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This page describes the compensation, salaries, and benefits that Illinois's public employees receive from state and local government.

The Chicago Sun Times offers this database of Cook County, Chicago and Illinois state employee salaries. It also offers a database of teacher salaries.

The Better Government Association offers this searchable database of selected public payrolls from 2007 and 2008. The BGA database includes salary lists from the City of Chicago, Cook County, State of Illinois, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Transit Authority, City Colleges of Chicago, the City of Aurora, the City of Berwyn, the City of Naperville, the City of Rockford, the City of Westmont, Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District as well as the states of Indiana and Missouri.

This is a look at the Top 100 Paid Teachers in 2007. From Champion News.net.

A list of the salaries of employees of the University of Illinois is posted here.


State Government Employee Salaries[1]
Office'07 SalaryCurrent Official
Governor $158,000 Patrick Quinn
Lieutenant Governor $120,000 Vacant
Secretary of State $139,400 Jesse White
Attorney General $139,400 Lisa Madigan
Treasurer $120,800 Alexi Giannoulias


The salary of Illinois' governor ranks 9th among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors is $128,735. The median salary earned by U.S. governors is $129,962.


Illinois Judicial Salaries[2]
Position'08 SalaryCurrent Justice
Chief Justice $196,322 Thomas Fitzgerald
Associate Justice $196,322 Robert Thomas
Associate Justice $196,322 Charles Freeman
Associate Justice $196,322 Rita Garman
Associate Justice $196,322 Lloyd Karmeier
Associate Justice $196,322 Thomas Kilbride
Associate Justice $196,322 Anne Burke


The salary of Illinois' chief justice ranks 2nd among U.S. chief justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $154,707. The median salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $151,284.

The salary of Illinois' associate justices ranks 2nd among U.S. associate justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $149,687. The median salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $145,983.

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  1. ‘‘The Council of State Governments,’’ “The Book of the States: 2008”
  2. The National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Salary Resource Center"