Brett Smith earned 4.8% less during 2020 working for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

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By Prairie State Wire

Sep 19, 2021

Brett Smith earned $236,000 during 2020 working for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority as a sergeant, a 4.8 percent decrease from the previous year, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

Joel Decatur saw the largest decrease in pay, working as a sergeant for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in 2020, earning $40,800 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.

Top 100 highest paid public employees as sergeants

Rank	Employee	Employer	2020 Earnings
1	Guy Vancina	Illinois State Police	$268,700
2	Christopher Wilkes	Illinois State Police	$257,000
3	Tommie King	Illinois State Police	$250,900
4	Brett Smith	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$236,000
5	Brian Walker	Illinois State Police	$223,400
6	Douglas Yorke	Illinois State Police	$207,200
7	Kevin Kelliher	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$203,600
8	George Halsey	Illinois State Police	$203,100
9	James Gainer	Illinois State Police	$202,900
10	Teressa Allen	Illinois State Police	$200,100
11	Scott Angus	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$195,700
12	John Paprocki	Illinois State Police	$192,700
13	James Kleist	Illinois State Police	$191,800
14	Chad Martinez	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$188,800
15	Herbert Wichner	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$188,100
16	David Graham	Illinois State Police	$184,700
16	Salma Cruise	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$184,700
18	Rosauro Sanchez	Illinois State Police	$181,200
19	Gilberto Gutierrez	Illinois State Police	$180,000
20	Mark Bayless	Illinois State Police	$177,600
21	Jose Malave	Illinois State Police	$175,600
22	Raymond Kurut	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$171,600
23	Jeffrey Murray	Illinois State Police	$171,500
24	Brian Ewing	Illinois State Police	$170,000
25	Daniel Balsley	Illinois State Police	$168,200
26	Jason Springer	Illinois State Police	$168,100
27	James Pearce	Illinois State Police	$168,000
28	Kenneth Smith	Illinois State Police	$167,300
29	Andre Lee	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$167,200
30	Michael Burns	Illinois State Police	$165,100
31	Steven Sigler	Illinois State Police	$164,800
32	Donald Kovack	Illinois State Police	$163,100
33	Michael Galletti	Illinois State Police	$162,500
34	Farrin Melton	Illinois State Police	$161,900
35	Jose Flores	Illinois State Police	$160,700
36	Ralph Schauf	Illinois State Police	$159,800
37	Yvette Ross	Illinois State Police	$159,400
38	Lance Bonney	Illinois State Police	$159,100
39	Michael Fisher	Illinois State Police	$158,800
39	Andrew Fratzke	Illinois State Police	$158,800
41	Neal Schaffer	Illinois State Police	$158,700
42	Gerald Zacheis	Illinois State Police	$158,100
43	Joseph Garcia	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$156,500
44	Joshua Easton	Illinois State Police	$156,400
45	Nathan Miller	Illinois State Police	$155,900
46	Stacy Kinter	Illinois State Police	$155,800
47	Nicholas Farnesi	Illinois State Police	$153,400
48	Ramiro Montes	Illinois State Police	$152,800
49	James Wright	Illinois State Police	$152,700
50	Elizabeth Nanai	Illinois State Police	$152,600
51	Keith Chesnut	Illinois State Police	$152,400
52	Matthew Vaughan	Illinois State Police	$151,400
53	Trenton Waller	Illinois State Police	$151,200
54	Jonathan Hand	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$150,800
55	William Skrobul	Illinois State Police	$150,700
56	Charles Cobb	Illinois State Police	$150,500
57	Mario Mollo	Illinois State Police	$149,900
58	Mark Nelson	Illinois State Police	$149,600
59	Boguslaw Kramarz	Illinois State Police	$149,400
60	Hanford Tanner	Illinois State Police	$149,200
61	Tyrone Moore	Illinois State Police	$149,000
62	Alexander Pinto	Illinois State Police	$148,500
63	Chad Thompson	Illinois State Police	$148,200
64	Aaron French	Illinois State Police	$147,400
65	Steven Ent	Illinois State Police	$146,900
65	Erik Shay	Illinois State Police	$146,900
65	Brian Strouss	Illinois State Police	$146,900
68	Jeffrey Karcher	Illinois State Police	$146,500
68	Derek Peon	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$146,500
70	Wesley Matarelli	Illinois State Police	$146,400
71	Krista Thien	Illinois State Police	$145,900
72	Ryan Wilson	Illinois State Police	$145,700
73	Bruce Orns	Illinois State Police	$144,800
74	Windy Westfall	Illinois State Police	$144,600
75	Daniel Garcia	Illinois State Police	$144,500
76	John Morscheiser	Illinois State Police	$144,400
77	Dewayne Morris	Illinois State Police	$144,300
77	Robert Patterson	Illinois State Police	$144,300
79	Jeffrey Dybeck	Illinois State Police	$144,100
80	Clayton Chapman	Illinois State Police	$143,700
80	Douglas Raiser	Illinois State Police	$143,700
82	Brian Hayes	Illinois State Police	$143,600
83	Joseph Fahs	Illinois State Police	$143,500
83	Jarran Riley	Illinois State Police	$143,500
85	Timothy Luker	Illinois State Police	$143,400
86	Khalid Bin-Walid	Illinois State Police	$142,900
87	Nathan Anderson	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$142,800
88	Neil Lohman	Illinois State Police	$142,600
89	Robin Queen	Illinois State Police	$142,500
90	December Melville	Illinois State Police	$142,400
91	Steven Korzenewski	Illinois State Police	$141,800
92	Lee Marks	Illinois State Police	$141,400
93	Derek Cowan	Illinois State Police	$141,000
94	James Reeder	Illinois State Police	$140,500
95	Jeremy Wynn	Illinois State Police	$140,200
96	Robert Mott	Illinois State Police	$140,100
97	Thomas Ashe	Illinois State Police	$139,900
97	Christopher Watson	Illinois State Police	$139,900
99	Michael Hogan	Illinois State Police	$139,500
100	Timothy Lemasters	Illinois State Police	$139,100