Office County Commissioner

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

The Office County Commissioner is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2018, this agency had 10 employees with median total compensation of $20,769; the highest distinct record was $44,753.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $239.2K
Employees: 10
Median total: $20,769
Highest record: $44,753

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$13,420$44,753+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 10 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($20,769) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $23,921 (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

$14,300

$16,608

$20,769

$31,135

$31,763

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $31,763 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $14,300. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Secretary of the Board

1 · $44,753

Business Manager III

1 · $31,763

Deputy Secretary of the Board

1 · $31,135

Legislative Reference Coordin

1 · $29,085

Legislative Coordinator II

1 · $21,742

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	$225.9K —	10 —	$21,162 —
2017	$247K ▲ 9.4%	11 ▲ 10.0%	$19,763 ▼ 6.6%
2018	$239.2K ▼ 3.2%	10 ▼ 9.1%	$20,769 ▲ 5.1%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Paula Henley

Business Manager III/Office County Commissioner

2018 total comp

$31,763

Base pay: $31,763
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $31,763
Hire date: 1996-08-12
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: b0155183-71af-4af2-ae59-061f214c2393
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 253
Office: 1018
Position Id: 9500446

At Office County Commissioner, Paula Henley serves as a Business Manager III. Their tenure dates to 1996, about 22 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $31,763.