Cook County, Illinois / Sheriff's Administrative and HR

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Sheriff's Administrative and HR

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

The Sheriff's Administrative and HR provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.

In 2018, this agency had 226 employees with median total compensation of $15,707; the highest distinct record was $31,218.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $3.2M
Employees: 226
Median total: $15,707
Highest record: $31,218

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$40$30,228+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 226 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($15,707) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $14,150 (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

$4,397

$5,707

$15,707

$21,003

$24,263

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $24,263 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $4,397. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Administrative Assistant III

35 · $16,125

26 · $20,244

15 · $16,554

13 · $27,875

6 · $16,888

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	$6.3M —	349 —	$18,002 —
2017	$6.5M ▲ 3.1%	350 ▲ 0.3%	$18,780 ▲ 4.3%
2018	$3.2M ▼ 50.5%	226 ▼ 35.4%	$15,707 ▼ 16.4%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Sheriff Administrative & HR Cook County, Illinois53% match
Pps Prisons City of Philadelphia45% match
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas45% match
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Maine Correctional Center Maine44% match
Jail Allegheny County, Pennsylvania44% match

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Jontia Pegues

Assistant General Counsel I/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2017 total comp

$10,954

Base pay: $10,954
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,954
Hire date: 2016-05-31
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 6d320098-7bc7-413c-8399-1cefe9d40bd6
Fiscal Period: 2017Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5847
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9507349

Jontia Pegues is a Assistant General Counsel I at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. They have served since 2016 (about a year). 2017 total compensation came to $10,954.

Andrea Plenty

Information Coordinator/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2017 total comp

$10,563

Base pay: $10,563
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,563
Hire date: 2016-05-16

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 6fbf2234-1d8a-45e8-a467-839ef9b7801b
Fiscal Period: 2017Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6459
Office: 1214
Position Id: 1500163

Andrea Plenty is a Information Coordinator at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Hired in 2016, they have about a year of service. 2017 total compensation came to $10,563.

Cynthia Walker

Systems Analyst II/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2017 total comp

$10,522

Base pay: $10,522
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,522
Hire date: 2004-04-19
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 3c81f815-0372-4657-9686-d9c9f368b3d6
Fiscal Period: 2017Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 1111
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9507774

Cynthia Walker holds the role of Systems Analyst II at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Hired in 2004, they have about 13 years of service. In 2017, their total compensation was $10,522.

Sean Heffernan

General Counsel-Sheriff/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$10,355

Base pay: $10,355
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,355
Hire date: 2007-11-13
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 22aed2b8-ec9b-48ee-8882-b4006accee49
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5263
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9504238

Sean Heffernan works as a General Counsel-Sheriff for Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Hired in 2007, they have about 11 years of service. Sean earned $10,355 in 2018.

Hillary Krauchun

Administrative Support II/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$10,314

Base pay: $10,314
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,314
Hire date: 2007-06-11

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: f3926229-a460-4fea-ba16-2208dd548b8b
Fiscal Period: 2018Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 5798
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9505541

Hillary Krauchun holds the role of Administrative Support II at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Their tenure dates to 2007, about 11 years. In 2018, their total compensation was $10,314.

Daniel Tardy

Quality Improvement Auditor/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$10,307

Base pay: $10,307
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,307
Hire date: 2016-06-06
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 1a6202e6-6582-4305-aa23-26ed19c6825a
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 7104
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9504075

Daniel Tardy is a Quality Improvement Auditor at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 2 years. 2018 total compensation came to $10,307.

Arthur Moreno

Administrative Assistant II/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2017 total comp

$10,291

Base pay: $10,291
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,291
Hire date: 2003-04-07
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 426834f1-6e8d-4184-9e67-d23530b43b49
Fiscal Period: 2017Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 47
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9505004

At Sheriff's Administrative and HR, Arthur Moreno serves as a Administrative Assistant II. They have served since 2003 (about 14 years). Their 2017 pay totaled $10,291.

Robert Dombrowski

Drug Testing Supervisor/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2017 total comp

$10,171

Base pay: $10,171
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,171
Hire date: 2012-05-07

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: c46ad636-e07d-4aa9-87d4-eed0e1f679da
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 1309
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9502675

Robert Dombrowski is a Drug Testing Supervisor at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Hired in 2012, they have about 5 years of service. 2017 total compensation came to $10,171.