John McDonough earns 14.3% more during 2020 working for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

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By Prairie State Wire

Sep 15, 2021

John McDonough earned $155,600 during 2020, a 14.3 percent increase over the previous year, working for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority as a trooper first class, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

Gerald Mason saw the largest increase in pay working as a trooper first class for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in 2020, earning $49,600 more than in 2019.

Top 100 highest paid public employees as first class troopers

Rank	Employee	Employer	2020 amount earned
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