Prairie State Wire

Piotr Dudek earned $131,400 during 2020 working for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority as a trooper first class, a 7.5 percent decrease from the previous year, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

Michael Leathers saw the largest decrease in pay, working as a trooper first class for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in 2020, earning $21,600 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	Johnathan Randle El	Illinois State Police	$184,000
2	Eric David	Illinois State Police	$168,100
3	Kyle Schreiner	Illinois State Police	$165,800
4	Eric Wetstein	Illinois State Police	$162,500
5	Andrew Dykstra	Illinois State Police	$158,600
6	Aaron Palmer	Illinois State Police	$158,400
7	Lucas Sniady	Illinois State Police	$156,600
8	Gerald Mason	Illinois State Police	$156,000
9	John McDonough	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$155,600
10	Steve Kerley	Illinois State Police	$153,800
11	William Hentze	Illinois State Police	$147,300
12	Mark Reynolds	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$143,000
13	Michael Harris	Illinois State Police	$141,900
13	John Philbin	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$141,900
15	Kyle Klingen	Illinois State Police	$141,600
16	Brad Lemarr	Illinois State Police	$140,200
17	Manize McDonald	Illinois State Police	$138,900
18	Matthew Myers	Illinois State Police	$138,000
19	Brian Stack	Illinois State Police	$137,900
20	Howard Sterling	Illinois State Police	$136,300
21	Tim Mayerbock	Illinois State Police	$136,200
22	Gregory Melzer	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$136,000
23	Michael Vodicka	Illinois State Police	$135,800
24	Daniel Jansen	Illinois State Police	$135,400
25	Miguel Herrera	Illinois State Police	$133,600
25	Jason Perkins	Illinois State Police	$133,600
27	Jason Olchawa	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$133,200
28	Piotr Dudek	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$131,400
29	Michael Hentze	Illinois State Police	$130,800
29	Christopher Karabin	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$130,800
31	Jason Craddock	Illinois State Police	$130,400
32	Arturo Resendez	Illinois State Police	$130,300
33	Samuel Delrio	Illinois State Police	$130,100
34	Joseph Reblin	Illinois State Police	$128,900
35	Garret Lindroth	Illinois State Police	$128,800
36	Ramiro Leos	Illinois State Police	$128,200
37	Erin Bowers	Illinois State Police	$128,000
38	Daniel Glover	Illinois State Police	$126,000
39	Miguel Vega	Illinois State Police	$125,400
39	Eric Manheim	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$125,400
41	James Knaperek	Illinois State Police	$125,100
42	Arkadiusz Wozniak	Illinois State Police	$124,800
43	Christopher Ehlers	Illinois State Police	$124,600
43	Peter Skiba	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$124,600
45	Ronald Tisdale	Illinois State Police	$124,500
46	Byron Nudd	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$123,800
47	Michael Bronge	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$123,700
48	Eugene Kuzmiak Jr.	Illinois State Police	$123,600
49	Paul Gibson	Illinois State Police	$122,900
49	Andrew Petrak	Illinois State Police	$122,900
51	Erik Fricke	Illinois State Police	$122,600
52	Matthew Deschamps	Illinois State Police	$122,500
52	Peggy Moon	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$122,500
54	Ramon Coss	Illinois State Police	$122,300
54	Joe Rokowski	Illinois State Police	$122,300
56	Bryce Benton Jr.	Illinois State Police	$122,200
57	Troy D'Amico	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$122,000
58	Ashtyn Kachiroubas	Illinois State Police	$121,900
59	Jeremy Kunken	Illinois State Police	$121,500
60	Ryan Nalezny	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$121,300
61	Justin Kokos	Illinois State Police	$121,100
61	John Murphy	Illinois State Police	$121,100
63	Stephen Kenny	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$120,600
64	Eric Kuchta	Illinois State Police	$119,800
65	Jason Hinds	Illinois State Police	$119,200
65	Adam Lisowski	Illinois State Police	$119,200
65	Matthew Renderman	Illinois State Police	$119,200
68	Juan Vazquez	Illinois State Police	$118,800
69	Kyle Fletcher	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$118,700
70	Jaclyn Kloiber	Illinois State Police	$118,500
71	Joshua Allotey Jr.	Illinois State Police	$118,400
72	Dion Wilson	Illinois State Police	$118,200
73	Nicholas Lakis	Illinois State Police	$118,100
73	Todd Padfield	Illinois State Police	$118,100
75	Marcos Soto	Illinois State Police	$117,800
76	Nathaniel Lunt	Illinois State Police	$117,200
77	Stephen Olson	Illinois State Police	$117,100
78	Luke Dorsey	Illinois State Police	$117,000
79	Jason Ridlen	Illinois State Police	$116,900
80	Howard Purdue	Illinois State Police	$116,800
81	Craig Beiermann	Illinois State Police	$116,500
82	Carrie Arvidson	Illinois State Police	$116,100
82	Robert Pagliaro	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$116,100
84	Brian Skertich	Illinois State Police	$116,000
85	Cory Fox	Illinois State Police	$115,800
86	Brian Frank	Illinois State Police	$115,700
87	Marvin Wagle	Illinois State Police	$115,400
87	Jacob Schlueter	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$115,400
89	Kurt Paslawski	Illinois State Police	$115,300
90	Michael Cokins	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$114,800
91	Omoayena Williams	Illinois State Police	$114,700
92	Bryan McPeek	Illinois State Police	$114,200
93	Robert Petracco	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$114,100
94	Mariusz Napiorkowski	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$113,800
95	Julio Castillo	Illinois State Police	$113,700
96	Joseph Dunn	Illinois State Police	$113,600
97	Miles Walsh	Illinois State Police	$113,400
98	Lukasz Jarocki	Illinois State Police	$113,300
99	Randy McKenzie	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	$113,100
100	Roy Manasco	Illinois State Police	$112,900