Il Criminal Justice Information Auth

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

The Il Criminal Justice Information Auth handles legal functions of government — prosecution, legal advice, and representing the state in court.

In 2025, this agency had 70 employees with median total compensation of $85,100; the highest distinct record was $163,200.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $6.2M
Employees: 70
Median total: $85,100
Highest record: $163,200

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$11,000$162,900+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 70 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($85,100) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $88,534 (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

$64,300

$68,900

$85,100

$103,900

$141,100

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $141,100 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $64,300. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Criminal Justice Specialist I

22 · $69,100

Senior Public Service Administrative

11 · $141,100

Public Service Administrator

9 · $97,300

Research Scientist II

4 · $85,250

Criminal Justice Specialist II

3 · $92,000

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	$6.2M —	94 —	$63,450 —
2024	$6.1M ▼ 0.8%	79 ▼ 16.0%	$74,500 ▲ 17.4%
2025	$6.2M ▲ 1.3%	70 ▼ 11.4%	$85,100 ▲ 14.2%

Record list

Employees

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Karen Crawford

Senior Public Service Administr/Il Criminal Justice Information Auth

2024 total comp

$123,600

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $123,600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $123,600
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Cook

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $5,800
Rutan Exempt: No

Karen Crawford works as a Senior Public Service Administr for Il Criminal Justice Information Auth within Personal Services. Karen earned $123,600 in 2024. Their bargaining unit is Merit Compensation.