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

Mary Patsilivas

Taxpayer Information Specialist III/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$9,655

Base pay: $9,655
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,655
Hire date: 2003-04-21
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: df12e038-a774-4416-9663-621764a4208b
Fiscal Period: 2018Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 4939
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500807

At County Assessor, Mary Patsilivas serves as a Taxpayer Information Specialist III. Hired in 2003, they have about 15 years of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $9,655.

Krystle Williams

Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I/County Assessor

2016 total comp

$9,604

Base pay: $9,604
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,604
Hire date: 2006-08-07
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 0b7ae6b6-ee22-44ff-aeec-ae0e27afd842
Fiscal Period: 2016Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 4884
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500855

Krystle Williams holds the role of Ic Valuations Junior Analyst I at County Assessor. They have served since 2006 (about 10 years). In 2016, their total compensation was $9,604.

Lynne Morelli

Residential Senior Field Inspector III/County Assessor

2017 total comp

$9,161

Base pay: $9,161
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,161
Hire date: 1999-04-26
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 7b0a4613-604d-44f4-93ff-c99a439716b9
Fiscal Period: 2017Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5051
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500730

Lynne Morelli holds the role of Residential Senior Field Inspector III at County Assessor. Hired in 1999, they have about 18 years of service. In 2017, their total compensation was $9,161.

Paula Saldana

Taxpayer Information Junior Specialist/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$8,808

Base pay: $8,808
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,808
Hire date: 2016-12-27

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 2c034fee-e927-4588-986f-ce0ce4f65c5c
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4910
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500768

Paula Saldana holds the role of Taxpayer Information Junior Specialist at County Assessor. Hired in 2016, they have about 2 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $8,808.

Sydney Gillis

Support Staff Iii-Assessor/County Assessor

2018 total comp

$8,796

Base pay: $8,796
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,796
Hire date: 1972-02-16

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 1e219825-913b-4398-bef8-47376670fc25
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 4909
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500707

Sydney Gillis is a Support Staff Iii-Assessor at County Assessor. Their tenure dates to 1972, about 46 years. 2018 total compensation came to $8,796.

Carl Rice

Support Staff II Assess AFSCME/County Assessor

2017 total comp

$8,609

Base pay: $8,609
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,609
Hire date: 2016-06-13

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: a61da68e-cced-4e9b-ad10-4fe8185e989b
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 6733
Office: 1040
Position Id: 9500849

Carl Rice works as a Support Staff II Assess AFSCME for County Assessor. They have served since 2016 (about a year). Carl earned $8,609 in 2017.