| Year |
Employer |
Name |
Title |
Annual Wages |
Source |
| 2023 |
Illinois Department of Transportation |
Stewart John |
Highway Maintainer |
$428,107.20 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Basar Tamer M |
|
$427,785.77 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sanders William H |
|
$427,162.80 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Geubelle Philippe H |
|
$425,857.77 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Iyer Ravishankar K |
|
$424,559.06 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Mermelstein Robin J |
|
$424,357.64 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sougiannis Theodore |
|
$422,942.64 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Basar Tamer M |
|
$422,113.54 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sougiannis Theodore |
|
$421,662.16 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Wayne Sandra J |
|
$421,045.39 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Lash James P |
|
$420,709.18 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2024 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Klamen Debra L |
|
$420,186.39 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Kondos George T |
|
$419,491.01 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
Waubonsee Community College |
Sobek Christine Jean |
|
$418,677.12 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
Waubonsee Community College |
Sobek Christine Jean |
|
$418,677.12 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Basar Tamer M |
|
$418,042.93 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chan Louis Kuo Chi |
|
$417,416.89 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Xie Karen L |
|
$417,186.56 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Mueller John C |
|
$416,970.55 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Debrock Lawrence M |
|
$416,379.27 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Kruse Jerry E |
|
$416,001.42 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Chaloupka Frank J |
|
$415,602.43 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sligar Stephen G |
|
$413,256.29 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Elam Gloria L |
|
$412,711.93 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chan Louis Kuo Chi |
|
$412,637.64 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Ellinger Paul Norman |
|
$412,611.90 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Elam Gloria L |
|
$412,039.77 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
Illinois Department of Human Services |
Fernandes Hubert N |
Physician Spec Option B |
$411,952.30 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Hartleb Dan Steven |
|
$411,642.02 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sottos Nancy R |
|
$411,252.88 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Mermelstein Robin J |
|
$410,591.53 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Xie Karen L |
|
$410,209.53 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chan Louis Kuo Chi |
|
$409,309.14 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Debrock Lawrence M |
|
$409,236.54 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois |
Rupnik Robert S |
Chief Investment Officer |
$409,200.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2019 |
Illinois Department of Human Services |
Hussain Syed M |
Physician Spec Option D |
$408,800.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2018 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Kruse Jerry E |
|
$408,298.89 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sehitoglu Huseyin |
|
$407,926.16 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Lash James P |
|
$407,361.00 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Iyer Ravishankar K |
|
$407,165.13 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
Illinois Department of Human Services |
Vu Danny |
Physician Spec Option A |
$406,700.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Nelson Peter C |
|
$406,667.93 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Iyer Ravishankar K |
|
$406,183.39 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
Illinois Department of Corrections |
Daly Jermiagh M |
Stationary Engineer-Chief |
$406,100.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nahrstedt Klara |
|
$405,448.53 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
Illinois Department of Human Services |
Kripakaran Kasturi |
Physician Spec Option D |
$403,500.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2019 |
Waubonsee Community College |
Sobek Christine Jean |
|
$402,573.12 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Warso Michael A |
|
$401,759.67 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Cohen Neal Jay |
|
$401,513.29 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Edward Deepak P |
|
$400,579.18 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois |
Rupnik Robert S |
Chief Investment Officer |
$400,000.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2020 |
Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois |
Rupnik Robert S |
Chief Investment Officer |
$400,000.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chan Louis Kuo Chi |
|
$399,339.26 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Elam Gloria L |
|
$398,938.39 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Iyer Ravishankar K |
|
$398,329.90 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2017 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Kruse Jerry E |
|
$398,313.00 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Miller Thomas Harold |
|
$396,095.56 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
Illinois State University |
Spack Brock D |
|
$395,761.56 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Seidel Harry Edward |
|
$395,370.30 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Bain Michelle Bene' |
|
$394,893.75 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Basar Tamer M |
|
$394,390.26 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Campbell Stephen D |
|
$394,338.75 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Weine Stevan M |
|
$393,783.06 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sougiannis Theodore |
|
$393,654.30 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Menchaca Martha G |
|
$393,330.81 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Ellinger Paul Norman |
|
$393,278.93 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Berenbaum May Roberta |
|
$393,036.05 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Wenig Barry Lloyd |
|
$392,935.27 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Nutescu Edith |
|
$392,741.15 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Lash James P |
|
$392,669.92 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2019 |
Illinois Department of Human Services |
Kareemi Faiza |
Physician Spec Option D |
$392,600.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2017 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Viswanathan Madhubalan |
|
$392,331.38 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Bunney E Bradshaw |
|
$392,263.63 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sehitoglu Huseyin |
|
$391,176.63 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chan Louis Kuo Chi |
|
$391,132.42 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Lash James P |
|
$391,129.65 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
Waubonsee Community College |
Sobek Christine Jean |
|
$390,849.12 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Pennacchi George Gaetano |
|
$390,478.16 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Ray Charles |
|
$390,118.28 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Mermelstein Robin J |
|
$389,692.51 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Mcmillen Daniel P |
|
$389,047.67 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Saving Kay Linn |
|
$389,019.38 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Berenbaum May Roberta |
|
$388,507.06 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Pennacchi George Gaetano |
|
$388,498.80 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Klamen Debra L |
|
$388,402.50 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Pearson Neil D |
|
$388,376.29 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
Illinois Department of Central Management Services |
Hussain Syed |
Back Wage Claim |
$387,700.00 |
Illinois State Comptroller |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Bunney E Bradshaw |
|
$387,217.88 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Novak Richard M |
|
$386,966.42 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Pearson Neil D |
|
$386,265.54 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2024 |
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services |
Marban Mary |
Child Protection Advanced Spec |
$385,926.57 |
Illinois State Comptroller (Salaries) |
| 2019 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Scoccia Humberto C |
|
$385,838.51 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Pennacchi George Gaetano |
|
$385,751.92 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2024 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Khanna Madhu |
|
$385,647.92 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Nelson Peter C |
|
$385,505.63 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2023 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Sottos Nancy R |
|
$385,350.00 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (Salaries) |
| 2022 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Hartleb Dan Steven |
|
$385,023.80 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2020 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Delucia Evan Hugo |
|
$384,859.53 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2018 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Elam Gloria L |
|
$384,278.18 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |
| 2021 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Ray Charles |
|
$384,254.50 |
State Universities Retirement System of Illinois |