State Board of Elections

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

The State Board of Elections administers elections and maintains official state records and registrations.

In 2025, this agency had 2 employees with median total compensation of $155,550; the highest distinct record was $156,600.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $311.1K
Employees: 2
Median total: $155,550
Highest record: $156,600

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$154,500$156,600+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 2 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($155,550) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $155,550 (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

$154,500

$155,550

$156,600

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $156,600 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $154,500. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

General Counsel

1 · $156,600

Chief Fiscal Officer

1 · $154,500

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	$130.3K —	1 —	$130,300 —
2024	$287.1K ▲ 120.3%	2 ▲ 100.0%	$143,550 ▲ 10.2%
2025	$311.1K ▲ 8.4%	2 ±0%	$155,550 ▲ 8.4%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Elena Goutsalenko

Chief Fiscal Officer/State Board of Elections

2025 total comp

$154,500

Sub-department: Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $154,500
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $154,500
Union / bargaining unit: Merit Compensation
Work county: Sangamon

Source-specific fields

4-D Exempt: No
Employment Status: CERTIFIED
Period Pay Rate: $6,500
Rutan Exempt: No

Elena Goutsalenko works as a Chief Fiscal Officer for State Board of Elections within Administration. Elena earned $154,500 in 2025. Union affiliation: Merit Compensation.