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75 Illinois Commerce Commission employees earn $100,000 or more annually in Illinois

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75 Illinois Commerce Commission employees earn $100,000 or more annually in Illinois, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

The highest annual salary earned among Illinois Commerce Commission was $151,900 to Randy Rismiller.

The highest salary was $170,100 in 2019.

A report from members of the Federal Salary Council published on May 2, 2019, argued the pay structures within the U.S. government are skewed and federal workers are overpaid.

Downsizing the Federal Government, a project advocating for smaller government in the face of rising deficits, argued over 2 million federal employees earned on average $30,000 more than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

Highest paid Illinois employees with Illinois Commerce Commission.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Randy Rismiller$151,900
Christy George$144,100
Phillip Kosanovich$136,300
James Zolnierek$134,200
Brian Vercruysse$133,300
Bradley Smith$129,300
Robert Funk$129,000
Kiersten Neswick$126,700
Stanley Milewski$126,100
Timothy Payne$126,100
Richard Bridal$126,000
Torsten Clausen$126,000
Eric Lounsberry$126,000
Matthew Harvey$122,900
Latrice Kirkland-Montaqu$122,400
Harry Hibschman$122,000
Matt Smith$121,400
Christopher Murauski$121,100
Sonya Kingsley$120,000
Scott Struck$119,900
Leslie Haynes$118,700
Victoria Crawford$117,800
Jodie Hovey$117,600
Robert Koch$117,300
Christine Ericson$116,400
John Feeley$116,400
Thomas Stanton$116,400
John Klint$116,100
A.J. Nicdao-Cuyugan$116,100
Deborah Stoneburner$112,100
John Saladino$111,800
Arthur Pew$110,700
Bryan Pemble$110,600
Brian Allen$110,200
Daniel Cuba$110,200
Theresa Ebrey$110,200
Lance Ely$110,200
Phil Hardas$110,200
Sheena Kight-Garlisch$110,200
Steven Knepler$110,200
Stephen Laffey$110,200
Mark Maple$110,200
Samuel McClerren$110,200
Michael McNally$110,200
Wade Morris$110,200
Rochelle Phipps$110,200
David Rearden$110,200
Greg Rockrohr$110,200
Leo Thompson$110,200
Dianna Trost$110,200
D. Vanderlaan$110,200
Jeremy Zemaitis$110,200
Dennis Mogan$109,900
Aaron Toliver$109,900
James Agnew$109,800
Shannon Coy$109,000
Troy Fredericks$109,000
George Light$109,000
Chancey Weidenhamer$109,000
Paul Youngmark$109,000
Michelle Kelm$107,500
Bonita Pearce$107,500
Thomas Tolsdorf$107,500
James Harmening$107,300
Karen Weathers$106,600
Jason Felmey$106,400
Jonathan Griffith$105,000
William Atwood$103,600
Jonathan Sperry$103,600
Katie Papadimitriu$103,400
Brian Mills$102,800
Marcy Sherrill$102,000
Glennon Dolan$101,800
Katarzyna Kowalska$101,500
Theresa Orozco$100,900

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