by Will Compernolle The State of Illinois hired 18 dental assistants in fiscal year 2008 for a total of $677,595 in combined total wages. The highest salary was $46,707 while the average salary was $37,644.17. According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics website, the mean salary for a dental assistant in Illinois was $33,170. Nine of...
By Chris Andriesen
07/01/2010
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s new budget “fix” indicates he’s living in a fiscal fairy tale. His spending adjustment recommendations do not come remotely close to balancing the budget, and he has failed to offer clean break from the state’s perpetual fiscal mismanagement. Governor Quinn claims to make $1.4 billion in spending reductions for fiscal year...
Architects on the state payroll receive average annual wages of $84,335 in 2008.
In 2008, social workers in all of Illinois made 17% less, on average, than social workers employed by the State of Illinois.
Twenty-four barbers and three beauticians received a total of $1.76 million in wages in 2008 from various departments, including the Department of Corrections.
The Department of Public Health spent over $1 million for
The Department of Corrections spent over $750K on travel expenses in 2008 and 2009.
The Department of Corrections spent over $600,000 on travel allowances for released and paroled inmates.
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that between 2008 and our FOIA request in 2009, state agencies spent $47,261.77 at Kmart and $27,135.15 at Wal-Mart. In 2008, the Department of Corrections spent the most with $3,165 at Kmart and $1,625 at Wal-Mart. In 2009, the Department of Children and Family Services...
The State of Illinois spent over $44 million on commodities in 2009. Which departments spent the most? Find out here.
