database shows Miami commissioners\u2019 gross year-to-date pay at about $44,000.<\/p>\n The city employee who\u2019s made the most money so far in 2026 is Jose Perez, director of the Office of Capital Improvements<\/a>, with $223,866.74 earned so far this year, according to the database.<\/p>\n The database also includes years of service for each employee, and gross pay in their most recent paycheck.<\/p>\n This story was originally published May 29, 2026 at 11:04 AM.<\/p>\n