Welders working for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority received average annual wages 73% higher than the average for welders in Illinois.

In 2008, the Department of Human Services had a baker on their payroll receiving $34,628 in annual wages.

In 2008, the State Universities Civil Service System paid its 18 employees over $800,000.

by Mark Cavers In 2008, the Department of Transportation paid 33 bridge tenders $2,515,550.28 in combined total wages.  The 13 highest paid tenders all made over $90,000, and 29 of the 33 made over $60,000.  Bridge tenders are responsible for operating “a vertical lift, horizontal swing or basque electrically controlled bridge.” This position requires “knowledge, skill and mental development...

In 2008, the 9 landscape architects on the state payroll received wages that were almost $20,000 higher than the average annual wages for all landscape architects in Illinois.