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Il Emergency Management Agency

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

The Il Emergency Management Agency provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2025, this agency had 93 employees with median total compensation of $82,100; the highest distinct record was $190,900.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $7.7M
Employees: 93
Median total: $82,100
Highest record: $190,900

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$2,300$166,600+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 93 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($82,100) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $82,481 (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

$13,100

$68,900

$82,100

$105,800

$136,600

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $136,600 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,100. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Public Service Administrator

20 · $105,450

Executive II

11 · $89,700

Senior Public Service Administrative

10 · $143,900

Disaster Services Planner

10 · $74,850

Executive I

10 · $72,000

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	$7.7M —	110 —	$69,000 —
2024	$8.6M ▲ 11.2%	106 ▼ 3.6%	$80,200 ▲ 16.2%
2025	$7.7M ▼ 10.5%	93 ▼ 12.3%	$82,100 ▲ 2.4%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Scott Gauvin

Public Service Administrator/Il Emergency Management Agency

2025 total comp

$123,800

Sub-department: Administration - Grf
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $123,800
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $123,800
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

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

At Il Emergency Management Agency, Scott Gauvin serves as a Public Service Administrator within Administration - Grf. Their 2025 pay totaled $123,800. Their bargaining unit is Merit Compensation.

Eric Michael

Public Service Administrator/Il Emergency Management Agency

2024 total comp

$122,000

Sub-department: Administration - Grf
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $122,000
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $122,000
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $5,100
Rutan Exempt: No

Eric Michael works as a Public Service Administrator for Il Emergency Management Agency within Administration - Grf. Eric earned $122,000 in 2024. Their bargaining unit is Merit Compensation.

Scott Swinford

Nuclear Safety Administrator II/Il Emergency Management Agency

2023 total comp

$119,900

Sub-department: Administration - Grf
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $119,900
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $119,900
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: EXEMPT
Period Pay Rate: $1,000
Rutan Exempt: Yes

Scott Swinford works as a Nuclear Safety Administrator II for Il Emergency Management Agency within Administration - Grf. Scott earned $119,900 in 2023. They are represented by Merit Compensation.

Allison Horton

Public Service Administrator/Il Emergency Management Agency

2025 total comp

$119,400

Sub-department: Administration - Grf
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $119,400
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $119,400
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Cook

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: EXEMPT
Period Pay Rate: $5,100
Rutan Exempt: Yes

At Il Emergency Management Agency, Allison Horton serves as a Public Service Administrator within Administration - Grf. Their 2025 pay totaled $119,400. Union affiliation: Merit Compensation.