Almost Half a Million Dollars for Employees to Work the State Fair

In 2008, the state spent $480,000.00 to employ 494 workers for the state fair.

by Mark Cavers

In 2008, the Department of Agriculture paid 494 individuals a combined total of $488,323.94 in wages for their duties as state fair workers.  The nearly half a million dollars spent on wages is in addition to a number of other costly expenditures we found, which go towards operating the state fair.

You can find this information by going to IllinoisOpenGov.org, clicking on “payroll” and searching for “state fair workers.”