Planning & Development

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

The Planning & Development supports housing and community development — affordable housing, planning, and neighborhood programs.

In 2018, this agency had 21 employees with median total compensation of $24,231; the highest distinct record was $40,264.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $484.9K
Employees: 21
Median total: $24,231
Highest record: $40,264

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$875$40,265+

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 ($24,231) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $23,092 (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

$8,022

$20,309

$24,231

$27,481

$34,132

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $34,132 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $8,022. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Project Director

4 · $25,771

Administrative Analyst IV

3 · $24,022

Grant Analyst

2 · $26,385

Economic Development Program Manager

2 · $15,086

Director of Community Develop & Planning

1 · $40,264

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	$429K —	20 —	$21,813 —
2017	$501.2K ▲ 16.8%	20 ±0%	$24,067 ▲ 10.3%
2018	$484.9K ▼ 3.2%	21 ▲ 5.0%	$24,231 ▲ 0.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Joselynne Gardner

Special Assistant for Legal Affairs/Planning & Development

2016 total comp

$5,462

Base pay: $5,462
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $5,462
Hire date: 2004-06-01
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 8083939e-28d1-4000-8c4c-fc4f41c1b483
Fiscal Period: 2016Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 5531
Office: 1013
Position Id: 1000987

At Planning & Development, Joselynne Gardner serves as a Special Assistant for Legal Affairs. They have served since 2004 (about 12 years). Their 2016 pay totaled $5,462.