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Cook County, Illinois / Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk / Chief Financial Officer

Job-title file

Chief Financial Officer

Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.

1 employee holds this title in Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk. Median total compensation for the role is $28,475, above the department median of $14,793.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$28.5K
Role median
$28,475
Agency median
$14,793
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Chief Financial Officer pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area

Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Chief Executivesabout 3,610 people is $344,960. Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk pays a median base salary of $28,475 for this role, 92% below that figurebelow the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$142,940
$197,530
$344,960
$428,710
$599,520
Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk median · $28,475

The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executivesabout 204,350 people is $213,990. Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk’s median base salary is 87% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$75,700
$129,540
$213,990
$356,200
$507,730
Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk median · $28,475

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk is $28,475, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Cook County, Illinois

Chief Financial Officer is held in 4 Cook County, Illinois departments. In Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk, the median of $28,475 ranks #2 of 4.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Chief Financial Officer role in other Cook County, Illinoisdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Chief Financial Officer beyond Cook County, Illinois

This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Cook County, Illinois, the median of $32,411 ranks #8 of 8. See Chief Financial Officer across all of Cook County, Illinois

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

California
$231,443 · 8
Georgia
$195,149 · 8
Vermont
$137,176 · 7
Metro Nashville
$68,514 · 9
Rhode Island
$38,057 · 20

Median total compensation for comparable Chief Financial Officer roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Phyllis Adams

Chief Financial Officer/Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk

2018 total comp
$28,475
Base pay
$28,475
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$28,475
Hire date
2003-02-24

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier
27d78869-4974-4242-8901-e11501b38776
Fiscal Period
2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter
2
Job Code
120
Office
1335
Position Id
9515190

Phyllis Adams works as a Chief Financial Officer for Clerk of Circuit Crt Off. of Clerk. Hired in 2003, they have about 15 years of service. Phyllis earned $28,475 in 2018.