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Annual income: 136 Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs employees earn $100,000 or more

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136 Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs 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 Veterans' Affairs was $281,000 to William McLaughlin.

The highest salary was $270,800 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 Veterans' Affairs.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
William McLaughlin$281,000
Maung Win$276,700
Subhash Waikar$275,600
Candice Martinez$188,900
Todd Riney$182,100
David Hirstius$175,600
Susan Veihl$169,100
Tanya Wolf$163,000
David Kellems$161,100
Mark Senesac$156,900
Andrew Morrison$150,900
John Morrissey$150,300
Troy Sheffler$150,100
Robert Westerheide$147,800
John Freidinger$145,800
Charles Klingele$145,000
Candace Nehls$143,900
Kris Durbin$142,200
Heidi Ludwig$141,700
Teresa Allensworth$140,700
Martin Griffin$139,000
Tanya Moffatt$138,700
Jonita Brunier$138,500
Ayodeji Adeyemi$137,700
Victoria Dameron$137,600
Linda Garner$137,400
Wali Lewis$137,300
Kenneth Kuczero$134,600
Thomas Janca$134,100
Justin Daverin$133,500
Madonna Davis$132,700
Lori Zimmerman$132,600
Elizabeth Viernes$131,200
Marilyn De Guzman$130,800
Donna Collins$130,300
Doris Zerites$130,100
David Clifford$128,900
Hema Rebman$128,600
Rodney Wangelin$127,300
Joshua Smith$126,400
Bradley Florea$125,300
Linda Sult$124,400
Traci Power$124,300
Becky Hartley$124,000
Lucas Gittings$123,500
Anthony Kolbeck$123,500
Kyla Mennecke$123,500
Ijeoma Nkwogu$122,900
Angela Clark$122,100
Jordan Rick$122,000
Lisa Parson$121,600
Chad Roberts$121,000
Peggy Forsell$119,300
Stacey Gravitter$118,700
Audra Durbon$118,500
Rhonda Epley$117,600
Troy Culbertson$117,400
Mary Day$117,400
Karen Kubal$117,400
Dale Waterman$116,900
Samantha Castle$116,700
Angela Larson$115,000
Nikita Williams$114,800
Peggy Johnston$114,700
Jean Glass$113,800
Amanda Hubner$113,700
William Blinn$113,200
Alisha Lawson$112,700
Daniel Turner$112,700
Virginia Carcelli$112,500
Lori Wilson$112,300
George Learned$112,100
Casey Devore$111,700
Effie Harmston$111,100
Lance Higdon$111,100
Lenard Winnicki$110,800
Tiffany Link$110,700
Kathleen Hrubos$110,600
Jeffrey Wilson$110,600
Sandra Nelson$110,300
Darrell Ryan$110,000
Deborah Overacker$109,900
Jonathan Hanson$109,500
Rebecca Mitchell$109,500
Gerald Deming$109,200
Denise Kaszynski$108,900
Rodney Beebe$108,800
Kathleen Johnson$108,700
Courtney Bott$108,600
Gwen Diehl$108,400
Amy Harmon$108,300
Edna Daschner$108,000
Karen Tripp$107,700
Karen Mittelberg$107,600
Jill Vandewyngaerde$107,600
Marilou Perra$107,500
Jesse Borchers$107,100
Lisa Bohan$107,000
Sonya Chipman$106,700
Luz Serratos$106,500

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