In 2008, the state of Illinois employed 108 plumbers, plumbing inspectors, and steamfitters who made $8,602,608 in combined total wages. Seven employees from this group made over $100,000 with another 19 taking home over $90,000. As a whole, the average wage for this group of state employees was $74,805. According the Department of Labor Statistics the average wage for all plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in Illinois in fiscal year 2008 was $49,200. Of the 108 plumbers, inspectors and steamfitters employed by the state of Illinois, only eight, or less then 10%, made less than the statewide average wage for those positions in Illinois.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "plumbers," "steamfitters," and "plumbing inspectors."
In fiscal year 2009, the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) disbursed a
$750,000 grand to Peabody Investments Corp. The grant
was part of the Coal Competitiveness Program which "is aimed at
improving the efficiency of the Illinois coal industry, enhancing the
competitive position of Illinois coal in domestic and international
markets, and opening new markets for Illinois coal and coal byproducts."
With this specific grant (grant
# 09-483012), "Peabody will add a 6th miner unit or 3 superunit
positions at the Gateway Mine increasing work force levels by 22%."
According to the DCEO's Grant
Tracker website, in recent years the Peabody Investments Corp
received a total of $3,663,920 for various Coal Competitiveness Program
grants. The project descriptions of the grants included purchasing
safety equipment, the construction of an access road and rail loadout
facility, and other coal infrastructure.
To find this information on the IllinoisOpenGov
site, go to "Checks to Checks & Businesses" and enter "Peabody"
in the "Vendor" field.
In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity (DCEO) disbursed $108,000 of a $120,000
recycling grant to Olympic Industries Inc. Olympic Industries Inc. does
business as Southern
Recycling Center and their facility in Carbondale "has been serving
Southern Illinois since 1988, specializing in both commercial and public
recycling." The Southern
Recycling Center is a "300,000 square foot facility" that "contains a
public drop-off area, 3 baling systems, a sorting line, truck scale and
10 loading docks" and accepts metal, plastic, paper, cardboard,
electronics, and more.
According to the DCEO's Grant
Tracker website, this grant (number
09-442010) is part of the Illinois Recycling Grants Program, which
helps "local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and private
entities initiate or expand recycling collection and/or processing
efforts in Illinois." The Southern
Recycling Center wanted to use this grant to "expand processing
capacity from new accounts" and "purchase a baler to process additional
amounts of mixed paper."
To find this entry on the IllinoisOpenGov
site, go to "Checks to Businesses & People" and enter "Olympic
Industries" in the "Vendor" field.
In 2008, the Illinois Commerce Commission spent $19,964,160.56 on wages for the 297 employees working there. 32 employees of the ICC made over $100,000 each, and the highest paid employee, the bureau chief, made $135,905. Employees who made over $100,000 ranged from railroad safety specialist, to managers, to policy analysts.
The mission of the Illinois Commerce Commission is to ensure an "appropriate balance between the interest of consumers and existing and emerging service providers" in the public utilities sector.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Illinois Commerce Commission" in the "Agency" Section.
In 2008, the Illinois Department of Family Services employed 167 day care licensing representatives who were paid $10,585,757 in combined total wages. These individuals are responsible for "licensing and monitoring investigative and enforcement functions in the day care licensing program." The highest paid daycare licensing representative made $73,395 in 2008, and the average wage for all representatives was $63,000. The Department of Children and Family Services "is responsible for setting standards and providing an Illinois day care license to day care centers, homes, group homes and day care agencies in Illinois."
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Daycare Lic" in the "Position" section.
Following up on yesterday's blog which highlighted the State's spending over $17 million on trainees in 2008, one group of trainees that deserves extra attention is the "call taker trainees." In 2008, the State Toll Highway Authority paid eight call taker trainees a combined $223,800 in wages. These eight employees made between $17.01 and $19.06 per hour with one employee making $54,000 in 2008.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Call Taker Trainee" in the "Position" section.
In 2008, the Illinois
Department of Transportation paid 19 deck hands a total of
$956,372.48 in wages. The deck hands received average annual wages of
$50,388.03, but there was a great deal of variance in the wages they
earned. That year, the highest paid deck hand received $84,581.99 in
wages and six people received wages of less than $20,000. These six deck
hands making significantly less than the others may have started
working late in the year or may be part-time employees.
