Prisoner Review Board

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

The Prisoner Review Board runs the corrections system — operating prisons and jails, supervising people in custody, and managing parole or probation.

In 2025, this agency had 23 employees with median total compensation of $48,900; the highest distinct record was $98,400.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $1.1M
Employees: 23
Median total: $48,900
Highest record: $98,400

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$9,000$98,400+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 23 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($48,900) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $48,161 (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

$22,800

$30,900

$48,900

$52,300

$89,700

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $89,700 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $22,800. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Office Administrator III

7 · $50,400

Public Service Administrator

4 · $93,500

Office Assistant

4 · $31,050

Office Coordinator

3 · $49,700

Office Associate

3 · $44,600

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	$958.6K —	25 —	$35,500 —
2024	$1.4M ▲ 45.8%	27 ▲ 8.0%	$47,900 ▲ 34.9%
2025	$1.1M ▼ 20.7%	23 ▼ 14.8%	$48,900 ▲ 2.1%

Record list

Employees

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Melisa Blankenship

Executive I/Prisoner Review Board

2025 total comp

$66,800

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $66,800
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $66,800
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $2,600
Rutan Exempt: No

At Prisoner Review Board, Melisa Blankenship serves as a Executive I within Personal Services. Their 2025 pay totaled $66,800. Union affiliation: Merit Compensation.