Agency file

States Attorney

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

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

In 2018, this agency had 1,127 employees with median total compensation of $19,386; the highest distinct record was $52,909.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $24.4M
Employees: 1,127
Median total: $19,386
Highest record: $52,909

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$71$38,555+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 1,127 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($19,386) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $21,610 (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

$11,173

$16,412

$19,386

$28,040

$33,890

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $33,890 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,173. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Assistant State's Attorney

707 · $23,314

Investigator II Sa

56 · $25,853

Administrative Assistant II

52 · $16,822

Clerk V

52 · $12,995

Investigator I State's Attorney

25 · $18,521

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	$27.1M —	1,371 —	$18,443 —
2017	$25.7M ▼ 4.9%	1,242 ▼ 9.4%	$18,824 ▲ 2.1%
2018	$24.4M ▼ 5.4%	1,127 ▼ 9.3%	$19,386 ▲ 3.0%

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 Attorneys Office (006) City of Baltimore98% match
State's Attorney Cook County, Illinois92% match

Record list

Employees

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Michael Pasquinelli

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2016 total comp

$11,665

Base pay: $11,665
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,665
Hire date: 2004-06-28
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 606e4fc8-40ba-4fa0-a2ee-3500e99d5fb9
Fiscal Period: 2016Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9930701

At States Attorney, Michael Pasquinelli serves as a Assistant State's Attorney. Hired in 2004, they have about 12 years of service. Their 2016 pay totaled $11,665.

Jeremiah Davis

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2016 total comp

$11,624

Base pay: $11,624
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,624
Hire date: 2010-03-15

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 35b693eb-9d60-4c87-aa0b-19230deed652
Fiscal Period: 2016Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9509998

Jeremiah Davis works as a Assistant State's Attorney for States Attorney. Hired in 2010, they have about 6 years of service. Jeremiah earned $11,624 in 2016.

Tina Serio

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2017 total comp

$11,605

Base pay: $11,605
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,605
Hire date: 2001-08-13
Middle name: L.

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 0b5f9ab9-a2d9-4b19-8ad1-5da59ffe03aa
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9509985

Tina Serio holds the role of Assistant State's Attorney at States Attorney. They have served since 2001 (about 16 years). In 2017, their total compensation was $11,605.

Harold Johnson

Administrative Assistant V/States Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,590

Base pay: $11,590
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,590
Hire date: 2016-04-04

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: eecf7f01-0965-4b7a-90fc-1f725cadfb03
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 51
Office: 1250
Position Id: 1400426

Harold Johnson is a Administrative Assistant V at States Attorney. They have served since 2016 (about 2 years). 2018 total compensation came to $11,590.

Lauren Brown

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2017 total comp

$11,548

Base pay: $11,548
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,548
Hire date: 1987-06-01
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: b9278428-7d76-4910-b0bb-eb1ac1802f9e
Fiscal Period: 2017Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9510103

Lauren Brown is a Assistant State's Attorney at States Attorney. Hired in 1987, they have about 30 years of service. 2017 total compensation came to $11,548.

Timothy Cerven

Investigator II Sa/States Attorney

2017 total comp

$11,492

Base pay: $11,492
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,492
Hire date: 2017-09-05
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: c4c8d2af-49be-4f89-8c8d-3b454d57fd81
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 695
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9510389

Timothy Cerven holds the role of Investigator II Sa at States Attorney. They have served since 2017 (under a year). In 2017, their total compensation was $11,492.

Gabriel Zapata

Investigator I State's Attorney/States Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,456

Base pay: $11,456
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,456
Hire date: 2006-06-12
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 8f7acb5a-ea86-4260-b4da-28809faf210b
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 695
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9510407

Gabriel Zapata holds the role of Investigator I State's Attorney at States Attorney. They have served since 2006 (about 12 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $11,456.

Rory Quinn

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,441

Base pay: $11,441
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,441
Hire date: 2014-06-16
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 1f5ec3b5-8437-4932-8197-6881e78ec0e5
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9511038

At States Attorney, Rory Quinn serves as a Assistant State's Attorney. They have served since 2014 (about 4 years). Their 2018 pay totaled $11,441.

Cynthia Hahn

Clerk V/States Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,433

Base pay: $11,433
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,433
Hire date: 2014-04-07

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 92023cb9-382b-463c-99da-a737c1d09d40
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 907
Office: 1250
Position Id: 1400242

At States Attorney, Cynthia Hahn serves as a Clerk V. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 4 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $11,433.

Panha Mien

Assistant to Chief of Administrative Service II/States Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,427

Base pay: $11,427
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,427
Hire date: 2018-04-30

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: aa9862dd-c15b-4ec0-9ae8-b0f5380628cc
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 625
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9510475

Panha Mien works as a Assistant to Chief of Administrative Service II for States Attorney. They have served since 2018 (under a year). Panha earned $11,427 in 2018.

Brian Lee

Investigator II Sa/States Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,372

Base pay: $11,372
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,372
Hire date: 2014-12-29
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: dca54ebc-53a6-4eae-8e09-b7e94d0ede3e
Fiscal Period: 2018Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 696
Office: 1250
Position Id: 1600191

At States Attorney, Brian Lee serves as a Investigator II Sa. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 4 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $11,372.

Matthew Kaminski

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2017 total comp

$11,352

Base pay: $11,352
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,352
Hire date: 2015-01-12

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 136ff8c5-cdd1-4a37-8211-acb53d216f77
Fiscal Period: 2017Q1
Fiscal Quarter: 1
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9509906

Matthew Kaminski works as a Assistant State's Attorney for States Attorney. Hired in 2015, they have about 2 years of service. Matthew earned $11,352 in 2017.

Samantha Lemke

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2017 total comp

$11,335

Base pay: $11,335
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,335
Hire date: 2013-06-03

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: b050a23a-63e3-4639-9076-cebe544c6cb1
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9510042

Samantha Lemke works as a Assistant State's Attorney for States Attorney. Hired in 2013, they have about 4 years of service. Samantha earned $11,335 in 2017.

Roger O'Brien

Investigator II Sa/States Attorney

2017 total comp

$11,317

Base pay: $11,317
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,317
Hire date: 2005-04-04
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 9cd2403b-eedb-45f8-9a09-19ef8ba5d29f
Fiscal Period: 2017Q4
Fiscal Quarter: 4
Job Code: 696
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9510380

At States Attorney, Roger O'Brien serves as a Investigator II Sa. Their tenure dates to 2005, about 12 years. Their 2017 pay totaled $11,317.

Meta Brown

Assistant State's Attorney/States Attorney

2018 total comp

$11,300

Base pay: $11,300
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,300
Hire date: 2018-04-16

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 091575cc-5f56-44f6-9dc3-eaee379e998d
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 1172
Office: 1250
Position Id: 9510090

At States Attorney, Meta Brown serves as a Assistant State's Attorney. Their tenure dates to 2018, under a year. Their 2018 pay totaled $11,300.