Polygraph Examiners Paid $83K Salary

by Will Compernolle The Illinois Department of State Police hired 8 polygraph examiners in fiscal year 2008 for a total of $667,324.10 in combined total wages. The average polygraph examiner made $83,415.50 while the highest paid polygraph examiner took home an $85,949 salary. 7 of the 8 polygraph examiners had an annual salary higher than $80,000. According...

by Will Compernolle

The Illinois Department of State Police hired 8 polygraph examiners in fiscal year 2008 for a total of $667,324.10 in combined total wages. The average polygraph examiner made $83,415.50 while the highest paid polygraph examiner took home an $85,949 salary. 7 of the 8 polygraph examiners had an annual salary higher than $80,000. According to theIllinois Department of Central Management Services website, a polygraph examiner “regularly performs the most complex detection of deception work involving polygraph examinations and interrogations with multiple subjects, multiple issues, or high public exposure, confidential and sensitive external agency internal investigations, and examinations of major crime figures, position of public trust such as law enforcement personnel or other public figures.”

To find this information on our IllinoisOpenGov.org website, click on “Payroll” and search “Polygraph Examiner” in the “Position” field.