Prairie State Wire

Lorette Pollard earned $89,300 during 2020 working for the Illinois Department of Public Health, a 13.9 percent decrease from the previous year, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

Barbara Vinyard saw the largest decrease in pay working for the Illinois Department of Public Health in 2020, earning $99,100 less 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	Ahmad Abuarqoub	$239,800
2	Dejan Jovanov	$229,400
3	Joel Price	$228,600
4	Janet Nuss	$218,200
5	Jennifer Crew	$205,800
6	Anh-Thu Runez	$205,700
7	Brian Nicholson	$195,600
8	Delmar Davis	$192,400
9	Robert Cox	$177,400
10	Kalifa-Amira Shabazz	$173,000
11	April Caulk	$172,100
12	Lynette McKinney-Colman	$163,900
13	Pearlie Gardley	$161,100
14	Carlos Morales	$160,700
15	Andrea Stadsholt	$158,000
16	Jennifer Blazis	$156,600
17	Jeffrey Maras	$155,400
18	Anuradha Meka	$152,700
19	Justin Dewitt	$152,500
20	Hector Diaz	$149,400
21	Onesia Bishop	$148,300
22	Daniel Lee	$141,100
23	Xinfang Ma	$140,900
24	Khaja Basheeruddin	$140,800
25	Rong Shao	$140,600
26	Scott Sobeski	$138,200
27	Lesli Choat	$138,100
28	Brian Kieninger	$137,200
29	Stacey Jensen	$136,200
29	Danny Pippin	$136,200
31	Kim Small	$136,100
32	David Harmon	$135,400
33	Tricia Patterson	$135,200
34	Milona Vankanegan	$135,100
35	Carla Little	$135,000
36	Cheryl Ward	$134,600
37	Muhammad Rashid	$134,400
38	Leslie Chapman	$133,900
39	Shannon Lightner-Gometz	$133,800
40	Dina Goebel	$133,600
40	Celina Avelino	$133,600
42	Mohammad Nasir	$133,200
43	Joseph Ramos	$133,000
44	Christopher Vogt	$132,800
45	Sarla Desai	$132,700
46	Megan Patel	$131,800
47	Tiefu Shen	$131,400
48	Orland Forshee	$131,100
49	David Barker	$131,000
50	Lori Saathoff-Huber	$130,600
51	Kent Martin	$130,100
52	Patricia Murphy	$130,000
53	Kurt Karmazinas	$129,800
54	Jeffrey Snider	$129,500
55	Tina Estrop	$129,000
56	Jamie Burns	$128,900
57	Donna Carpentier	$128,800
58	Michael Gaines	$128,700
59	Elizabeth Bussmann	$128,600
60	Jeff Grieve	$128,500
61	Chad Brose	$127,900
62	Michelle Ealy	$127,700
63	Gail Devito-Singh	$127,400
64	Kenya McRae	$127,100
65	Hasmukh Soni	$126,800
66	Annette Hodge	$125,600
67	Sheryl Friedrich	$125,200
67	Brandy Lane	$125,200
69	Margo Asbury	$125,100
69	Ken Bonovich	$125,100
69	Jane Fornoff	$125,100
69	Aaron Martin	$125,100
69	Joseph Mitchell	$125,100
74	Dawn Nims	$125,000
75	Pratixa Mistry	$124,600
75	Elisha Reid	$124,600
77	Keokaysone Sabengsy	$124,500
78	Sarah Ross	$124,400
79	Joyce McNamara-Coughlin	$124,200
80	Douglas Tucker	$124,100
81	Andrew Frierdich	$124,000
82	Craig Steinheimer	$123,900
83	George Logan	$123,600
84	Yolanda Jones	$123,400
84	Sarah O'Connor	$123,400
86	Glenda Coney	$123,300
87	Lynn Akker	$123,200
87	Vicki Wilson	$123,200
89	Scott Henkel	$122,900
90	Samantha Nelson	$122,700
91	Gregory Atteberry	$122,600
91	Annamma Mathew	$122,600
91	Peter Ward	$122,600
94	Sheila Hausman	$122,400
94	Jami Withers	$122,400
96	Matthew Ringenberg	$122,300
97	Paula Atteberry	$122,200
98	N. Espinosa-Rivera	$122,100
99	Dawn Davis	$122,000
99	Kevin McGee	$122,000