Prairie State Wire

Virden Trotter earned $94,400 during 2020 working for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as a public service administrator, a 0.3 percent decrease from the previous year, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

America Evans saw the largest decrease in pay, working as a public service administrator for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in 2020, earning $235,400 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	Lioubov Voityna	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$259,800
2	Ahmad Abuarqoub	Illinois Department of Public Health	$239,800
3	Dejan Jovanov	Illinois Department of Public Health	$229,400
4	Joel Price	Illinois Department of Public Health	$228,600
5	Janet Nuss	Illinois Department of Public Health	$218,200
6	Cornell Stahlman	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$217,600
7	Anita McKeever	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$216,600
8	Asta Purdy	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$211,700
9	Jennifer Crew	Illinois Department of Public Health	$205,800
10	Anh-Thu Runez	Illinois Department of Public Health	$205,700
11	John Tricamo	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$205,500
12	Deborah Folga	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$203,200
13	Patricia Young	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$198,700
14	Rosaura Espino	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$196,800
15	Jamie McCoy	Illinois Department of Human Services	$196,600
16	Brian Nicholson	Illinois Department of Public Health	$195,600
17	Delmar Davis	Illinois Department of Public Health	$192,400
18	Paul Pomeroy	Illinois Department of Human Services	$190,600
19	Kimberly Smith	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$189,000
20	Alex Britton	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$184,400
21	Alice Sutherland	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$181,000
22	Michael McIntyre	Illinois Department of Human Services	$180,000
23	Cedric Berryhill	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$179,300
24	Robert Cox	Illinois Department of Public Health	$177,400
25	Floyd Schleyhahn	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$176,200
26	Craig Strauch	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$173,200
27	Jeffrey Sim	Illinois Department of Corrections	$173,000
27	Kalifa-Amira Shabazz	Illinois Department of Public Health	$173,000
29	Brenda Wohlers	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$172,500
30	April Caulk	Illinois Department of Public Health	$172,100
31	Susan White	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$171,900
32	Pamela Enno	Illinois Department of Human Services	$170,800
33	Kimberly Benning	Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services	$168,700
34	Vinay Ugrappa	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$167,500
35	Robert Ley	Illinois Department of Corrections	$167,300
36	Annette Gordils	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$166,300
37	Janean Jackson	Illinois Department of Corrections	$165,800
38	Maria Calderon	Illinois Department of Employment Security	$165,700
39	Lynette McKinney-Colman	Illinois Department of Public Health	$163,900
40	Raymond Smith	Illinois Department of Corrections	$162,100
41	Dana Drummer	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$161,500
42	Pearlie Gardley	Illinois Department of Public Health	$161,100
43	John Egan	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$161,000
44	Russell Pattie	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$160,700
44	Carlos Morales	Illinois Department of Public Health	$160,700
46	Brian Kirkorian	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$160,200
47	Julie Cummings	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$159,800
48	Wade Horrocks	Illinois Department of Human Services	$158,000
48	Andrea Stadsholt	Illinois Department of Public Health	$158,000
50	Glenda Mason	Illinois Department of Human Services	$157,600
51	Jennifer Blazis	Illinois Department of Public Health	$156,600
52	Clara Yanes	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$156,400
53	Christine Banayat	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$156,300
54	Rebecca Locker	Illinois Department of Transportation	$155,700
55	Kelly Renzi	Illinois Department of Corrections	$155,600
56	Jeffrey Maras	Illinois Department of Public Health	$155,400
57	Jonathan Warshawsky	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	$155,100
58	Lisa Carswell	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$154,900
59	Jessi Schall-Svanda	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$153,900
60	John Hyatt	Illinois Department of Human Services	$153,600
61	John Gac	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$153,400
62	Anuradha Meka	Illinois Department of Public Health	$152,700
63	Paula Truitt-Alohan	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$152,100
64	Luke Fairless	Illinois Department of Corrections	$151,800
65	Patrick Horn	Illinois Department of Corrections	$151,000
66	Angela Johnson	Illinois Department of Human Services	$150,100
67	Patrick Beaird	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$149,800
68	Hector Diaz	Illinois Department of Public Health	$149,400
69	Lawrence Turner	Illinois Department of Human Services	$148,700
70	Isabel Tobias	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$148,600
71	Barbara Duminie	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$148,100
72	Norine Ashley	Illinois Department of Corrections	$147,700
73	Denise Briglio	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$147,600
74	David Palmatier	Illinois Department of Human Services	$147,000
75	Conton Stone-Wooten	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$146,900
76	Lisa Cunningham	Illinois Department of Human Services	$146,200
77	Linda Gillespie	Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services	$146,000
78	Shantel Ruebling	Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services	$145,800
79	Tony Hempen	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$144,900
80	Robert Price	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	$144,700
81	Crystal Carr	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$144,600
81	Lindia Holmes	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$144,600
81	Mark Hernandez	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$144,600
84	Essie Nicholson	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$144,400
85	Tawnya Hooper	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$144,000
86	Elizabeth Kimble	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$143,800
87	Matthew Lukow	Illinois Department of Corrections	$143,600
87	Dixie Sloman	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$143,600
89	Maurice McClean	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$143,400
90	Christopher Wollesen	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$143,300
91	Jason Henton	Illinois Department of Corrections	$143,200
92	Lorrie Smietanski	Illinois Department of Human Services	$143,100
93	Tara Herbord	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$143,000
93	Evelyn Martinez	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$143,000
95	Darrin Hunter	Illinois Department of Corrections	$142,600
95	Elizabeth McComb	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	$142,600
97	Demetrios Stavrou	Illinois Department of Human Services	$142,500
98	Nikolas Ackley	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$142,400
99	Delores Jones	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$142,300
100	Karen Austin-Antoine	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	$142,200