Guardian & Advocacy Community

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

The Guardian & Advocacy Community is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 80 employees with median total compensation of $94,950; the highest distinct record was $172,200.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $7.3M
Employees: 80
Median total: $94,950
Highest record: $172,200

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$33,200$132,000+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 80 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($94,950) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $91,763 (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

$52,800

$78,200

$94,950

$106,000

$120,500

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $120,500 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $52,800. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Guardianship Representative

39 · $87,100

Technical Advisor II

11 · $107,900

Public Service Administrator

9 · $113,800

Office Associate

6 · $49,750

Senior Public Service Administrative

5 · $122,800

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	$5.9M —	80 —	$75,500 —
2024	$6.8M ▲ 15.1%	83 ▲ 3.8%	$85,300 ▲ 13.0%
2025	$7.3M ▲ 7.5%	80 ▼ 3.6%	$94,950 ▲ 11.3%

Record list

Employees

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Emma Dorantes

Technical Advisor II/Guardian & Advocacy Community

2025 total comp

$117,700

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $117,700
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $117,700
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Peoria

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $5,000
Rutan Exempt: No

Emma Dorantes holds the role of Technical Advisor II at Guardian & Advocacy Community within Personal Services. In 2025, their total compensation was $117,700. Their bargaining unit is Collective Bargaining.