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Illinois: 294 Illinois State Police earn $150,000 or more

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294 Illinois State Police 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 Police was $309,600 to Christopher Wilkes.

The highest salary was $268,700 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 State Police.
Illinois employeeAnnual salary
Christopher Wilkes$309,600
Sean Mosby$275,500
Tommie King$272,200
Brian Walker$245,400
Carl Rajski$243,700
Richard Osterberg$243,500
Guy Vancina$240,600
George Halsey$236,800
Bradley Cosgrove$226,800
Andrew Dennis$221,800
James Gainer$212,400
Ronald Caves$208,700
Douglas Yorke$205,300
Patrick Callaghan$202,100
Michael Weber$202,100
Timothy Gainer$202,000
Karl Heinecke$200,400
Anthony Ostrowski$199,800
Mark Bayless$197,300
Brian Ewing$197,300
Gilberto Gutierrez$197,100
John Paprocki$196,400
Eric David$195,500
David Graham$195,400
Breton Oneill$193,400
Steven Sigler$191,300
William Sons$190,700
Jason Holt$189,900
Peter Dimopoulos$189,100
Ryan Rybczyk$188,500
Jamal Simington$188,500
Daniel Balsley$188,200
Jarod Ingebrigtsen$187,900
Michael Kraft$184,600
George Jimenez$184,200
Jose Flores$183,000
Byron Workman$182,500
Mark Brzeczek$181,400
Calvin Brown$180,400
Hector Robert$180,100
Krista Thien$179,400
Ryan Fuoss$179,200
Vernon Smith$178,800
David Keltner$178,100
Matthew Davis$177,600
Michael Galletti$177,500
Stephen Lawrence$177,400
Donald Kovack$177,300
Ramiro Montes$177,000
Brian Epps$176,600
Sean Cormier$175,900
Timothy Tyler$175,900
Isaiah Vega$175,900
Kelly Walter$175,900
Akil Smith$175,500
Margaret McGreal$175,300
Joseph Bickham$175,200
Brandi Field$174,700
Marcus Gipson$174,500
Steve Kerley$174,500
Alan Ulcigrai$174,500
Louis Kink$174,400
Christopher Campbell$174,200
Michael Gillock$174,200
Christopher Owen$174,200
Christopher Trame$174,200
Wayne Ladd$174,100
The Tran$173,600
Steven Ent$173,400
James Pearce$173,000
Jason Lococo$172,900
Richard White$172,900
Kurt Quick$172,700
Felix Canizares$172,500
Clayton Cushman$172,500
David Schneider$172,500
Derek Wise$172,500
Scott Becker$172,400
Matthew Gainer$172,200
Daryl Grammer$171,800
L. Sheldon$171,300
Chad Grogman$171,000
Sean Brannon$170,900
Christopher Endress$170,900
Richard Wilk$170,900
James Poortinga$170,600
Michael Witt$170,400
Lucas Sniady$170,200
Johnathan Randle El$170,000
Michael Bobko$169,900
Jose Nevarez$169,900
Aaron Fullington$169,500
Matthew Peckham$169,400
Angelo Mollo$169,300
Christopher Sullivan$169,300
Michael Alvey$169,000
John Clark$168,900
Christopher Weidler$168,800
Mark Peyton$168,600
Christopher Pritchard$168,500

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