Prairie State Wire

Marilyn Shores earned $52,600 during 2020 working for the Illinois Department of Employment Security as an employment security program representative, an 11.3 percent decrease from the previous year, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

Lilia Ramirez saw the largest decrease in pay, working as an employment security program representative for the Illinois Department of Employment Security in 2020, earning $21,900 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	Xavier Deleon	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$108,900
1	Jose Quezada	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$108,900
3	William Gundry	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$104,500
4	Joseph Cheslak	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$102,900
5	Barbara O'Brien	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$102,700
6	Michele Smith	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$102,200
7	Richard Quigley	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$100,400
8	Richard Chamberlain	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$100,200
9	Lakisha Ajayi	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$97,800
10	Araceli Martinez	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$96,500
11	Beatriz Hernandez	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$96,200
12	Elois Wilson	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$95,900
13	Celeste Walker	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$95,800
14	Fernando Reyna	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$95,400
15	Lee Gilbert	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$95,100
16	Tasha Hanson	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$94,600
17	Charlotte Durham	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$93,400
18	Beverly Sorzano	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$92,700
19	Rhonda Brents	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$92,300
20	Sonia Rickard	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$91,000
21	David Fischer	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$90,400
22	Ramiro Cruz	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$89,900
23	Gerald Marler	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$89,700
23	Dennis Rosier	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$89,700
25	Guillermo Silva	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$88,500
26	Frances Flood	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$88,000
27	Tia Burress	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$87,600
28	Juanita Molina	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$87,400
29	Michael Cesarone	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$87,100
30	Steve Hutton	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$85,500
31	Stanley Wright	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$85,400
32	German Luciano	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$85,200
33	Kristine Pinion	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$84,900
34	Kristine Stenger	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$84,700
35	Gracie Pelt	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$84,400
36	David Pacheco	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$83,300
37	Ewa Kukulka	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$82,200
38	Olga Isais	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$82,100
39	Lee Wright	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$82,000
40	Laura Vazquez	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$81,900
41	Patricia Flores	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$81,700
41	Robert Weagly	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$81,700
43	Dolores Arroyo	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$81,500
43	Steven Buczynski	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$81,500
45	Antonio De Leon	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$81,300
45	Claudia Valenzuela	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$81,300
47	Donna Saviano-Britt	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$80,200
48	Doreen Johnson	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$79,700
49	Gustavo Zamora	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$79,600
50	Sandra Gutierrez	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$79,500
51	Tonya Waldron	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$79,400
52	James Skinner	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$79,200
53	Albertina Barajas Purcell	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$79,000
53	Maria Leal	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$79,000
55	Sennetria Garner	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$78,800
56	Michael Launay	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$78,100
57	Elvia Corcoran	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$77,800
58	Aleksandra Gontarz	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$77,400
59	Charles Lucky	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$75,900
59	Robert Seidel	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$75,900
61	Karin Malmgren	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$75,600
62	Sergio Vela	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$75,500
63	Maria Mora	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$75,100
64	Phillip Arazny	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$75,000
65	James Kaestner	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$74,900
66	Seun Rim	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$74,600
67	Terry Bitner	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$74,400
68	Mayela Guerrero	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$74,200
69	Jill Stasch	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$74,100
70	Colleen Neary	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$74,000
71	Debra Lipinski	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$73,900
72	Shaunte Ashford	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$73,700
73	Tasha Olmstead	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$73,500
74	Michelle Hintz	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$73,200
74	Barbara Todd	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$73,200
76	Donald Nelson	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$73,100
77	Siobhan Elias	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,900
77	Enrique Moreno	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,900
79	Jennifer Curtis	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,800
80	Carmen Bolden Day	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,600
81	Renata Baker	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,400
81	Cleo Morris	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,400
83	Marcial Gomez	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,200
84	Rene Cabrejas	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,000
84	Sidney Thomas	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$72,000
86	Sharri Davies	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$71,900
87	Miguel Chavarria	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$71,600
88	Terry Washington	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$71,500
89	Larry Harrelson	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$70,600
90	Whitney Lueken	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$70,500
90	Deborah Smith	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$70,500
92	Anna Ware	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$70,100
93	Hector Quetell	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$69,400
93	Walter Shepard	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$69,400
95	Efrain Martinez	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$69,300
96	Patrick Young	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$69,100
97	James Cameron	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$68,900
98	Sandra Montoya	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$68,800
99	Gabriel Pauls	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$68,600
100	Jemima Sanchez	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$68,400