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14 Illinois Department of Transportation employees earn $150,000 or more annually in Illinois

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14 Illinois Department of Transportation employees earn $150,000 or more annually in Illinois, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

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 employeeAnnual 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

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