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The highest annual salary earned among Illinois Department of Transportation was $171,000 to Jaime Escamilla.
The highest salary was $167,800 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 Transportation.
| Illinois employee | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| Jaime Escamilla | $171,000 |
| Dante Giglio | $163,300 |
| Brian Suchy | $158,200 |
| April Schoonover | $156,200 |
| Stephen Newcomb | $155,700 |
| Trisha Thompson | $149,300 |
| Stephen Travia | $149,000 |
| Matthew Spina | $148,300 |
| Randall Gilliam | $147,700 |
| Eric Howald | $147,500 |
| Michael Denne | $147,300 |
| Sarah Wilson | $147,300 |
| Pak Lam | $146,500 |
| Kristie Nyderek | $145,500 |
| Jonathan Schumacher | $144,900 |
| Jose Dominguez | $144,400 |
| Margaret Van Dijk | $144,000 |
| Kyle Wheelwright | $143,200 |
| Jose Rios | $143,000 |
| Bill Shaw | $142,800 |
| Justan Mann | $141,500 |
| Jeffrey Ogrodnik | $141,400 |
| Laura Shanley | $141,400 |
| Oscar Jimenez | $140,800 |
| David Puzey | $140,700 |
| Kenneth Thomas | $140,600 |
| Jay Wavering | $140,600 |
| Keith Roberts | $140,400 |
| Todd Landon | $140,100 |
| Georgina White | $139,100 |
| John Love | $138,700 |
| Angel Ramirez | $137,900 |
| Shawn Halsted | $137,400 |
| Phetsamone Kenenakhone | $137,000 |
| Marcello Valle | $136,800 |
| Phillip Gibson | $136,600 |
| Robert Cook | $136,200 |
| Dwayne Commodore | $135,900 |
| Jeri Hayes | $135,800 |
| James Snyder | $135,600 |
| Ternell Cade | $135,400 |
| James Stewart | $135,400 |
| Jason Lee | $135,200 |
| Mary Mack | $134,900 |
| Daniel Tobin | $134,900 |
| Stanley Masnik | $134,800 |
| Gary Sims | $134,500 |
| Lisa Heaven-Baum | $134,000 |
| Terry Stephenson | $133,900 |
| Mauro Garcia | $133,800 |
| Eleftherios Masouridis | $133,800 |
| Amy Eller | $133,700 |
| Joseph Kannel | $133,700 |
| Thomas Magolan | $133,300 |
| Masood Ahmad | $133,000 |
| Douglas House | $133,000 |
| Rebecca Locker | $133,000 |
| Babatunde Owolabi | $133,000 |
| Glen Pennington | $133,000 |
| Brian Pfeifer | $132,900 |
| Aileen Tate | $132,900 |
| Kristopher Wilkins | $132,900 |
| Michael Brand | $132,700 |
| Scott Stitt | $132,500 |
| Michael Copp | $132,400 |
| James Stumpner | $132,000 |
| Matthew Vitner | $131,600 |
| Cynthia Watters | $131,100 |
| Ladonna Rowden | $131,000 |
| Michael Schilke | $131,000 |
| Alexis Billingslea-Brown | $130,800 |
| John Baczek | $130,400 |
| Matt Magalis | $130,400 |
| Jared Hamm | $130,300 |
| Brian Galloway | $130,100 |
| David Rennels | $130,100 |
| Rudolph Dehoyos | $130,000 |
| Rebecca Marruffo | $130,000 |
| Shaun Bond | $129,900 |
| Clifford Thomas | $129,800 |
| Stephen Worsfold | $129,600 |
| John Oimoen | $129,400 |
| Mark Thomson | $129,400 |
| Timothy Hemmen | $129,200 |
| Duane Lukkari | $129,100 |
| Karen Dvorsky | $129,000 |
| Laura Mlacnik | $128,900 |
| George Tapas | $128,700 |
| Christopher Hahin | $128,600 |
| Andrew Meyer | $128,500 |
| Michael Brown | $128,300 |
| Chad Goddard | $128,300 |
| Becky Koehler | $128,300 |
| Victoria Kuforiji | $128,300 |
| John Humphry | $128,100 |
| Sheila Moynihan | $128,100 |
| Michael Kuehn | $128,000 |
| Gregory Lupton | $128,000 |
| Megan Moldenhauer | $127,900 |
| Dewey Coultas | $127,800 |
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