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Annual income: 203 Illinois Department of Natural Resources employees earn $100,000 or more

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203 Illinois Department of Natural Resources 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 Natural Resources was $150,200 to Ronald Steward.

The highest salary was $167,300 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 Natural Resources.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Ronald Steward$150,200
Paul Morelock$149,200
Loren Wobig$143,000
Richard Lewis$141,100
Jed Whitchurch$136,400
Ted Montrey$132,000
Christian Stone$131,400
Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko$131,200
Paul Mauer$130,700
Rita Lee$130,100
Laura Petreikis$128,500
Curtis Lewis$126,700
John Williamson$126,300
Eric Schreiber$126,200
William Boyd$126,000
Anthony Colvin$125,200
Stephen Altman$125,000
Eric Manker$124,800
Terry Bandy$124,600
Tom Gargrave$123,300
Pamela Gray$123,200
Eric Myers$123,100
Lindell Loy$123,000
Richard Pohlman$122,600
Kristin Dicenso$122,500
Kristin Taylor$122,500
Ernest Kierbach$122,400
Michael Wefer$121,400
Gregory Kelly$120,900
Jeff Beals$120,500
Michael Challand$120,000
Gary Sullivan$120,000
Jeffrey Steiner$119,600
Michael Falter$119,300
Daniel Barkley$118,800
Scott Shasteen$118,400
Daniel Wheeler$117,700
Thomas Heavisides$117,600
Thomas Maloney$117,600
Bruce Schottel$117,600
Timothy Schweizer$117,600
Alan Whitler$117,600
Liana Winsauer$117,600
Robert Appleman$117,400
Randall Collins$117,200
Renee Snow$117,000
John Wilker$116,800
Karl Thorpe$116,700
Michael Tarlton$116,600
Brent Guttmann$116,400
Bryan Johnsrud$116,400
Tamera Miller$116,400
Michelle Silver$116,400
Krystal Pankey$116,300
Daniel Greuel$116,200
Paul Osman$116,100
Terra McParland$116,000
Ralph Sievers$115,100
Anthony Petreikis$114,900
Terry Gwillim$114,800
Wesley Cattoor$114,700
Munib Ahmad$114,500
Jeffery Kelley$114,100
James Tresouthick$114,000
Robert Liebl$113,800
Donald Schachner$113,800
Eric Dailey$113,600
Suzanne Klemme$113,600
Paul Shelton$113,600
Steven Beltran$113,400
Chad Bartman$113,100
Joseph Middleton$113,100
Matthew Lentz$112,900
Tully Parker$112,900
Phillip Wire$112,800
William Wichern$112,600
Scott Avery$112,400
Steve Washko$112,000
David Wollgast$112,000
William Bergland$111,900
Dale Brockamp$111,900
Daniel Lewis$111,900
Michael Van Wiltenburg$111,900
William Milner$111,600
Justin Blandford$111,500
James Blakeley$111,200
Eric Rollins$110,900
Adrian Walker$110,900
Edward Zwicker$110,800
Rebecca Wilson$110,700
Matthew Anderson$110,600
Paula Ferrier$110,600
David Griffith$110,400
Lisa Ferguson$110,200
Charles Foor$110,200
Deborah Larison$110,200
Heather Ryan$110,200
Roy Domazlicky$110,100
Marc Folden$109,900
Jason Kuhlman$109,900

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