Cook County, Illinois / Emergency Management Agency

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Emergency Management Agency

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

The Emergency Management Agency provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2018, this agency had 21 employees with median total compensation of $26,807; the highest distinct record was $43,885.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $573.9K
Employees: 21
Median total: $26,807
Highest record: $43,885

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$244$43,885+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 21 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($26,807) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $27,329 (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

$16,620

$23,314

$26,807

$33,115

$38,040

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $38,040 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $16,620. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Security Specialist Operator

3 · $27,623

Training and Exercise Manager

2 · $13,525

Executive Director

1 · $43,885

Chief Information Security Off

1 · $41,135

Deputy Director of Operations

1 · $38,040

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	$1.5M —	75 —	$20,277 —
2017	$519.1K ▼ 64.8%	32 ▼ 57.3%	$16,252 ▼ 19.8%
2018	$573.9K ▲ 10.6%	21 ▼ 34.4%	$26,807 ▲ 64.9%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Yolanda Harris Sayre

Chief Deputy Director/Emergency Management Agency

2017 total comp

$10,769

Base pay: $10,769
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,769
Hire date: 2016-12-19

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 79bb92f0-27a9-4dcb-85f8-a69db2fd6af6
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 5550
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1001004

Yolanda Harris Sayre holds the role of Chief Deputy Director at Emergency Management Agency. Their tenure dates to 2016, about a year. In 2017, their total compensation was $10,769.

Valarie Hines

Grant Analyst/Emergency Management Agency

2017 total comp

$9,716

Base pay: $9,716
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,716
Hire date: 2013-09-23

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 092b70a3-5efa-42d2-9a60-2de59a76b195
Fiscal Period: 2017Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 223
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1200929

At Emergency Management Agency, Valarie Hines serves as a Grant Analyst. They have served since 2013 (about 4 years). Their 2017 pay totaled $9,716.

Theodore Berger

Chief Deputy Director/Emergency Management Agency

2017 total comp

$9,415

Base pay: $9,415
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,415
Hire date: 2017-10-30
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: f1eeac2d-1042-47ae-a53b-a5e44af91d63
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5550
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1001004

Theodore Berger holds the role of Chief Deputy Director at Emergency Management Agency. They have served since 2017 (under a year). In 2017, their total compensation was $9,415.