Central Payroll System Information

Central Payroll System (CPS) is one of the ‘Central Systems’ offered by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS)/ The Department of Innovation & Technology. The Central Payroll System (CPS) is a common payroll processing and management system. It generates payrolls for 80+ customer agencies, using specified pay schedules, for each pay period in a calendar year. It is on-line and standardizes the processes and procedures pertaining to payroll. It is offered for use by both code and non-code Illinois State agencies and is administered by the Enterprise Business Application Systems (EBAS) Team.

CPS averages 160,000+ transactions per month. By offering a common application such as CPS to its customers, CMS/DoIT is able to reduce the costs associated with individual duplication of payroll system operations among its various customers. CPS customers also benefit from enhanced flexibility and report processing.

To contact the Central Payroll System Support Staff: please submit a help desk ticket with your question or correction. You can do so easily at the following link: https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/doit/support/Pages/ReportAProblem.aspx (Note: To reduce delay please add our email address with your email address in the email field. Example - first.last@illinois.gov;doit.ebas.payroll.support.team@illinois.gov)