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

Vicki Wilson

Director of Financial Control III/Emergency Management Agency

2017 total comp

$18,424

Base pay: $18,424
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $18,424
Hire date: 2017-03-20
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: fb9cead6-a3f0-4fec-9fcf-2a6459ec0d92
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 112
Office: 1265
Position Id: 9500263

At Emergency Management Agency, Vicki Wilson serves as a Director of Financial Control III. Hired in 2017, they have under a year of service. Their 2017 pay totaled $18,424.

Brian Drake

Technical Security Manager Dhsem/Emergency Management Agency

2016 total comp

$18,276

Base pay: $18,276
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $18,276
Hire date: 2013-09-09

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 7e8c3197-86e6-4490-9b7f-279f4034d091
Fiscal Period: 2016Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 5902
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1300138

Brian Drake holds the role of Technical Security Manager Dhsem at Emergency Management Agency. They have served since 2013 (about 3 years). In 2016, their total compensation was $18,276.

Maria Salgado

Executive Assistant I/Emergency Management Agency

2018 total comp

$17,284

Base pay: $17,284
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $17,284
Hire date: 2013-07-08
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: abc52beb-2bc1-420b-81ad-b5d3ff9cb190
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5818
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1400713

Maria Salgado is a Executive Assistant I at Emergency Management Agency. They have served since 2013 (about 5 years). 2018 total compensation came to $17,284.

Pamela Thomas Hall

Grant Analyst/Emergency Management Agency

2018 total comp

$16,620

Base pay: $16,620
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,620
Hire date: 2000-09-13
Middle name: F

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 01821679-f1f0-4e5d-bed6-bbc554ad4521
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 223
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1200929

At Emergency Management Agency, Pamela Thomas Hall serves as a Grant Analyst. Their tenure dates to 2000, about 18 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $16,620.