| Year |
Employer |
Name |
Title |
Annual Wages |
Source |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Wheeler Peggy J |
|
$253,664.16 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Harley Brendan Andrew |
|
$253,660.67 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Caserta Maria T |
|
$253,658.42 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Alston Reginald J |
|
$253,651.03 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
Northern Illinois University |
Cripe Bradrick M |
|
$253,633.58 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Shah Reshma |
|
$253,633.39 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice |
Guzman Jose C |
Juvenile Justice Supervisor |
$253,629.49 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
Judges Retirement System of Illinois |
Cannady Thomas |
Associate Judges Of Circuit Cou |
$253,622.14 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Brown Timothy J |
|
$253,617.92 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Tolliver Jason R |
|
$253,612.56 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
Cobb Pamela D |
|
$253,588.50 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Leburton Jean-Pierre |
|
$253,572.41 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nagi Rakesh |
|
$253,560.77 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
Illinois State University |
Johnson Levester |
|
$253,556.03 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
State Police of Illinois |
Scott Eric A |
Senior Master Trooper |
$253,536.14 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2018 |
Illinois State University |
Stephens Daniel |
|
$253,523.14 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Suarez-Balcazar Y |
|
$253,515.30 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Wang Shaowen |
|
$253,512.41 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Etienne Margareth |
|
$253,494.75 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Vora Kunal A |
|
$253,472.68 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2024 |
Northern Illinois University |
Mantzke Katrina Lewiston |
|
$253,467.45 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Belmont Andrew Steven |
|
$253,451.92 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Newman Daniel Allen |
|
$253,437.26 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Aiyer Meenakshy K |
|
$253,432.81 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Colley Karen J |
|
$253,423.19 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Chriqui Jamie F |
|
$253,415.16 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
Illinois Department of Corrections |
Roberts John A |
Corr Sergeant |
$253,408.83 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Halline Allan Gates |
|
$253,385.00 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Fortman Jeffrey D |
|
$253,381.56 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Mankin Alexander S |
|
$253,359.38 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Jin Jianming |
|
$253,354.67 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Parker Gary N |
|
$253,350.00 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Wang Zaijie |
|
$253,349.30 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Hyde Robert A |
|
$253,324.40 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois |
Jiroutek Robert |
Senior Risk Officer |
$253,305.90 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2021 |
Illinois Department of Human Services |
Corcoran James P |
Medical Adm Iii |
$253,300.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2025 |
Illinois State University |
Neubrander Judy L |
|
$253,297.56 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Liu Yunchuan |
|
$253,293.80 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Tuninetti Daniela |
|
$253,290.51 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Danziger Larry Howard |
|
$253,278.18 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Yunes Nicolas |
|
$253,278.01 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Monaghan John |
|
$253,276.26 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Tseng Kuei Y |
|
$253,250.77 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
Northern Illinois University |
Churyk Natalie Tatiana |
|
$253,250.35 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
Northern Illinois University |
Edghill-Walden Vernese E |
|
$253,233.48 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Fleisher Jonah D |
|
$253,221.00 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Ransby Barbara |
|
$253,216.76 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Birch Noah W |
|
$253,182.52 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Lahiri Subhrajit |
|
$253,177.63 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chasiotis Ioannis |
|
$253,165.81 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nahrstedt Klara |
|
$253,159.68 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Espinosa Jose |
|
$253,154.14 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Roberts Brent Walter |
|
$253,127.04 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Burton Sara E |
|
$253,125.14 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Schonert-Reichi Kimberly Anne |
|
$253,115.88 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Hashimoto Tomonao |
|
$253,094.15 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Robinson Elisabeth C |
|
$253,081.43 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Zhou Wenxin |
|
$253,070.55 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Rhodes Jane |
|
$253,068.26 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Jacobson Sheldon Howard |
|
$253,058.88 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Eddington David Thoma |
|
$253,052.38 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Steward David E |
|
$253,050.00 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Broquet Karen E |
|
$253,033.31 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Dela Cruz Jonathan E |
|
$253,025.90 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Nutescu Edith |
|
$252,993.68 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Altman Igor A |
|
$252,976.56 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Theodore Nikolas |
|
$252,965.05 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Stevens William Smith |
|
$252,962.54 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Parchem Michelle L |
|
$252,961.50 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Dobbins Mary Iftner |
|
$252,954.25 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chacko George |
|
$252,947.80 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Kotche Miiri A |
|
$252,946.04 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Leskiw Ulana A |
|
$252,942.67 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Flavin Michael T |
|
$252,933.14 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Srivastava Anand |
|
$252,919.91 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Alleyne Andrew George |
|
$252,917.88 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
V Inoue Carlos |
|
$252,916.76 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Arguelles Cesar S |
|
$252,911.93 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Veeravalli Venugopal V |
|
$252,906.80 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Royston Thomas J |
|
$252,904.30 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
Supreme Court of Illinois |
Ehrlich John H |
Judge Circuit Court |
$252,874.87 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Ciconte William |
|
$252,843.54 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Buescher Lucinda Sue |
|
$252,825.75 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Ravaioli Umberto |
|
$252,815.13 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Rahman Rachel |
|
$252,813.50 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Kwiat Paul Gregory |
|
$252,812.43 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Cordova Teresa L |
|
$252,799.26 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Alleyne Andrew George |
|
$252,798.43 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
Cobb Pamela D |
|
$252,781.89 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
Supreme Court of Illinois |
Wallace Tara R |
Judge Circuit Court |
$252,768.55 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Borkowsky Shane |
|
$252,754.91 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Moore Alexander |
|
$252,747.66 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2021 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Liu Xiaoqing |
|
$252,746.50 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Batton Beau Jacob |
|
$252,733.29 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Kwon Hyok-Jon D |
|
$252,732.27 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois |
Lasley Gloria J |
Chief Operating Officer |
$252,732.14 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
Chicago State University |
Mack Wendell K |
|
$252,730.21 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
Illinois Department of Human Services |
Pavlovsky Stanislav |
Physician Spec Option D |
$252,700.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Bucheli Marcelo |
|
$252,690.42 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2025 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Hirata So |
|
$252,678.88 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |