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84 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity employees earn $100,000 or more annually in Illinois

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84 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity 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 Commerce and Economic Opportunity was $145,000 to Travis March.

The highest salary was $152,500 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 Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Travis March$145,000
Matthew Schmit$136,300
Annette Fulgenzi$135,600
John O'Conner$134,300
Melody Schutz-Sanderfield$133,600
Cara Bader$133,300
Tiffany Hawkins$129,800
Jason Horwitz$129,100
Julio Rodriguez$127,800
Brian Lynn$126,600
Nicholas Kammueller$125,800
Justin Heather$125,100
Michael Baker$124,500
S. Ross$124,200
Patricia Schnoor$122,700
David Parr$121,400
Ismael Velazquez$121,300
Christine Degroot$120,900
Carmel Settles$120,500
David Townsend$120,500
Kevin Burke$120,300
Michael Cosenza$119,100
Benjamin Moore$118,800
Susan Boggs$118,400
Cesar Lopez$117,700
John Hathaway$117,600
Elisa Marcus$117,600
David Goben$117,500
Tim Golemo$116,900
Martha Hannel$116,800
Cheryl Stine$116,500
Darryl Thomas$116,400
Elizabeth Jones$116,100
Julio Rodriguez$116,100
Michelle Masoncup$115,900
Mark Petrilli$115,900
Timothy Laffey$115,400
John Glazier$114,100
Michelle Michals$114,100
Zhigang Ren$114,100
Anthony Rolando$114,100
Steven Propst$112,800
Garrett Carter$111,900
Peter Hawley$111,700
Jerry Sanderfield$111,700
I. Wegrzyn-Bochenska$111,700
Tammy Stone$111,100
Chad Wolfe$110,900
Steven Emrick$110,800
Annamarie Dorr$110,300
Jeffrey Brown$110,200
Mark Saladino$109,900
Salvador Garza$109,700
Derick Cheek$109,600
Kristi Dula$109,600
Brian Chumley$109,300
Wendy Bell$108,400
Benjamin Denney$108,400
Margo Markopoulos$108,300
Janice Kemmerling$107,800
Megan Koch$107,500
Sheila Sloan$107,400
Jared Walkowitz$107,400
David Wortman$107,400
Anthony Moore$107,200
Amy Park$106,900
Samson Ntum$106,400
Karina Rosado$106,200
Bryan Ellis$106,100
Jennifer Barnes$106,000
Robert Bailey$105,700
Patrick Campbell$105,500
Kimberly Hill$104,700
Lora Dhom$104,400
John Barr$104,100
Deirdre Coughlin$104,000
Candyce Thompson$103,700
Melina Tomaras-Collins$101,600
Mark Burgess$101,500
Elba Acevedo$100,800
David Evans$100,600
Ronald Johnson$100,500
Elizabeth Livingston$100,500
Marie Mueller$100,500

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