by Mark Cavers In 2008, the Illinois Department of Corrections employed 30 vocational instructors who made $1,837,058.27 in combined total wages.  The highest paid instructor made $86,477.96 and the average wage for the instructors was $61,000.  These individuals provide “occupational instruction in a specific vocation in a correctional facility.”  On the other hand, the Illinois Department of Human Services employed 16...

In 2008, the State of Illinois employed almost 200 environmental protection engineers at a cost of over $13 million.

by Mark Cavers In 2008, the state of Illinois employed 72 driver facility managers who made $3,365,732 in combined total wages.  Driver facility managers are employees of the Illinois Secretary of State and responsible for the oversight of facility representatives in small and medium-sized downstate driver facility centers.  The highest paid manager made $64,125 in 2008, and the average...

In 2008, 32 employees at the Illinois Commerce Commission made over $100,000 in wages alone.

Call taker trainees received over $200,000 in wages in 2008.

In 2008, the State of Illinois Spent over 17 million dollars on wages for employees in training programs.

The Teachers' Retirement System pays its employees over four million dollars more than the State Employees' Retirement System.

In 2008, the state of Illinois paid library staff over $6 million in wages.