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398 employees with Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology in Illinois make $100,000 or more

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398 Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology 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 Innovation and Technology was $217,600 to Cornell Stahlman.

The highest salary was $186,900 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 Innovation and Technology.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Cornell Stahlman$217,600
James Gehrs$186,900
Gary Selvaggio$186,500
Brent Flesner$179,000
Floyd Schleyhahn$176,200
Craig Strauch$173,200
Brenda Wohlers$172,500
Russell Steele$167,600
Vinay Ugrappa$167,500
Meisheng Wang$160,900
Russell Pattie$160,700
Brian Kirkorian$160,200
Christine Banayat$156,300
Laura Sorenson$155,600
Joel Vinson$153,300
Krzysztof Kordes$152,600
Adam Ford$151,700
Bradley Long$150,700
Keith Klockenga$150,000
Patrick Beaird$149,800
Marc Sullivan$149,300
Venkata Twarakavi$147,000
Brandon Ragle$144,800
Mark Hernandez$144,600
Dixie Sloman$143,600
Sunil Thomas$143,400
Christopher Wollesen$143,300
Stan Hoover$143,200
Elizabeth McComb$142,600
Jacob Brown$141,900
William Seagle$141,800
Rebecca Stephenson$141,600
Hooi Too$141,100
Jenifer Johnson$140,800
Craig Fess$140,700
Walailuk Thongsit$140,300
Diana Higgerson$140,000
Brian Walton$139,200
John Foreman$138,900
Peter Holt$138,800
Jeffrey Jones$138,100
Mohammed Tajuddin$138,000
Gloria Lasley$137,700
Brian Turner$137,600
Gregg Easterly$136,900
Margaret Van Dijk$136,800
Kenneth Owens$136,600
Dan Sluga$136,600
Tony Collings$136,300
Pedro Guzman$136,100
Michael Linkey$136,100
Amy Delcomyn$135,400
Tara Kessler$135,400
Carl Try$135,300
Barbara Piwowarski$135,100
Pamela Yancey$135,100
Mark Dean$134,900
Michael Porter$134,700
Richard Egger$134,600
Joppachan Joseph$134,400
Debra Price$133,100
Melissa Saettler$133,100
Diana Shanks$133,100
Tamara Roust$132,800
Mary Feagans$132,600
Marc Welch$132,500
Patrick O'Malley$132,300
Kevin Morris$132,200
Dale Walters$132,100
Frank Walters$131,700
Tory Leonard$131,300
Christopher Britten$131,000
Daniel Johnson$131,000
Michael Friedrich$130,800
Jennifer Tuttle$130,700
John Terry$130,600
Amy Walter$130,500
Ronald Seidl$130,300
Mary Reynolds$130,100
William Simpson$129,900
Valerie Bolinger$129,300
Elizabeth Christensen$129,200
Leslie Moore$129,200
Jeffrey Capps$129,100
Todd Washko$129,100
Andre Bouravnev$129,000
Susan Kunz$129,000
Craig Williams$129,000
Leslie Barrow$128,700
Ameetkumar Dorepally$128,700
Dean Haukap$128,300
Nicole Willis$128,300
Jon McCormick$128,200
Kevin Park$127,700
Tami Boston$127,100
George Kokkat$127,100
David Werrbach$126,900
Seshadri Iyengar$126,700
Steven Washburn$126,600
Markus Veile$126,300

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