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The highest annual salary earned among Illinois Department of Transportation was $167,800 to Jaime Escamilla.
The highest salary was $186,400 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 Transportation.
| Illinois employee | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| Jaime Escamilla | $167,800 |
| Jimmy Holliday | $163,400 |
| David Gibson | $163,100 |
| Stephen Newcomb | $162,700 |
| Mauro Garcia | $162,300 |
| Dante Giglio | $158,800 |
| Shaun Bond | $156,500 |
| Jeffrey Washington | $156,400 |
| Matthew Spina | $155,800 |
| Rebecca Locker | $155,700 |
| Randal Hopper | $153,700 |
| Roman McGhee | $152,700 |
| Roman Meropolski | $152,000 |
| Ali Ewidah | $151,600 |
| Eric Howald | $147,300 |
| Lloyd Hinton | $147,200 |
| Sarah Wilson | $145,600 |
| Gene Felchner | $145,300 |
| Michael Denne | $145,000 |
| John Humphry | $145,000 |
| Phillip Gibson | $144,100 |
| John Kantz | $143,500 |
| Randall Gilliam | $142,600 |
| Stephen Travia | $142,600 |
| Pak Lam | $142,400 |
| Kyle Wheelwright | $141,900 |
| Anthony Quigley | $141,600 |
| Christian Martinez | $141,300 |
| Jeffrey Ogrodnik | $140,500 |
| Oscar Jimenez | $139,800 |
| Robert Banach | $138,900 |
| Ava Strough | $138,600 |
| Imad Shahatit | $138,400 |
| Eric Norland | $138,100 |
| Jeffrey Quigg | $138,000 |
| Todd Johnson | $137,700 |
| Clay Nall | $137,200 |
| John Love | $136,600 |
| David Puzey | $136,600 |
| Sami Daniel | $135,500 |
| Georgina Syas | $135,400 |
| Keith Roberts | $134,500 |
| Jonathan Schumacher | $134,500 |
| Lisa Heaven-Baum | $133,700 |
| Todd Landon | $133,600 |
| Kristopher Wilkins | $133,500 |
| James Snyder | $132,600 |
| William Parker | $132,400 |
| Delon Coleman | $132,000 |
| Andy Pilkington | $132,000 |
| Mary Mack | $131,500 |
| Jared Hamm | $131,300 |
| Brian Tisdale | $131,200 |
| Philip Kaufmann | $131,100 |
| Angel Ramirez | $131,100 |
| Stephen Worsfold | $130,600 |
| Babatunde Owolabi | $130,300 |
| Hershel Hanner | $130,000 |
| Nicholas Volk | $129,900 |
| Amy Eller | $129,800 |
| James Stewart | $129,800 |
| Marcello Valle | $129,600 |
| Jose Rios | $129,400 |
| Michael Brand | $129,200 |
| Douglas House | $129,200 |
| Masood Ahmad | $129,100 |
| Jan Twardowski | $129,100 |
| Brian Pfeifer | $129,000 |
| David Rennels | $129,000 |
| Kevin Wheelwright | $128,900 |
| Scott Stitt | $128,600 |
| Trisha Thompson | $128,600 |
| Chiboy Nwanganga | $128,500 |
| Julaine Blair | $128,000 |
| Christopher Hahin | $128,000 |
| David Weller | $128,000 |
| Jay Wavering | $127,300 |
| Ladonna Rowden | $127,200 |
| Cynthia Watters | $127,200 |
| Jeffrey Schoonover | $127,000 |
| Erica Deyoung | $126,800 |
| Kiley Gwaltney | $126,800 |
| Jeri Hayes | $126,700 |
| Gregg Prairie | $126,700 |
| John Baczek | $126,600 |
| Sharon Battle | $126,600 |
| Matt Magalis | $126,600 |
| Christian Hagmann | $126,500 |
| Justan Mann | $126,500 |
| Brad Strebel | $126,200 |
| Donald Hayden | $125,900 |
| James Rettig | $125,900 |
| Steven Beran | $125,800 |
| Jose Dominguez | $125,800 |
| Joseph Monroe | $125,600 |
| John Oimoen | $125,600 |
| Mahmoud Etemadi | $125,500 |
| Douglas Sandstrom | $125,500 |
| Alonzo Smiley | $125,400 |
| Dwayne Commodore | $125,300 |
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