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

Jenelle Birchmeier

Grant Analyst/Emergency Management Agency

2016 total comp

$4,989

Base pay: $4,989
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,989
Hire date: 2015-03-09
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: fa45630c-16f5-4c2c-ae1a-c4860297ff52
Fiscal Period: 2016Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 223
Office: 1265
Position Id: 1200929

At Emergency Management Agency, Jenelle Birchmeier serves as a Grant Analyst. Their tenure dates to 2015, about a year. Their 2016 pay totaled $4,989.

Dalia Labrador

Clerk IV/Emergency Management Agency

2016 total comp

$4,804

Base pay: $4,804
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,804
Hire date: 2016-06-13

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 25aa4b8d-a252-4156-9c5d-2efb9c847367
Fiscal Period: 2016Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 906
Office: 1265
Position Id: 976701

Dalia Labrador works as a Clerk IV for Emergency Management Agency. Hired in 2016, they have under a year of service. Dalia earned $4,804 in 2016.

Leniseal Wadley

Grant Coordinator/Emergency Management Agency

2017 total comp

$4,410

Base pay: $4,410
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $4,410
Hire date: 2015-02-23
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 65cb3212-546a-4bbf-b545-66c40f94c7b2
Fiscal Period: 2017Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1719
Office: 1265
Position Id: 956523

Leniseal Wadley works as a Grant Coordinator for Emergency Management Agency. Hired in 2015, they have about 2 years of service. Leniseal earned $4,410 in 2017.