Illinois / Transportation
Agency file
The Transportation plans, builds, and maintains transportation infrastructure — roads, bridges, transit, and motor-vehicle services.
In 2025, this agency had 1,937 employees with median total compensation of $105,300; the highest distinct record was $235,900.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 1,937 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($105,300) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $125,500 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $56,000. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
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
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $170.3M — | 2,273 — | $80,300 — |
| 2024 | $190.9M ▲ 12.1% | 2,300 ▲ 1.2% | $101,400 ▲ 26.3% |
| 2025 | $189.5M ▼ 0.8% | 1,937 ▼ 15.8% | $105,300 ▲ 3.8% |
Record list
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Highway Maintainer/Transportation
Source-specific fields
At Transportation, David Tracy serves as a Highway Maintainer within Personal Services. Their 2025 pay totaled $0. They are represented by Collective Bargaining.