Job-title file

Electrician

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

8 employees hold this title in Human Services. Median total compensation for the role is $112,450, above the department median of $74,500.

Employees: 8
Total payroll: $857.3K
Role median: $112,450
Agency median: $74,500
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$57,300$125,954+

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

How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

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This role across Illinois

Electrician is held in 9 Illinois departments. In Human Services, the median of $112,450 ranks #3 of 9.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Juvenile Justice

$129,300 · 1

Corrections

$112,750 · 34

Agriculture

$108,000 · 6

Abe Lincoln Pres Library & Mus

$91,400 · 1

$90,900 · 2

$89,800 · 4

$85,900 · 9

$28,200 · 3

Median total compensation for the Electrician role in other Illinoisdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Electrician beyond Illinois

This role is reported in 30 jurisdictions. In Illinois, the median of $105,200 ranks #9 of 30. See Electrician across all of Illinois →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$206,162 · 101

$186,465 · 15

$177,403 · 174

$151,263 · 568

$148,844 · 96

$131,019 · 20

$117,956 · 8

Davis School District, Utah

$110,332 · 8

Median total compensation for comparable Electricianroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Chad Messerly

Electrician/Human Services

2025 total comp

$57,300

Sub-department: Choate Dd Center
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $57,300
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $57,300
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Union

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: EXEMPT
Period Pay Rate: $4,700
Rutan Exempt: No

Chad Messerly holds the role of Electrician at Human Services within Choate Dd Center. In 2025, their total compensation was $57,300. Their bargaining unit is Collective Bargaining.