Agency file

County Assessor

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

The County Assessor is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2018, this agency had 271 employees with median total compensation of $17,235; the highest distinct record was $37,413.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $5.1M
Employees: 271
Median total: $17,235
Highest record: $37,413

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$354$33,293+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 271 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($17,235) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $18,863 (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

$12,136

$13,993

$17,235

$22,893

$29,267

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $29,267 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $12,136. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Support Staff Iii-Assessor

17 · $13,094

Residential Junior Analyst I

10 · $14,216

Taxpayer Information Junior Specialist

10 · $13,001

Taxpayer Information Senior Special I

8 · $15,286

Ic Valuations Group Leader III

6 · $25,709

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	$5.4M —	309 —	$16,363 —
2017	$5.4M ▲ 0.9%	286 ▼ 7.4%	$17,235 ▲ 5.3%
2018	$5.1M ▼ 5.3%	271 ▼ 5.2%	$17,235 ±0%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Linda Harris

Support Staff Iii-Assessor/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,661

Base pay: $12,661
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,661
Hire date: 2000-12-04
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: c09ce401-2920-4a4f-9aca-1c8ffe644163
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4909
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501009

Linda Harris holds the role of Support Staff Iii-Assessor at County Assessor. Hired in 2000, they have about 18 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $12,661.

Esteban Hernandez

Support Staff II Assess AFSCME/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,653

Base pay: $12,653
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,653
Hire date: 2008-10-14

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 5bedfb35-1d6f-48ab-831c-18f9d987fadb
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6733
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500973

At County Assessor, Esteban Hernandez serves as a Support Staff II Assess AFSCME. Their tenure dates to 2008, about 10 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $12,653.

Brenda Benitez

Taxpyer Information Junior Speciii AFSCME/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,653

Base pay: $12,653
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,653
Hire date: 2008-08-18
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 1e42d90b-cf24-46eb-9234-158e7ea0c016
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6734
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501031

Brenda Benitez holds the role of Taxpyer Information Junior Speciii AFSCME at County Assessor. Hired in 2008, they have about 10 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $12,653.

Zofia Michalik

Taxpyer Information Junior Speciii AFSCME/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,653

Base pay: $12,653
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,653
Hire date: 2008-08-18

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 317aa7e8-da59-4499-98a3-da08fabe4ce8
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6734
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500771

Zofia Michalik holds the role of Taxpyer Information Junior Speciii AFSCME at County Assessor. They have served since 2008 (about 10 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $12,653.

Jolanta Bielski

Erroneous Exemption Specialist/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,468

Base pay: $12,468
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,468
Hire date: 2014-01-06

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 48bc21c4-bd5a-4fc3-a321-212e191e1369
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6428
Office: 1040
Position Id: 1600018

At County Assessor, Jolanta Bielski serves as a Erroneous Exemption Specialist. Hired in 2014, they have about 4 years of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $12,468.

Rosa Yuqui Aguaiza

Erroneous Exemption Specialist/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,468

Base pay: $12,468
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,468
Hire date: 2014-01-06
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 5dcf5543-241b-4fd8-b628-208f82efc599
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6428
Office: 1040
Position Id: 1600020

Rosa Yuqui Aguaiza is a Erroneous Exemption Specialist at County Assessor. Hired in 2014, they have about 4 years of service. 2018 total compensation came to $12,468.

Caroline Castaneda

Support Staff II Assess AFSCME/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,136

Base pay: $12,136
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,136
Hire date: 2011-06-13

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 07d86847-dea2-4bdf-8b27-81bed7e52a9d
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6733
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501098

Caroline Castaneda works as a Support Staff II Assess AFSCME for County Assessor. They have served since 2011 (about 7 years). Caroline earned $12,136 in 2018.

Justin Trizna

Support Staff II Assess AFSCME/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,136

Base pay: $12,136
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,136
Hire date: 2011-06-13
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 126d77dd-3383-49bd-8357-5048b3777569
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6733
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500828

Justin Trizna works as a Support Staff II Assess AFSCME for County Assessor. Hired in 2011, they have about 7 years of service. Justin earned $12,136 in 2018.

John Bellinder

Taxpyer Information Junior Speciii AFSCME/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,136

Base pay: $12,136
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,136
Hire date: 2011-07-25
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 8676e304-dc9e-43c1-87a6-94c126c00254
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6734
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500915

John Bellinder holds the role of Taxpyer Information Junior Speciii AFSCME at County Assessor. Their tenure dates to 2011, about 7 years. In 2018, their total compensation was $12,136.

Tabithia Smith

Support Staff II Assess AFSCME/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$12,136

Base pay: $12,136
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,136
Hire date: 2011-07-18
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 769bb2bf-6e30-42e5-824c-21e2e21f47be
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6733
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500835

Tabithia Smith is a Support Staff II Assess AFSCME at County Assessor. Hired in 2011, they have about 7 years of service. 2018 total compensation came to $12,136.

Erika Rodriguez

Division Junior Analyst I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$11,895

Base pay: $11,895
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,895
Hire date: 2015-06-01

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 13e0ff29-105d-4e88-8e9d-7dfb0bff76e2
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4923
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500918

Erika Rodriguez holds the role of Division Junior Analyst I at County Assessor. Hired in 2015, they have about 3 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $11,895.

John Cunningham

Ind Commercial Field Inspector V/County Assessor

2017 total comp

$11,817

Base pay: $11,817
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,817
Hire date: 1982-06-18
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 7cdd85c1-3682-434b-a623-fae7e0e288c5
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 5089
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501089

John Cunningham is a Ind Commercial Field Inspector V at County Assessor. Hired in 1982, they have about 35 years of service. 2017 total compensation came to $11,817.

Brian O'Callaghan

Senior Automation Coordinator/County Assessor

2016 total comp

$11,574

Base pay: $11,574
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,574
Hire date: 2000-06-05
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: ebbc76b7-78f9-4d99-98e6-89f49d135945
Fiscal Period: 2016Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 5413
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500714

At County Assessor, Brian O'Callaghan serves as a Senior Automation Coordinator. Their tenure dates to 2000, about 16 years. Their 2016 pay totaled $11,574.