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$100,000 or more earned by 21 Illinois Department of Agriculture employees

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21 Illinois Department of Agriculture 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 Agriculture was $139,400 to Kimberly Hamilton.

The highest salary was $136,300 in 2020.

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 Agriculture.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Kimberly Hamilton$139,400
Jeremy Flynn$135,500
Kristi Jones$123,300
John Teefey$122,800
Robert Dowson$115,400
Mark Ernst$113,600
John O'Keefe$113,500
Kevin Rogers$113,500
David Lakeman$112,700
Joseph Khayyat$109,400
Joshua Navarro$109,000
Kevin Gordon$108,100
Andrew Neubauer$107,600
Rosario Johnstone$105,900
Suzanne Moss$105,600
Dennis Morris$104,800
Douglas Rathbun$104,600
Jason Ground$102,200
Todd Haberer$100,900
Nyrere Norfleet$100,900
Mark Ballman$100,600

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