Cook County, Illinois / Budget & Management Services

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Budget & Management Services

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

The Budget & Management Services manages public finances — collecting revenue and taxes, budgeting, accounting, and financial oversight.

In 2018, this agency had 18 employees with median total compensation of $19,808; the highest distinct record was $44,598.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $395K
Employees: 18
Median total: $19,808
Highest record: $44,598

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$2,787$44,598+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 18 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($19,808) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $21,944 (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

$8,351

$18,442

$19,808

$33,387

$36,236

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $36,236 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $8,351. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Budget Analyst III

6 · $19,035

Administrative Analyst V

2 · $28,351

Student Administrative Aide

2 · $8,364

Budget & Management Servics Director

1 · $44,598

Deputy Chief Performance Officer

1 · $37,144

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	$414.3K —	23 —	$18,443 —
2017	$449K ▲ 8.4%	20 ▼ 13.0%	$19,694 ▲ 6.8%
2018	$395K ▼ 12.0%	18 ▼ 10.0%	$19,808 ▲ 0.6%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

County Treasurer Cook County, Illinois67% match
Office of Management & Budget New York City62% match

Record list

Employees

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Eric Dropkin

Budget Analyst III/Budget & Management Services

2017 total comp

$15,142

Base pay: $15,142
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,142
Hire date: 2014-09-29
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 38211700-4f93-4dbf-a4dd-e75c2c541414
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 203
Office: 1014
Position Id: 9500260

Eric Dropkin holds the role of Budget Analyst III at Budget & Management Services. They have served since 2014 (about 3 years). In 2017, their total compensation was $15,142.