Posted on 07/26/2017 10:08:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Illinois is broke and continues to flirt with junk bond status. But the state’s financial woes aren’t stopping 63,000 government employees from bringing home six-figure salaries and higher.
Whenever we open the books, Illinois is consistently one of the worst offenders. Recently, we found auto pound supervisors in Chicago making $144,453; nurses at state corrections earning up to $254,781; junior college presidents making $465,420; university doctors earning $1.6 million; and 84 small-town “managers” out-earning every U.S. governor.
Using our interactive mapping tool, quickly review (by ZIP code) the 63,000 Illinois public employees who earn more than $100,000 and cost taxpayers $10 billion. Just click a pin and scroll down to see the results rendered in the chart beneath the map.
Here are a few examples of what you’ll uncover:
20,295 teachers and school administrators – including superintendents Joyce Carmine ($398,229) at Park Forest School District 63, Troy Paraday ($384,138) at Calumet City School District 155, and Jon Nebor ($377,409) at Indian Springs School District 109. Four of the top five salaries are in the south suburbs – not the affluent north shore.
10,676 rank-and-file workers and managers in Chicago – including $216,200 for embattled Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) and $400,000 for Ginger Evans, Commissioner of Aviation – including a $100,000 bonus. Timothy Walter, a deputy police chief, made $240,917 – that’s $146,860 in overtime on top of his $94,056 base salary. Ramona Perkins, a police communications operator, pulled down $121,318 in overtime while making $196,726!
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I grew up in IL. A gal I knew as a youth retired at age 48 from a teaching career. She and her husband were both public school teachers, retired under age 50. Their combined salary from about 2014 was close to $200,000. I expect their lifetime pensions are a good percentage of that figure.
I’ve lived in Illinois all my life. Biggest mistake I made was not getting a job with the State as soon as I got out of school. I’d be living on easy street right now if I had done that back then.
And don’t forget they’ll make more in pensions when they retire then go on to double dipping and hire on again.
I suspect she didn't actually retire at 48, but deferred it until 55. The only way to retire before 55 that I know of, was 30 and out. New hires can't retire before 67..
I don’t know the details, other than that she and spouse announced they were retiring, and they no longer work at jobs.
One of the more eyebrow raising pension stories I’ve heard is ValJar’s part time postion at the CTA. She worked for 8 years pulling in about $50K a year. The last I heard she was collecting $38K per year in retirement. Not sure how she pulled that off.
It’s called reparations folks.
Probably has to kick back $100,000/yr to the one who gave’em the job.
Wake up..this goes on in every state..this just to the extreme...
Boston had the Fire chief go on vacation..the second became fire chief and retired getting the fire Chief pension credit..
ILLINOIS has become a GOV’T DHIMMITUDE state.
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Heh, I know it is no laughing matter, but for some reason, I find that both incongruously funny, and infuriatingly plausible!
YEah, it really isn’t because I subtracted $100,000 from several of those salaries and they looked about right for a government salary for the job.
That is nauseating to even consider...dammit.
I tend to look at every single one of these things now as a tip of an iceberg.
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