Il Arts Council

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

The Il Arts Council supports cultural and educational resources such as libraries, museums, and the arts.

In 2025, this agency had 12 employees with median total compensation of $102,000; the highest distinct record was $134,300.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $1.2M
Employees: 12
Median total: $102,000
Highest record: $134,300

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$60,100$134,300+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 12 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($102,000) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $97,658 (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

$70,500

$72,000

$102,000

$114,500

$121,900

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $121,900 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $70,500. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Arts Council Program Coordinator

4 · $71,600

Senior Public Service Administrative

3 · $121,900

Public Service Administrator

2 · $109,350

Executive II

1 · $112,100

Accountant Supervisor

1 · $94,800

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	$1.3M —	20 —	$59,500 —
2024	$1.2M ▼ 4.9%	15 ▼ 25.0%	$86,200 ▲ 44.9%
2025	$1.2M ▼ 2.5%	12 ▼ 20.0%	$102,000 ▲ 18.3%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Margaret Gonzalez

Arts Council Program Coordinator/Il Arts Council

2024 total comp

$66,100

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $66,100
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $66,100
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Cook

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: PROB 4 MOS
Period Pay Rate: $2,900
Rutan Exempt: No

At Il Arts Council, Margaret Gonzalez serves as a Arts Council Program Coordinator within Personal Services. Their 2024 pay totaled $66,100. They are represented by Collective Bargaining.