The Department of Transportation spent a total of $956K on the wages for deck hands in 2008.

Coin counting clerks working for the State Toll Highway Authority received average wages of $55,050 in 2008.

In 2008, there were two elevator operators on the state payroll receiving approximately $40K per year in wages.

The average annual wages for cartographers and photogrammetrists on the IDOT payroll was almost 16% higher than the BLS average for all workers in Illinois with those job titles.

The average annual wages for state machinists is more than double the average for machinists in Illinois.

The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity gave $101,500 to the Chicago International Film Festival in fiscal year 2009, including an $80,000 grant.

In 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Transportation paid the Mississippi River Parkway Commission $30,800 in total.

Various state agencies spent over half a million dollars on registration fees and conference expenses in 2008 and 2009. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Transportation were among the agencies that spent the most.

The Department of Employment Security spent over $50K printing the IDES Unemployment Insurance Benefits Handbook in 2009.

The Governor spent over $100K on rent and other expenses for his DC office.