Over $6 Million for Library Administrators

Yesterday, our Public Policy Analyst, Amanda Griffin-Johnson, detailed the striking disparity in wages between library technicians working for the state and all other library technicians in Illinois.  Looking at the State library system as a whole, we see that in 2008 the State of Illinois employed 124 librarians and library administrators.  As a group these employees made $6,194,191 in combined wages.  Eleven of these employees made over $80,000 individually, and another 30 made over $60,000.  The two highest paid employees were the director of the Illinois State Library and a library program specialist, who made $93,000 and $90,000 respectively.  Almost half (52) of theses employees worked for the Illinois Secretary of State, which is responsible for running the Illinois State Library.

You can find this information by going to IllinoisOpenGov.org, clicking on “Payroll” and searching for “Librarian” and “Library” in the position section.