Agency file

Third District

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

The Third District is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2018, this agency had 4 employees with median total compensation of $22,439; the highest distinct record was $28,445.

Year: 2018
Total payroll: $87.5K
Employees: 4
Median total: $22,439
Highest record: $28,445

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$14,156$28,445+

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

How 2018 total compensation is spread across the 4 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($22,439) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $21,870 (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

$14,156

$21,993

$22,439

$22,885

$28,445

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $28,445 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $14,156. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Aide to the Commissioner I

2 · $18,074

Aide to the Commissioner II

1 · $28,445

County Commissioner

1 · $22,885

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	$86.5K —	4 —	$22,276 —
2017	$87.5K ▲ 1.1%	4 ±0%	$22,439 ▲ 0.7%
2018	$87.5K ±0%	4 ±0%	$22,439 ±0%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Vanessa Dennis

Aide to the Commissioner II/Third District

2018 total comp

$28,445

Base pay: $28,445
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $28,445
Hire date: 1986-12-01
Middle name: F

Source-specific fields

Employee Identifier: 00426a43-dcd8-4b40-94b2-7fa80dfa711b
Fiscal Period: 2018Q2
Fiscal Quarter: 2
Job Code: 6792
Office: 1083
Position Id: 9500373

At Third District, Vanessa Dennis serves as a Aide to the Commissioner II. Their tenure dates to 1986, about 32 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $28,445.