Cook County, Illinois / Adult Probation Department

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Adult Probation Department

Source file: Cook County, Illinois — Employee Payroll / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Adult Probation Department runs the corrections system — operating prisons and jails, supervising people in custody, and managing parole or probation.

In 2018, this agency had 542 employees with median total compensation of $22,023; the highest distinct record was $42,290.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $10.7M
Employees: 542
Median total: $22,023
Highest record: $42,290

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

-$3,722$26,971+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 542 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($22,023) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $19,783 (100%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $0 (0%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$13,593

$15,700

$22,023

$22,420

$24,682

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $24,682 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,593. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Adult Probation Officer- Psb

188 · $22,420

Pretrial Officer I- Psb

62 · $22,288

Adult Probation Officer- Psc

52 · $24,669

Adult Probation Officer

45 · $15,700

Supervisor Adult Probation

31 · $24,324

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2016	$11.1M —	647 —	$20,610 —
2017	$10.8M ▼ 2.8%	593 ▼ 8.3%	$21,495 ▲ 4.3%
2018	$10.7M ▼ 0.4%	542 ▼ 8.6%	$22,023 ▲ 2.5%

Record list

Employees

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Sterick Wills

Electronic Monitoring Technician/Adult Probation Department

2018 total comp

$13,163

Base pay: $13,163
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,163
Hire date: 2014-10-20
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: c8e54bbb-dd8f-4a1a-b2b8-a92215d69171
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1437
Office: 1280
Position Id: 903427

At Adult Probation Department, Sterick Wills serves as a Electronic Monitoring Technician. Hired in 2014, they have about 4 years of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $13,163.

Eric Schwarm

Electronic Monitoring Technician/Adult Probation Department

2018 total comp

$13,054

Base pay: $13,054
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,054
Hire date: 2015-03-09
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 804a2093-a20b-425a-95a7-1960e9642334
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1437
Office: 1280
Position Id: 903426

Eric Schwarm holds the role of Electronic Monitoring Technician at Adult Probation Department. They have served since 2015 (about 3 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $13,054.

Matthew Flood

Electronic Monitoring Technician/Adult Probation Department

2018 total comp

$13,047

Base pay: $13,047
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,047
Hire date: 2015-03-23
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 2f354c29-8e92-429b-a93f-93ab5dcd887c
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1437
Office: 1280
Position Id: 903422

Matthew Flood holds the role of Electronic Monitoring Technician at Adult Probation Department. They have served since 2015 (about 3 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $13,047.

Lasonja Wilbon

Clerk IV Chief Judge AFSCME/Adult Probation Department

2018 total comp

$13,001

Base pay: $13,001
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,001
Hire date: 2000-03-27
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 8ea42b52-ee75-46e4-b6cc-5c62406996c5
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6735
Office: 1280
Position Id: 9512205

Lasonja Wilbon works as a Clerk IV Chief Judge AFSCME for Adult Probation Department. Their tenure dates to 2000, about 18 years. Lasonja earned $13,001 in 2018.

Catherine Scheinpflug

Clerk IV Chief Judge AFSCME/Adult Probation Department

2018 total comp

$13,001

Base pay: $13,001
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,001
Hire date: 1997-02-18
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 78b55bc7-58a8-4a00-b547-ee0c41464fbe
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6735
Office: 1280
Position Id: 9512750

Catherine Scheinpflug works as a Clerk IV Chief Judge AFSCME for Adult Probation Department. Hired in 1997, they have about 21 years of service. Catherine earned $13,001 in 2018.