Cook County, Illinois / Bureau of Health

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Bureau of Health

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

The Bureau of Health oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.

In 2018, this agency had 218 employees with median total compensation of $2,742; the highest distinct record was $48,077.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $1.7M
Employees: 218
Median total: $2,742
Highest record: $48,077

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$397$28,350+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 218 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($2,742) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $7,734 (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

$1,558

$1,888

$2,742

$12,102

$22,662

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $22,662 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $1,558. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Clinical Nurse I

14 · $2,761

Ward Clerk (Seiu 73)

14 · $1,622

Health Advocate - Inpatient

13 · $1,676

Medical Assistant

12 · $1,573

Clerk V

7 · $1,904

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	$741.8K —	57 —	$14,864 —
2017	$1.1M ▲ 42.3%	65 ▲ 14.0%	$15,581 ▲ 4.8%
2018	$1.7M ▲ 59.8%	218 ▲ 235.4%	$2,742 ▼ 82.4%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Carmen Velasquez

System Compliance Coord-Cchhs/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$5,038

Base pay: $5,038
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $5,038
Hire date: 2018-05-14

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 026662f3-67ac-4a4c-8674-6c701c35034d
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5307
Office: 1890
Position Id: 1803199

At Bureau of Health, Carmen Velasquez serves as a System Compliance Coord-Cchhs. Hired in 2018, they have under a year of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $5,038.

Wayne Wright

Director of Org Develop & Training/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$5,000

Base pay: $5,000
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $5,000
Hire date: 2018-02-05

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: c4bea069-0ef6-41c9-a825-2a606f71ca18
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5461
Office: 1890
Position Id: 9520570

At Bureau of Health, Wayne Wright serves as a Director of Org Develop & Training. Hired in 2018, they have under a year of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $5,000.

Anupa Shah

Pharmacist/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$4,973

Base pay: $4,973
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,973
Hire date: 2018-02-20

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: b81641da-6a67-4580-b856-fce9f5941aae
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1878
Position Id: 1700028

At Bureau of Health, Anupa Shah serves as a Pharmacist. Hired in 2018, they have under a year of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $4,973.

Kelsey Schultz

Pharmacist/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$4,955

Base pay: $4,955
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,955
Hire date: 2017-12-11

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: a2dbba88-c057-457a-b5a7-00139a3b0b9a
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1878
Position Id: 1700175

Kelsey Schultz holds the role of Pharmacist at Bureau of Health. Their tenure dates to 2017, about a year. In 2018, their total compensation was $4,955.

Elsa Methipara

Instructer Senior/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$4,628

Base pay: $4,628
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,628
Hire date: 1994-07-25
Middle name: Tomi

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 6d788546-1f55-48f6-a1c6-da49b5cbd37a
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1981
Position Id: 1700310

Elsa Methipara is a Instructer Senior at Bureau of Health. Their tenure dates to 1994, about 24 years. 2018 total compensation came to $4,628.

Niama Nash

Recruit&Select Analyst (Rwdsu)/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$4,607

Base pay: $4,607
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,607
Hire date: 2018-05-14

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 59648876-502a-45ae-8b6d-ca904dc7e14f
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6794
Office: 1890
Position Id: 1801663

At Bureau of Health, Niama Nash serves as a Recruit&Select Analyst (Rwdsu). They have served since 2018 (under a year). Their 2018 pay totaled $4,607.

Tracey Johnson

Management Analyst V/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$4,333

Base pay: $4,333
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,333
Hire date: 2008-04-14

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: ad906793-c3ec-4430-af6b-aa764616c9e5
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1711
Office: 1897
Position Id: 1800454

Tracey Johnson works as a Management Analyst V for Bureau of Health. They have served since 2008 (about 10 years). Tracey earned $4,333 in 2018.

Imelda Allen

Nurse Clinician/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$4,102

Base pay: $4,102
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,102
Hire date: 1995-08-07

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 3aa5caed-625d-4923-a0d2-e8c0e83690eb
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1943
Position Id: 1800168

Imelda Allen holds the role of Nurse Clinician at Bureau of Health. They have served since 1995 (about 23 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $4,102.

Kristine Lynch

Assited Outpt Treatmt Proj Manager/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp

$3,907

Base pay: $3,907
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $3,907
Hire date: 2017-03-20

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 831ccce5-8864-4f5e-b8ee-3251f099461e
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6785
Position Id: 1600412

Kristine Lynch is a Assited Outpt Treatmt Proj Manager at Bureau of Health. They have served since 2017 (about a year). 2018 total compensation came to $3,907.