Illinois / Guardian & Advocacy Community

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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

Page 1

Danielle Welliever

Senior Public Service Administr/Guardian & Advocacy Community

2025 total comp

$49,500

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $49,500
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $49,500
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: EXEMPT
Period Pay Rate: $3,700
Rutan Exempt: Yes

At Guardian & Advocacy Community, Danielle Welliever serves as a Senior Public Service Administr within Personal Services. Their 2025 pay totaled $49,500. They are represented by Merit Compensation.

Karlita Handson

Office Associate/Guardian & Advocacy Community

2025 total comp

$49,000

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $49,000
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $49,000
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Cook

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: PROB 6 MOS
Period Pay Rate: $2,100
Rutan Exempt: No

Karlita Handson works as a Office Associate for Guardian & Advocacy Community within Personal Services. Karlita earned $49,000 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Collective Bargaining.

Justin Hale

Office Associate/Guardian & Advocacy Community

2025 total comp

$48,800

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $48,800
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $48,800
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Madison

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $2,100
Rutan Exempt: No

Justin Hale is a Office Associate at Guardian & Advocacy Community within Personal Services. 2025 total compensation came to $48,800. Union affiliation: Collective Bargaining.

Shonna Lehigh

Office Associate/Guardian & Advocacy Community

2025 total comp

$48,600

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $48,600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $48,600
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Champaign

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: PROB 6 MOS
Period Pay Rate: $2,100
Rutan Exempt: No

Shonna Lehigh is a Office Associate at Guardian & Advocacy Community within Personal Services. 2025 total compensation came to $48,600. Union affiliation: Collective Bargaining.

Ester Slaughter-Jackson

Guardianship Representative/Guardian & Advocacy Community

2025 total comp

$47,600

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $47,600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,600
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Cook

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: No
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $2,500
Rutan Exempt: No

Ester Slaughter-Jackson holds the role of Guardianship Representative at Guardian & Advocacy Community within Personal Services. In 2025, their total compensation was $47,600. They are represented by Collective Bargaining.

Kimberly Stauffer

Guardianship Representative/Guardian & Advocacy Community

2023 total comp

$46,400

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $46,400
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $46,400
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Madison

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: No
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $200
Rutan Exempt: No

Kimberly Stauffer works as a Guardianship Representative for Guardian & Advocacy Community within Personal Services. Kimberly earned $46,400 in 2023. Their bargaining unit is Collective Bargaining.