Juvenile Justice

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

The Juvenile Justice handles legal functions of government — prosecution, legal advice, and representing the state in court.

In 2025, this agency had 525 employees with median total compensation of $101,300; the highest distinct record was $278,700.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $51M
Employees: 525
Median total: $101,300
Highest record: $278,700

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$600$175,800+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 525 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($101,300) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $97,114 (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

$44,200

$75,800

$101,300

$120,100

$143,200

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $143,200 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $44,200. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Juvenile Justice Specialist

188 · $96,600

Senior Public Service Administrative

33 · $146,800

Juvenile Justice Supervisor

33 · $127,400

Juvenile Justice Youth & Fam Specialist Opt 1

27 · $105,400

Public Service Administrator

23 · $123,200

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	$47.3M —	589 —	$84,500 —
2024	$51.2M ▲ 8.3%	593 ▲ 0.7%	$88,400 ▲ 4.6%
2025	$51M ▼ 0.5%	525 ▼ 11.5%	$101,300 ▲ 14.6%

Record list

Employees

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Heather Price

Educator/Juvenile Justice

2025 total comp

$102,800

Sub-department: Extended Education
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $102,800
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $102,800
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Randolph

Source-specific fields

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

At Juvenile Justice, Heather Price serves as a Educator within Extended Education. Their 2025 pay totaled $102,800. Their bargaining unit is Collective Bargaining.