Prairie State Wire

Stephen Ellsworth earned $73,400 during 2020 working for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, a 1.1 percent increase over the previous year, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

Jed Whitchurch saw the largest increase in pay working for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in 2020, earning $41,900 more than 2019.

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

Rank	Employee	2020 Earnings
1	Paul Morelock	$149,200
2	Loren Wobig	$143,000
3	Richard Lewis	$141,100
4	Jed Whitchurch	$136,400
5	Ted Montrey	$132,000
6	Paul Mauer	$130,700
7	Rita Lee	$130,100
8	Laura Petreikis	$128,500
9	William Boyd	$126,000
10	Anthony Colvin	$125,200
11	Stephen Altman	$125,000
12	Terry Bandy	$124,600
13	Tom Gargrave	$123,300
14	Pamela Gray	$123,200
15	Lindell Loy	$123,000
16	Richard Pohlman	$122,600
17	Kristin Dicenso	$122,500
18	Ernest Kierbach	$122,400
19	Michael Wefer	$121,400
20	Gregory Kelly	$120,900
21	Jeff Beals	$120,500
22	Michael Challand	$120,000
22	Gary Sullivan	$120,000
24	Jeffrey Steiner	$119,600
25	Michael Falter	$119,300
26	Daniel Barkley	$118,800
27	Daniel Wheeler	$117,700
28	Thomas Heavisides	$117,600
28	Thomas Maloney	$117,600
28	Bruce Schottel	$117,600
28	Timothy Schweizer	$117,600
28	Alan Whitler	$117,600
28	Liana Winsauer	$117,600
34	Robert Appleman	$117,400
35	Randall Collins	$117,200
36	Renee Snow	$117,000
37	John Wilker	$116,800
38	Karl Thorpe	$116,700
39	Michael Tarlton	$116,600
40	Brent Guttmann	$116,400
40	Bryan Johnsrud	$116,400
40	Tamera Miller	$116,400
40	Michelle Silver	$116,400
44	Krystal Pankey	$116,300
45	Terra McParland	$116,000
46	Ralph Sievers	$115,100
47	Terry Gwillim	$114,800
48	Wesley Cattoor	$114,700
49	Munib Ahmad	$114,500
50	Jeffery Kelley	$114,100
51	James Tresouthick	$114,000
52	Robert Liebl	$113,800
52	Donald Schachner	$113,800
54	Paul Shelton	$113,600
54	Eric Dailey	$113,600
56	Steven Beltran	$113,400
57	Joseph Middleton	$113,100
58	Matthew Lentz	$112,900
58	Tully Parker	$112,900
60	William Wichern	$112,600
61	Steve Washko	$112,000
62	William Bergland	$111,900
62	Daniel Lewis	$111,900
62	Michael Van Wiltenburg	$111,900
62	Dale Brockamp	$111,900
66	William Milner	$111,600
67	Justin Blandford	$111,500
68	James Blakeley	$111,200
69	Edward Zwicker	$110,800
70	Matthew Anderson	$110,600
70	Paula Ferrier	$110,600
72	David Griffith	$110,400
73	Lisa Ferguson	$110,200
73	Deborah Larison	$110,200
75	Roy Domazlicky	$110,100
76	David Morrow	$109,700
77	David Ray	$109,600
78	Michael Lewis	$109,500
79	James Schafer	$109,400
79	James Casey	$109,400
81	Daniel Bell	$109,100
81	Hugh Dowdall	$109,100
81	Christopher Hespen	$109,100
81	Charles Hill	$109,100
81	Thomas Hintz	$109,100
81	Tom Jackson	$109,100
81	Eric McClusky	$109,100
81	Chris McGinness	$109,100
81	Terry Miller	$109,100
81	Matthew Mittelstaedt	$109,100
81	Timothy Pryor	$109,100
81	Scott Roman	$109,100
81	Jeffrey Wepprecht	$109,100
81	Bradley Winn	$109,100
95	Natalie Cusumano-Christian	$108,900
96	Paula Martel	$108,800
96	Anthony Holtschlag	$108,800
96	Dennis Sneed	$108,800
99	George Johnson	$108,600
99	James Gowen	$108,600