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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

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
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.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian 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

Lucy Zhuo

Public Interest Fellow/Bureau of Health

2018 total comp
$5,965
Base pay
$5,965
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$5,965
Hire date
2017-07-24

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier
b870e425-127c-4c54-8b92-b278cbe60776
Fiscal Period
2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter
2
Job Code
6706
Office
1890
Position Id
1801763

Lucy Zhuo is a Public Interest Fellow at Bureau of Health. Hired in 2017, they have about a year of service. 2018 total compensation came to $5,965.