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$150,000 or more earned by 77 Illinois Department of Children and Family Services employees

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77 Illinois Department of Children and Family Services 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 Children and Family Services was $266,600 to Shelia Traylor.

The highest salary was $216,600 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 Children and Family Services.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Shelia Traylor$266,600
Stacey Mixon-Newton$262,700
Cedric Berryhill$258,600
Anita McKeever$257,100
Susan White$238,700
John Gac$230,400
Lisa Welcher-Silmon$224,100
Kimberly Harrell$217,600
Lisa Carswell$217,500
Maurice Johnson$216,500
Carolyn Travis$212,100
Charles Ward$206,000
Jarvis Barnes$204,900
Tanya McGhee$203,900
Thayer Johnson$203,600
Jacquelyne Crane$199,000
Brigitte Broadway$197,300
Maribel Rodriguez$196,200
Latricia Knight$194,900
Arshad Manzoor$193,300
Conton Stone-Wooten$192,800
Essie Nicholson$191,500
Clara Yanes$190,900
Lindia Holmes$189,700
Latanya Hoskins$186,300
Denice Plump$185,200
Julie Cummings$183,600
Tony Hempen$181,900
Deborah Buckles$179,800
Varsi Katsenis$177,200
Kimberly Smith$176,100
Dana Drummer$173,400
Cassandra Campbell$172,400
Stacy Sloan$171,600
Michael Enu-Enwosu$171,100
Heather Blancke$170,100
Levent Ozyurt$170,100
Nikolas Ackley$169,500
Kimberly Wilson$168,900
Cynthia Celestine$167,900
Jeronda Harvey$167,600
Scott Destasio$165,000
Jessi Schall-Svanda$163,700
Lisa Vargas$163,600
Patrick Armstrong$163,400
James Daugherty$162,400
Vel Ojugbele$162,400
Laticia McAlpine$162,300
Amie Holzmacher$162,000
Stephanie Demoss$161,300
Liliana Romero$161,300
Carol Melton$161,100
Misty Huff$160,800
Maurice McClean$159,800
Anna Foote$159,000
Megan Sturtevant$158,700
Ramona Gulley$157,600
Ralphael Longmire$157,200
Arnold Black$156,600
Barbara Duminie$156,500
Maria Hernandez$156,400
Geneva Byrd$155,600
Kristina Engel$154,900
Charles Dorothy$154,300
Rosalin Lowery$154,200
Steven Boyd$154,100
Harriette Holmes$154,100
Barbara Williams$153,800
John Reeves$153,600
Patricia Pinkney$153,200
Lynda Morgan$153,000
Elizabeth Kimble$152,700
Nicole Eldred$152,600
Tory Daniels$151,900
Candace Delaune$151,500
David Ruano$151,400
Beverly Mims$150,400

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