Property Tax Appeal Board

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

The Property Tax Appeal Board manages public finances — collecting revenue and taxes, budgeting, accounting, and financial oversight.

In 2025, this agency had 31 employees with median total compensation of $95,700; the highest distinct record was $168,000.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $3M
Employees: 31
Median total: $95,700
Highest record: $168,000

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$14,900$134,600+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 31 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($95,700) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $98,274 (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

$54,500

$73,700

$95,700

$126,500

$132,700

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $132,700 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $54,500. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Technical Advisor III

13 · $122,700

Senior Public Service Administrative

2 · $146,200

Public Service Administrator

2 · $130,550

Appraisal Specialist III

2 · $96,200

Appraisal Specialist II

2 · $78,250

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	$3.3M —	42 —	$83,450 —
2024	$3M ▼ 9.9%	38 ▼ 9.5%	$84,800 ▲ 1.6%
2025	$3M ▲ 1.1%	31 ▼ 18.4%	$95,700 ▲ 12.9%

Record list

Employees

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Elizabeth Hutson

Appraisal Specialist III/Property Tax Appeal Board

2023 total comp

$75,400

Sub-department: Personal Services
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $75,400
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $75,400
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: Yes
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $3,900
Rutan Exempt: No

Elizabeth Hutson works as a Appraisal Specialist III for Property Tax Appeal Board within Personal Services. Elizabeth earned $75,400 in 2023. They are represented by Collective Bargaining.