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696 employees with Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in Illinois make $100,000 or more

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696 Illinois Department of Children and Family Services 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 Department of Children and Family Services was $216,600 to Anita McKeever.

The highest salary was $238,600 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 Department of Children and Family Services.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Anita McKeever$216,600
Deborah Folga$203,200
Patricia Young$198,700
Kimberly Smith$189,000
Arshad Manzoor$184,100
Cedric Berryhill$179,300
Susan White$171,900
Carolyn Travis$168,500
Dana Drummer$161,500
John Egan$161,000
Julie Cummings$159,800
Scott Destasio$159,000
Levent Ozyurt$156,700
Clara Yanes$156,400
Lisa Carswell$154,900
Dwayne Williams$154,000
Jessi Schall-Svanda$153,900
John Gac$153,400
Steven Boyd$152,100
Paula Truitt-Alohan$152,100
James Daugherty$150,200
Isabel Tobias$148,600
Barbara Duminie$148,100
David Ruano$147,900
Denise Briglio$147,600
Patrick Armstrong$147,400
Conton Stone-Wooten$146,900
Jarvis Barnes$146,600
Mary Miller$146,000
Tony Hempen$144,900
Denise Gonzales$144,700
Maribel Rodriguez$144,700
Crystal Carr$144,600
Lindia Holmes$144,600
Essie Nicholson$144,400
Tawnya Hooper$144,000
Elizabeth Kimble$143,800
Maurice McClean$143,400
Tara Herbord$143,000
Evelyn Martinez$143,000
Nikolas Ackley$142,400
Delores Jones$142,300
Karen Austin-Antoine$142,200
Michael Enu-Enwosu$142,200
Amanda Moren$141,500
Candace Delaune$141,400
Amanda Wolfman$141,400
Misty Huff$140,900
Arnold Black$140,500
Lynda Morgan$140,000
Randall Cates$139,700
Esther Cordova$139,400
Cynthia Draege$139,400
Heather Blancke$138,600
Jacquelyne Crane$138,200
Luis Carrion$138,100
Amie HolzMacHer$138,000
Carla Jackson$137,700
Alisha Hodge$137,600
Robert Schmink$137,400
Roger Short$137,400
Aundrea Brooks$137,000
Priscilla Cash$136,900
Royce Kirkpatrick$136,600
Cynthia Betcher$136,500
Megan Sturtevant$136,400
Nancy Woody$136,400
Denise Flores$136,300
Muhammad Owais$136,200
Lisa Vargas$136,200
Mary Kennedy-Moore$135,900
Mary Ford$135,800
Wendy Ingersoll$135,800
John Reeves$135,700
Beth Wienhoff$135,700
Cynthia Bowns$135,500
Stacey Mixon-Newton$135,200
Hope Carbonaro$134,800
Mary Crawford$134,800
Shelia Traylor$134,800
Rhonda Laye$134,700
Latricia Knight$134,400
Jennifer Williams$134,300
Glenn Curry$134,100
Sylvester Fulcher$134,000
Stephanie Demoss$133,900
Angela Scott$133,800
Michelle Glasco$133,700
Gary Crone$133,600
Eyerusalem Getahun$133,600
Lisa Welcher-Silmon$133,000
Angela Huss$132,800
Walter Gordon$132,700
Vanessa Marye$132,600
Octavia Lindsay$132,100
Carla Long$131,700
Kimberly Wilson$131,700
Jennifer Hawley$131,600
Tracy Vinson$131,600
Julie Barbosa$131,500

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