Racing Board

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

The Racing Board is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 4 employees with median total compensation of $95,250; the highest distinct record was $118,500.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $372.3K
Employees: 4
Median total: $95,250
Highest record: $118,500

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$63,300$118,500+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 4 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($95,250) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $93,075 (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

$63,300

$78,800

$95,250

$111,700

$118,500

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $118,500 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $63,300. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Senior Public Service Administrative

1 · $118,500

State Director of Mutuels

1 · $111,700

Office Manager

1 · $78,800

Private Secretary I

1 · $63,300

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	$522.8K —	11 —	$47,600 —
2024	$369.6K ▼ 29.3%	7 ▼ 36.4%	$60,800 ▲ 27.7%
2025	$372.3K ▲ 0.7%	4 ▼ 42.9%	$95,250 ▲ 56.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Melissa Glidden

Office Manager/Racing Board

2025 total comp

$78,800

Sub-department: Personal Services Non-Coded - Permanent - Hrf
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $78,800
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $78,800
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Cook

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: DOES NOT APPLY
Employment Status: Full-Time
Period Pay Rate: $3,400
Rutan Exempt: No

Melissa Glidden holds the role of Office Manager at Racing Board within Personal Services Non-Coded - Permanent - Hrf. In 2025, their total compensation was $78,800. Union affiliation: Merit Compensation.