Information on 1986 salaries and benefits for faculty, staff, and administrators in the Illinois public community college system is provided in this report. After introductory material provides a summary overview of the report, information is presented on fiscal year (FY) 1987 contractual base salaries for full-time faculty; FY86 full-time faculty salaries; FY87 part-time faculty salaries and full-time faculty overload and summer rates; salary schedules for full-time faculty with a master's degree; institutional policies related to faculty salaries and contracts; FY87 contractual base salaries for administrators and other professional staff; salaries paid to selected administrators during FY87; FY87 monthly classified staff salaries; fringe benefits; and salary increases. Selected findings include the following: (1) the median FY87 contractual base salary for faculty with 9-month contracts was $30,583, and for faculty with 12-month contracts was $31,265; (2) part-time faculty salary rates averaged $290 per course semester hour; (3) the average FY87 contractual base salary paid to other professional staff with 9-month contracts was $32,468; (4) the average administrative staff contractual salary ranged from a low of $27,836 to a high of $52,786; and (5) the cost of fringe benefits in FY86 for full-time teaching faculty averaged $2,405. (HB)