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

Page 1

Michele Morris

Director II/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$27,348

Base pay: $27,348
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $27,348
Hire date: 2015-11-02
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: c183716a-3e0b-4675-a313-1d9da9c9fa92
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 5857
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9502674

At Sheriff's Administrative and HR, Michele Morris serves as a Director II. Hired in 2015, they have about 3 years of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $27,348.

Carole Mcfadden

Executive Legal Assistant/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$27,077

Base pay: $27,077
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $27,077
Hire date: 1999-09-27
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: d4fd1cab-7af5-4d8b-b780-fcffca660a81
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6107
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9503205

At Sheriff's Administrative and HR, Carole Mcfadden serves as a Executive Legal Assistant. Their tenure dates to 1999, about 19 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $27,077.

Richard Petersen

Road Equipment Operator/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$27,048

Base pay: $27,048
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $27,048
Hire date: 2002-02-11
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: cee5affa-2d3d-49c0-a747-94c80ab18303
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 2372
Office: 1214
Position Id: 1200070

At Sheriff's Administrative and HR, Richard Petersen serves as a Road Equipment Operator. Their tenure dates to 2002, about 16 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $27,048.

Joshua Strominski

Road Equipment Operator/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$27,048

Base pay: $27,048
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $27,048
Hire date: 2015-04-20
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 7bce91c7-6985-4136-90d3-b5e9953834e5
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 2372
Office: 1214
Position Id: 2662

Joshua Strominski holds the role of Road Equipment Operator at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 3 years. In 2018, their total compensation was $27,048.

Samuel Randall

Director - Sheriff/Sheriff's Administrative and HR

2018 total comp

$26,507

Base pay: $26,507
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $26,507
Hire date: 2016-11-14
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 23f85767-f327-4a0e-b743-7af47f5b23b1
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 708
Office: 1214
Position Id: 9502638

Samuel Randall is a Director - Sheriff at Sheriff's Administrative and HR. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 2 years. 2018 total compensation came to $26,507.