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

Jorge Mercado

Taxpayer Advocate Analyst I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,773

Base pay: $16,773
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,773
Hire date: 2008-05-11
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 4fc201e6-1224-4b2a-8e20-aa50da0ab21d
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4982
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500899

Jorge Mercado is a Taxpayer Advocate Analyst I at County Assessor. Hired in 2008, they have about 10 years of service. 2018 total compensation came to $16,773.

Brian O'Connell

Residential Junior Analyst/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,517

Base pay: $16,517
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,517
Hire date: 1997-07-28
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 68fc4bff-bfd5-41df-8829-5641f906d0f7
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4954
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500979

At County Assessor, Brian O'Connell serves as a Residential Junior Analyst. Hired in 1997, they have about 21 years of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $16,517.

Frank Wojkowski

Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,411

Base pay: $16,411
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,411
Hire date: 2000-06-19
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 5ac31a50-c80b-40ea-9def-e9fdec3f0f96
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4884
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500901

Frank Wojkowski is a Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I at County Assessor. They have served since 2000 (about 18 years). 2018 total compensation came to $16,411.

Michelle Radeni

Suport Staff VI - Assessor/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,411

Base pay: $16,411
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,411
Hire date: 1991-02-25

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: d6c7cc84-6000-4f13-9e1e-7fb7c142f4c3
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4960
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500716

Michelle Radeni holds the role of Suport Staff VI - Assessor at County Assessor. Hired in 1991, they have about 27 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $16,411.

Basil Clausen

Resident Junior Field Inspector II/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,411

Base pay: $16,411
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,411
Hire date: 1994-06-18

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 6c86fa0d-af1f-40a3-9ed4-7d3d40dbf6f6
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4955
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500857

Basil Clausen holds the role of Resident Junior Field Inspector II at County Assessor. Hired in 1994, they have about 24 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $16,411.

Ann Tassone

Taxpayer Information Specialist IV/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,411

Base pay: $16,411
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,411
Hire date: 2001-04-23
Middle name: V

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 9b11766b-3163-4212-b46c-019319d909c9
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4962
Office: 1040
Position Id: 912

Ann Tassone holds the role of Taxpayer Information Specialist IV at County Assessor. Hired in 2001, they have about 17 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $16,411.

Meghan Herzic

Ind Community Junior Field Inspector I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,411

Base pay: $16,411
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,411
Hire date: 1998-05-26
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 00eb8b04-a480-4d64-95de-7dc390d301d3
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4948
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501058

Meghan Herzic is a Ind Community Junior Field Inspector I at County Assessor. Hired in 1998, they have about 20 years of service. 2018 total compensation came to $16,411.

Maureen Connelly

Taxpayer Information Senior Specialist Grp Ldr/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,411

Base pay: $16,411
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,411
Hire date: 1998-09-28
Middle name: V

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 990453d9-f735-4b2d-af41-b44d653c6be1
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4961
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501155

At County Assessor, Maureen Connelly serves as a Taxpayer Information Senior Specialist Grp Ldr. They have served since 1998 (about 20 years). Their 2018 pay totaled $16,411.

Earnest Wallace

Taxpayer Information Senior Specialist II/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,411

Base pay: $16,411
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,411
Hire date: 2002-08-12

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 8d5b7474-f463-4be1-9018-59b33026342b
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4886
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501064

At County Assessor, Earnest Wallace serves as a Taxpayer Information Senior Specialist II. Their tenure dates to 2002, about 16 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $16,411.

Ja'Lisa Golliday

Human Resources Generalist/County Assessor

2017 total comp

$16,280

Base pay: $16,280
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,280
Hire date: 2017-06-26
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 57e9f53d-f26a-4140-8819-d6900bd43789
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5136
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501000

Ja'Lisa Golliday holds the role of Human Resources Generalist at County Assessor. They have served since 2017 (under a year). In 2017, their total compensation was $16,280.

Sharyce Ousley

Human Resources Generalist/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,280

Base pay: $16,280
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,280
Hire date: 2017-06-26
Middle name: Y

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 08a155f9-db58-4522-9974-0664698f78c3
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5136
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501090

Sharyce Ousley works as a Human Resources Generalist for County Assessor. They have served since 2017 (about a year). Sharyce earned $16,280 in 2018.

Ja'Lisa Golliday

Human Resources Generalist/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,280

Base pay: $16,280
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,280
Hire date: 2017-06-26
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 57e9f53d-f26a-4140-8819-d6900bd43789
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5136
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501000

Ja'Lisa Golliday is a Human Resources Generalist at County Assessor. Hired in 2017, they have about a year of service. 2018 total compensation came to $16,280.

Sharyce Ousley

Human Resources Generalist/County Assessor

2017 total comp

$16,266

Base pay: $16,266
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,266
Hire date: 2017-06-26
Middle name: Y

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 08a155f9-db58-4522-9974-0664698f78c3
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5136
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501090

Sharyce Ousley holds the role of Human Resources Generalist at County Assessor. They have served since 2017 (under a year). In 2017, their total compensation was $16,266.

