County Treasurer

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

The County Treasurer manages public finances — collecting revenue and taxes, budgeting, accounting, and financial oversight.

In 2018, this agency had 78 employees with median total compensation of $20,687; the highest distinct record was $44,021.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $1.7M
Employees: 78
Median total: $20,687
Highest record: $44,021

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$1,248$44,021+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 78 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($20,687) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $22,121 (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

$11,748

$16,888

$20,687

$28,179

$33,654

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $33,654 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,748. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Administrative Analyst I

11 · $16,644

Administrative Assistant IV

6 · $20,997

Administrative Assistant III

6 · $18,226

Systems Analyst V

4 · $33,387

Accountant III

4 · $14,003

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	$1.9M —	107 —	$17,545 —
2017	$1.9M ▲ 0.9%	112 ▲ 4.7%	$17,373 ▼ 1.0%
2018	$1.7M ▼ 9.7%	78 ▼ 30.4%	$20,687 ▲ 19.1%

Record list

Employees

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David Myers

Director of Financial Control III/County Treasurer

2018 total comp

$32,081

Base pay: $32,081
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $32,081
Hire date: 2016-01-25
Middle name: G

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 70f943d8-fa45-4a1c-8d03-b0a90f05b193
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 112
Office: 1060
Position Id: 9501362

David Myers is a Director of Financial Control III at County Treasurer. They have served since 2016 (about 2 years). 2018 total compensation came to $32,081.