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8 Illinois State Board of Education employees earn $150,000 or more annually in Illinois

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Eight Illinois State Board of Education 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 State Board of Education was $256,600 to Carmen Ayala.

The highest salary was $197,900 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 State Board of Education.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Carmen Ayala$256,600
Ernesto Matias$177,400
Melissa Oller$162,700
Robert Wolfe$162,700
Deborah Vespa$161,900
Brenda Dixon$152,400
Trisha Olson$152,100
Irma Snopek$151,300

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