Rita Allen

Residential Junior Analyst/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,239

Base pay: $16,239
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,239
Hire date: 1999-01-04
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 01366686-96a5-4903-b73d-928121a2709f
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4954
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500974

At County Assessor, Rita Allen serves as a Residential Junior Analyst. Their tenure dates to 1999, about 19 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $16,239.

Lisa Hamidani

Taxpayer Information Senior Special I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,050

Base pay: $16,050
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,050
Hire date: 1994-03-08
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: bbe9a0b0-3dbd-45d5-aafb-9e3243ef5282
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4938
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500869

Lisa Hamidani is a Taxpayer Information Senior Special I at County Assessor. They have served since 1994 (about 24 years). 2018 total compensation came to $16,050.

Mary Johnson

Support Staff V - Assessor/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,050

Base pay: $16,050
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,050
Hire date: 1993-06-01
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 01e566c7-d5ae-4987-9339-f495d2cbf047
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4937
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500926

Mary Johnson works as a Support Staff V - Assessor for County Assessor. Their tenure dates to 1993, about 25 years. Mary earned $16,050 in 2018.

Diana Strong

Support Staff V - Assessor/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,050

Base pay: $16,050
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,050
Hire date: 1992-04-20
Middle name: W

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: d8981915-946d-4ff6-a5b0-2a0557ba8c6e
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4937
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9501068

Diana Strong is a Support Staff V - Assessor at County Assessor. Hired in 1992, they have about 26 years of service. 2018 total compensation came to $16,050.

Bernadette Bachelder

Residential Permit Analyst III/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,050

Base pay: $16,050
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,050
Hire date: 1988-11-16
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: dbae2519-e552-48d6-b0d8-3c113620ace7
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4934
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500936

Bernadette Bachelder holds the role of Residential Permit Analyst III at County Assessor. Their tenure dates to 1988, about 30 years. In 2018, their total compensation was $16,050.

Trek'A Jones

Taxpayer Information Senior Special I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,050

Base pay: $16,050
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,050
Hire date: 1993-05-17
Middle name: T

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 584bc359-3735-4dc2-b8ac-b7a0ff72b120
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4938
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500933

Trek'A Jones is a Taxpayer Information Senior Special I at County Assessor. Their tenure dates to 1993, about 25 years. 2018 total compensation came to $16,050.

W.E Morrow Jr

Support Staff V - Assessor/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,050

Base pay: $16,050
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,050
Hire date: 1992-02-10

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 5c6c0303-48d4-4933-adb3-e8b810ad0a57
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4937
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500919

W.E Morrow Jr holds the role of Support Staff V - Assessor at County Assessor. They have served since 1992 (about 26 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $16,050.

Priscilla Zepeda

Liaison to Foreign Lang Community/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,050

Base pay: $16,050
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,050
Hire date: 1991-06-19

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 262c52d4-0d35-48f1-8231-34982131e495
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4927
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500790

Priscilla Zepeda is a Liaison to Foreign Lang Community at County Assessor. They have served since 1991 (about 27 years). 2018 total compensation came to $16,050.

Maria Ceron

Exempt Analyst I - Assessor/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,009

Base pay: $16,009
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,009
Hire date: 2006-08-07
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: c0c25835-9fe2-4c13-8769-981c09f9cb9b
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4946
Office: 1040
Position Id: 800026

Maria Ceron is a Exempt Analyst I - Assessor at County Assessor. They have served since 2006 (about 12 years). 2018 total compensation came to $16,009.

Olivia Calderon

Ind Community Junior Field Inspector I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,009

Base pay: $16,009
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,009
Hire date: 2003-02-10

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 886d8423-b914-45f1-b28d-2e4b23d8c0a9
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4948
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500799

Olivia Calderon is a Ind Community Junior Field Inspector I at County Assessor. They have served since 2003 (about 15 years). 2018 total compensation came to $16,009.

Lekeela Rodgers

Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,009

Base pay: $16,009
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,009
Hire date: 2005-07-05
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 9c9eebce-d608-42ad-90c7-d56d94248fa1
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4884
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500718

Lekeela Rodgers is a Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I at County Assessor. They have served since 2005 (about 13 years). 2018 total compensation came to $16,009.

Crystal Sims

Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$16,008

Base pay: $16,008
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,008
Hire date: 2005-09-19
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: eba5f78b-7fd8-47ab-819f-8e586cbc5a43
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4884
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500858

Crystal Sims is a Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I at County Assessor. Their tenure dates to 2005, about 13 years. 2018 total compensation came to $16,008.

Michael Cortesi

Ind Community Junior Field Inspector I/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$15,581

Base pay: $15,581
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,581
Hire date: 2011-07-11
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 5a1e2715-4ca0-4e2e-a38a-a8e6056ce871
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4948
Office: 1040
Position Id: 800018

Michael Cortesi works as a Ind Community Junior Field Inspector I for County Assessor. They have served since 2011 (about 7 years). Michael earned $15,581 in 2018.

Sharice Landor Penson

Residential Junior Analyst/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$15,581

Base pay: $15,581
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,581
Hire date: 1986-09-22
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: dcd91815-6887-442c-9e98-0eec7ee6d0e7
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4954
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500975

Sharice Landor Penson is a Residential Junior Analyst at County Assessor. They have served since 1986 (about 32 years). 2018 total compensation came to $15,581.