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The highest annual salary earned among Illinois Student Assistance Commission was $221,300 to Eric Zarnikow.
The highest salary was $214,100 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 Student Assistance Commission.
| Illinois employee | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| Eric Zarnikow | $221,300 |
| Carmen Heredia-Lopez | $198,500 |
| Ramnath Cidambi | $172,300 |
| Shoba Nandhan | $172,100 |
| Karen Salas | $148,100 |
| Richard Nowell | $140,900 |
| Carol Cook | $131,100 |
| Wendy Funk | $130,900 |
| Sharankishor Desai | $129,500 |
| Kalaiselvan Sambasivan | $128,000 |
| Vicki Baba | $126,600 |
| Eduardo Brambila | $126,400 |
| Jacqueline Moreno | $126,400 |
| Lynne Baker | $123,500 |
| Scott Taylor | $120,300 |
| Gregory Bilobran | $119,700 |
| Evelyn Smith | $118,300 |
| Christine Shields | $117,900 |
| Michael Linn | $117,800 |
| Susan Vescio McCarragher | $117,100 |
| Roger Rojas | $114,900 |
| Harikumar Pillai | $113,700 |
| Samuel Nelson | $113,600 |
| Shana Rogers | $112,400 |
| Mary Rozgus | $112,000 |
| Marisa Lowe | $110,100 |
| Thomas Hood | $108,700 |
| Anne Hunter | $106,800 |
| Abel Montoya | $106,300 |
| Dursun Ertekin | $104,500 |
| Jacolyn Eckley | $103,000 |
| Margaret Wilhelm | $101,900 |
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