Cook County, Illinois / State's Attorney

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State's Attorney

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

The State's Attorney is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2018, this agency had 70 employees with median total compensation of $2,506; the highest distinct record was $27,866.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $309.7K
Employees: 70
Median total: $2,506
Highest record: $27,866

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$808$27,117+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 70 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($2,506) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $4,424 (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

$1,857

$2,345

$2,506

$3,660

$7,680

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $7,680 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $1,857. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Assistant State's Attorney

25 · $3,608

Administrative Assistant II

14 · $2,462

Administrative Assistant IV

5 · $3,115

Administrative Assistant III

5 · $2,845

Law Clerk I

4 · $2,087

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	$1.5M —	84 —	$16,523 —
2017	$2M ▲ 37.0%	111 ▲ 32.1%	$17,232 ▲ 4.3%
2018	$309.7K ▼ 84.8%	70 ▼ 36.9%	$2,506 ▼ 85.5%

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.

States Attorney Cook County, Illinois92% match
States Attorneys Office (006) City of Baltimore87% match

Record list

Employees

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Diane Meyer

Assistant State's Attorney/State's Attorney

2017 total comp

$12,103

Base pay: $12,103
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,103
Hire date: 1985-10-16
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 4aa2fe70-f5f2-4e36-8132-1e685d4aa944
Fiscal Period: 2017Q3
Fiscal Quarter: 3
Job Code: 1147
Position Id: 9932099

Diane Meyer holds the role of Assistant State's Attorney at State's Attorney. Their tenure dates to 1985, about 32 years. In 2017, their total compensation was $12,103.

Jacqueline Calderon

Clerk V/State's Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,994

Base pay: $11,994
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,994
Hire date: 1991-12-30

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 26270607-b97e-4a19-ac60-59a36860ab4f
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 907
Office: 1250
Position Id: 1800086

Jacqueline Calderon holds the role of Clerk V at State's Attorney. Their tenure dates to 1991, about 27 years. In 2018, their total compensation was $11,994.