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
She Cdc-M Offend Management Key Metro Nashville45% match
Maine Correctional Center Maine44% match
Jail Allegheny County, Pennsylvania44% match

Record list

Employees

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Robert Harmening

Research Associate/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$13,809

Base pay: $13,809
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,809
Hire date: 2015-10-19
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 9353a81a-e9e0-44c1-8486-5b6d04ab59c9
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1850
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9503207

Robert Harmening holds the role of Research Associate at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 3 years. In 2018, their total compensation was $13,809.

Comanica Singleton

Administrative Assistant II/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$13,642

Base pay: $13,642
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,642
Hire date: 2015-04-20

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 71b66b07-1caf-414f-af22-e0c0d8f0960d
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 47
Office: 1214
Position Id: 1500178

Comanica Singleton holds the role of Administrative Assistant II at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 3 years. In 2018, their total compensation was $13,642.

Kenneth Czulno

Business Manager V/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$13,628

Base pay: $13,628
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,628
Hire date: 1992-03-09
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 26b001d7-9a72-43e0-a8c9-4f246b1787ae
Fiscal Period: 2018Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 6096
Office: 1214
Position Id: 3130

Kenneth Czulno holds the role of Business Manager V at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Hired in 1992, they have about 26 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $13,628.

Mandy Killacky

Administrative Assistant III/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$13,371

Base pay: $13,371
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,371
Hire date: 2011-10-11

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: e3cb8ab8-7128-4576-9bd0-6bbf564e2d6f
Fiscal Period: 2018Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 48
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9507271

Mandy Killacky works as a Administrative Assistant III for Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Their tenure dates to 2011, about 7 years. Mandy earned $13,371 in 2018.