State Board of Education

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

The State Board of Education administers public education — funding, academic standards, and the operation of schools.

In 2025, this agency had 5 employees with median total compensation of $79,100; the highest distinct record was $139,900.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $377.8K
Employees: 5
Median total: $79,100
Highest record: $139,900

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$36,600$139,900+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 5 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($79,100) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $75,560 (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

$36,600

$41,900

$79,100

$80,300

$139,900

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $139,900 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $36,600. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Director of Funding and Disbursements

1 · $139,900

Senior Systems Administrator

1 · $80,300

Principal Consultant

1 · $79,100

Fiscal Specialist II

1 · $41,900

Program Specialist II

1 · $36,600

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	$516.8K —	6 —	$73,950 —
2024	$344.7K ▼ 33.3%	7 ▲ 16.7%	$42,600 ▼ 42.4%
2025	$377.8K ▲ 9.6%	5 ▼ 28.6%	$79,100 ▲ 85.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Paul Owolabi

Senior Systems Administrator/State Board of Education

2025 total comp

$80,300

Sub-department: Grf Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $80,300
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $80,300
Union / bargaining unit: Collective Bargaining
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: No
Employment Status: PROB 6 MOS
Period Pay Rate: $3,400
Rutan Exempt: No

Paul Owolabi works as a Senior Systems Administrator for State Board of Education within Grf Administration. Paul earned $80,300 in 2025. Union affiliation: Collective Bargaining.