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The highest annual salary earned among Illinois Student Assistance Commission was $227,900 to Eric Zarnikow.
The highest salary was $221,300 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 Student Assistance Commission.
| Illinois employee | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| Eric Zarnikow | $227,900 |
| Carmen Heredia-Lopez | $204,500 |
| Shoba Nandhan | $177,300 |
| Karen Salas | $152,600 |
| Richard Nowell | $144,800 |
| Carol Cook | $142,400 |
| Wendy Funk | $137,400 |
| Sharankishor Desai | $133,500 |
| Kalaiselvan Sambasivan | $131,900 |
| Vicki Baba | $130,400 |
| Eduardo Brambila | $130,200 |
| Jacqueline Moreno | $130,200 |
| Harikumar Pillai | $129,100 |
| Gloria Legette | $127,600 |
| Lynne Baker | $127,200 |
| Scott Taylor | $124,000 |
| Shana Rogers | $123,500 |
| Gregory Bilobran | $123,300 |
| Christine Shields | $121,600 |
| Michael Linn | $121,400 |
| Susan Vescio McCarragher | $120,600 |
| Marisa Lowe | $119,000 |
| Anne Hunter | $118,700 |
| Roger Rojas | $118,400 |
| Samuel Nelson | $117,000 |
| Ramnath Cidambi | $116,600 |
| Thomas Hood | $112,000 |
| Abel Montoya | $109,500 |
| Dursun Ertekin | $107,600 |
| Jacolyn Eckley | $106,200 |
| Margaret Wilhelm | $105,600 |
| Karen Taylor | $103,500 |
| Martin Willis | $102,800 |
| Katharine Gricevich | $101,600 |
| Yun Ding | $101,300 |
| Joseph Baginski | $100,900 |
| Glen Guercio | $100,500 |
| Christopher Ruckoldt | $100,200 |
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