Cook County, Illinois / Sheriff's Administrative and HR

Agency file

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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Lauren Speigel

Student Administrative Aide/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2016 total comp

$2,445

Base pay: $2,445
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,445
Hire date: 2016-01-11
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 5171b3d1-cf62-4cb3-93fa-5a92570d5ec1
Fiscal Period: 2016Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 79
Office: 1214
Position Id: 1500083

Lauren Speigel holds the role of Student Administrative Aide at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Hired in 2016, they have under a year of service. In 2016, their total compensation was $2,445.

Latesha Tubbs

Administrative Support IV/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2017 total comp

$2,291

Base pay: $2,291
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,291
Hire date: 2014-11-17
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 9327861c-ca28-438f-98fe-4b3e4a10cd1d
Fiscal Period: 2017Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 5800
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9504998

Latesha Tubbs is a Administrative Support IV at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. They have served since 2014 (about 3 years). 2017 total compensation came to $2,291.

Cherie Travis

Assistant General Counsel II/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2016 total comp

$1,441

Base pay: $1,441
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $1,441
Hire date: 2013-04-22

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 0953780e-9567-4bac-abcb-91d4dc2b036d
Fiscal Period: 2016Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5848
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9504252

Cherie Travis works as a Assistant General Counsel II for Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Hired in 2013, they have about 3 years of service. Cherie earned $1,441 in 2016.