Prairie State Wire

Kristina Ingram earned $93,000 during 2020 working for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a child welfare advanced specialist, a 0.4 percent decrease from the previous year, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

Kimberly Swanson saw the largest decrease in pay, working as a child welfare advanced specialist for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in 2020, earning $35,600 less than in 2019.

It is unclear whether the pay differences mentioned in this story result from differences in total time worked or pay rates.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2020 Earnings
1	Mary Miller	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$146,000
2	Randall Cates	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$139,700
3	Latricia Knight	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$134,400
4	Rhonda Newberry	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$129,000
5	Taiwo Oyegoke	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$119,300
6	Albert Deboo	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$118,000
7	Sheila Green	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$116,300
8	Tanya Parker	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$115,800
9	Renee Heard	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$115,500
10	Stephanie Sanders	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$114,600
11	Ndidi Enuenwosu	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$111,000
12	Cecily Rakes	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$110,900
13	Emely Sanchez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$110,400
14	Anqunette Bilal-Pate	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$110,300
15	Jodine Williams	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$105,100
16	Kendra Helferich	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$103,500
17	Patricia Willeke	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$101,600
18	Jenna Richards	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$101,100
19	Sabrina Limehouse	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$97,600
20	Elizabeth Collier	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$96,900
21	Geraldine Dumas	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$96,100
22	Vanessa Shaw	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$96,000
23	Anna Daker	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$95,500
24	Josefina Reyes-Garcia	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$95,200
25	Jessica Lee	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$94,700
26	Ladonna Phelps	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$94,600
27	Darcie Hernandez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$94,100
28	Heather Parker	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$93,100
29	Ingrid Locke	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$93,000
29	Kristina Ingram	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$93,000
31	Yanira Sanchez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$92,900
32	Ginger Smith	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$92,500
33	Sarah Thomas	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$92,200
34	Pamela Bills	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$92,100
35	Nancy Rodriguez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$91,400
36	Cara Comerford	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$91,200
37	James Bracey	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$91,000
37	Carrie Carpenter	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$91,000
39	Leah Sika	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$90,900
40	Karen Harrington	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$90,000
41	Angela Walters	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$89,700
41	Andrea Zuber	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$89,700
43	John Bowman	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,900
43	Brenda Clark	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,900
43	Judith Valadez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,900
46	Marisol Davila	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,800
47	Joseph Antony	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,600
48	Carrie Neuman	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,400
49	Rachon Stovall	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,200
50	Kimberly Swanson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$88,100
51	Cali Broege	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,900
51	Mary Carroll	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,900
51	Tiffany Gula	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,900
51	Michelle Wright	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,900
55	Doreen Hendrickson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,600
55	Laila Smith	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,600
55	Nancy Tapuaiga	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,600
58	Marie Jones	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,400
59	Renardo Johnson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,300
59	Maria Moreno-Horne	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,300
61	Cynthia Beger	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,200
61	Linda Campbell	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,200
61	Merchelle Southern	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,200
64	Sharry Hill	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,100
64	Kimberly Letterly	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,100
64	Sharon Moriarity-Cordin	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,100
64	Rod Mulford	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,100
64	Jahna Nickels	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,100
64	Regina Perkins	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,100
64	David Prekop	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,100
71	Monicole Robinson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,000
71	Jaclyn Rogers	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$87,000
73	Autumn Jackson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$86,800
74	Tashia Ayala	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$86,700
75	Timothy Fraser	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$86,500
76	Ladia Jones-Singh	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$86,200
77	Marisol Rubio	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$86,000
78	Brenda Brown	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$85,900
78	Jaime Sieber	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$85,900
80	Tenetha Johnson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$85,800
81	Donna Gordon	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$85,100
82	Louretha Hawkins	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$84,700
83	Bino Simon	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$83,500
84	Paula Muskin	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$80,800
85	Tabitha Scott	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$80,100
86	Jillian Weatherford	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$79,700
87	Olivia Chavez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$78,700
88	Jasmin Mathew	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$78,500
89	Angela Jones	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$77,500
90	Angela Manes	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$76,500
91	Ramina Velez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$76,300
92	Jonathan Willenborg	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$75,700
93	Vicky Carter	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$74,900
94	Celia Dankenbring	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$74,400
95	Luisa Buehler	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$71,900
96	Sarah Stone	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$71,600
97	Jacqueline Adkinson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$70,200
98	Amber Jones	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$68,200
99	Jessica Wickenhauser	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$66,900
100	Svetla Bantcheva	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$65,300