Department of Human Resources

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

The Department of Human Resources provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2018, this agency had 38 employees with median total compensation of $20,125; the highest distinct record was $43,960.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $822.9K
Employees: 38
Median total: $20,125
Highest record: $43,960

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$3,721$38,258+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 38 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($20,125) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $21,655 (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

$13,809

$16,943

$20,125

$25,505

$32,308

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $32,308 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,809. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Recruitment & Select Analyst

4 · $17,287

Labor Counsel

2 · $23,451

Class & Compensation Analyst

2 · $21,139

Administrative Assistant IV

2 · $17,830

Labor Liaison Officer

2 · $11,520

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	$1.1M —	67 —	$16,040 —
2017	$990.6K ▼ 13.8%	61 ▼ 9.0%	$16,608 ▲ 3.5%
2018	$822.9K ▼ 16.9%	38 ▼ 37.7%	$20,125 ▲ 21.2%

Record list

Employees

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Tobenna Egwu

Manager Training/Development/Department of Human Resources

2017 total comp

$22,500

Base pay: $22,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $22,500
Hire date: 2017-08-28
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: ff9ad8f6-bbba-464d-a4df-cd9aa18e2cad
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 760
Office: 1032
Position Id: 9500664

At Department of Human Resources, Tobenna Egwu serves as a Manager Training/Development. They have served since 2017 (under a year). Their 2017 pay totaled $22,500.