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

Andrew Patrick

Cyber Secretary Threat Intel Analyst/Emergency Management Agency

2016 total comp

$21,404

Base pay: $21,404
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $21,404
Hire date: 2015-12-07
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 6667d688-f299-4281-88e4-6843a40eb95e
Fiscal Period: 2016Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6470
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1500571

Andrew Patrick is a Cyber Secretary Threat Intel Analyst at Emergency Management Agency. Their tenure dates to 2015, about a year. 2016 total compensation came to $21,404.

Michael Herbstman

Director of Financial Control III/Emergency Management Agency

2016 total comp

$21,394

Base pay: $21,394
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $21,394
Hire date: 2015-03-30
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 99d35918-0d7d-421b-8fd7-2d9c4c5db188
Fiscal Period: 2016Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 112
Office: 1265
Position Id: 9500263

Michael Herbstman holds the role of Director of Financial Control III at Emergency Management Agency. Hired in 2015, they have about a year of service. In 2016, their total compensation was $21,394.

Monique Caston

Grant Coordinator/Emergency Management Agency

2018 total comp

$20,684

Base pay: $20,684
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $20,684
Hire date: 2017-06-12
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 178d22de-9228-475f-ad89-3a0c71265f63
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1719
Office: 1265
Position Id: 956523

Monique Caston is a Grant Coordinator at Emergency Management Agency. They have served since 2017 (about a year). 2018 total compensation came to $20,684.

Monique Caston

Grant Coordinator/Emergency Management Agency

2017 total comp

$20,581

Base pay: $20,581
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $20,581
Hire date: 2017-06-12
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 178d22de-9228-475f-ad89-3a0c71265f63
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1719
Office: 1265
Position Id: 956523

At Emergency Management Agency, Monique Caston serves as a Grant Coordinator. They have served since 2017 (under a year). Their 2017 pay totaled $20,581.

Eric Bryant

Critical Infrastructure Manager/Emergency Management Agency

2016 total comp

$20,306

Base pay: $20,306
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $20,306
Hire date: 2015-10-05
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: ad5facf9-9c54-498a-9c90-f8df91e2c9a6
Fiscal Period: 2016Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 5792
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1200758

Eric Bryant holds the role of Critical Infrastructure Manager at Emergency Management Agency. Their tenure dates to 2015, about a year. In 2016, their total compensation was $20,306.