Illinois / Corrections

Agency file

Corrections

Source file: Illinois — State Employee Pay / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Corrections runs the corrections system — operating prisons and jails, supervising people in custody, and managing parole or probation.

In 2025, this agency had 8,837 employees with median total compensation of $88,600; the highest distinct record was $348,300.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $788.1M
Employees: 8,837
Median total: $88,600
Highest record: $348,300

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$0$173,000+

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 8,837 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($88,600) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $89,177 (100%)
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

$43,200

$72,700

$88,600

$106,800

$129,800

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $129,800 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $43,200. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Correctional Officer

4,398 · $84,600

Correctional Sergeant

753 · $105,700

Correctional Lieutenant

364 · $119,800

Correctional Food Service Supervisor II

210 · $102,350

Correctional Counselor II

205 · $97,700

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
2023	$716.7M —	9,849 —	$75,400 —
2024	$760.5M ▲ 6.1%	9,261 ▼ 6.0%	$82,900 ▲ 9.9%
2025	$788.1M ▲ 3.6%	8,837 ▼ 4.6%	$88,600 ▲ 6.9%

Record list

Employees

Highest-paid first / page 333

Alex Watts

Correctional Officer Trainee/Corrections

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Hill Correctional Center (Galesburg)
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Knox

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: No
Employment Status: TRAINEE OC LIST
Rutan Exempt: No

At Corrections, Alex Watts serves as a Correctional Officer Trainee within Hill Correctional Center (Galesburg). Their 2024 pay totaled $0. They are represented by Collective Bargaining.

Kolten Mcfarlin-Bates

Correctional Officer/Corrections

2025 total comp

Sub-department: Shawnee Correctional Center (Vienna)
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Johnson

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: No
Employment Status: TRAINEE OC LIST
Rutan Exempt: No

Kolten Mcfarlin-Bates works as a Correctional Officer for Corrections within Shawnee Correctional Center (Vienna). Kolten earned $0 in 2025. They are represented by Collective Bargaining.