According to the Department
of Central Management Services, a deck hand "performs a variety of
duties as required in the operation of ferries and in the maintenance
and upkeep of boats, ferries, ferry landings, ferry equipment and
associated buildings and grounds; this includes a variety of work below
the skilled level in the mechanical and building trades." The requirements
for the position include "knowledge, skill and mental development
equivalent to the completion of eight years of elementary school" and
"elementary knowledge of boat and ferry operations and river traffic
regulations."
To find this information on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to
"Payroll" and search for "Deck Hand" in the "Position" field. To
download the information, click on the CSV or Excel icon below the
search results.
In 2008, the State of Illinois paid $17,427,679 in combined wages to 1,245 trainees. These positions ranged from "Meat & Poultry Insp Trainee" to "Revenue Tax Specialist Trainee" to "Cadet Trainee." The highest paid individual trainee was a "Revenue Special Agent Trainee," who made $103,269.2, followed by a "Financial Inst Exam Trainee," who made $73,200.28.
The groups with the most trainees were "mental health technician," "correctional officer," and "technical" with 207, 247, and 289 trainees respectively (see table). The group with the highest combined wages was "Mental Health Tech Trainee I" whose 207 employees were paid a combined $3,144,144. The second highest was "Social Services Career Trainee" where the 107 employees made $2,475,601.
In 2008, the Illinois State Board of Education paid $21,828,378.56 in wages for 335 consultants. The overall average annual wages for the consultants totaled $65,159.34. The highest paid consultant received $109,730 in 2008. Of the 335 Board of Education consultants, 285 were listed as "Principal Consultant" while the other 50 were simply "Consultant." Principal consultants had average annual wages of $68,612 whereas consultants had average annual wages of $45,476. The table below breaks down the wages information by the position name.
To find this data on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to "Payroll" and search for "Principal Consultant" and "Consultant" in the position field. To download the information, click on the CSV or Excel icon below the search results.
In 2008, the Teachers' Retirement System employed 188 individuals who were paid $10,819,678.8 in combined wages. In contrast, the State Employees Retirement System employed 165 people who were paid a combined $6,113,591.48 to administer retirement benefits. Fourteen employees of the TRS made over $100,000, with the top two employees raking in $232,000 and $209,000 each, making them the 13th and 27th highest paid employees of the state in 2008. On the other hand, the State Employees Retirement System had four employees who made over $100,000 with the highest paid employee making $152,000 in 2008.
The ten million dollars spent on wages for employees of the TRS was more than the wages at the Department Of Human Rights, nine million dollars, and more than the combined wages of every Residential Care Worker employed by the state of Illinois.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Teachers Retirement System" in the "Agency" Section.
There were 20 architects on the state payroll in 2008. The
Department of Public Health employed 16 of the architects, the
Department of Corrections employed three, and the Department of Historic
Preservation had one. The architects on the state payroll received
average annual wages of $84,335 with the three departments spending a
total of $1,686,706.75 on wages for the architects. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that architects (except landscape and navel) in
Illinois received average annual wages of $73,610 in 2008.
To find this data on the IllinoisOpenGov
site, go to "Payroll" and search for "architect" in the "Position"
field. To download the information, click on the CSV or Excel icon below
the search results.
In 2008, the State
Toll Highway Authority paid $880,815.79 in total wages for 16 coin
counting clerks. The average annual wages for the coin counting clerks
came to $55,050.99, with the highest paid clerk receiving $60,273.05
annually and the lowest paid clerk receiving $49,460.87.
To find this information on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to
"Payroll" and search for "coin counting clerk" in the "Position" field.
To download the information, click on the CSV or Excel icon below the
search results.
Yesterday, our Public Policy Analyst, Amanda Griffin-Johnson, detailed the striking disparity in wages between library technicians working for the state and all other library technicians in Illinois. Looking at the State library system as a whole, we see that in 2008 the State of Illinois employed 124 librarians and library administrators. As a group these employees made $6,194,191 in combined wages. Eleven of these employees made over $80,000 individually, and another 30 made over $60,000. The two highest paid employees were the director of the Illinois State Library and a library program specialist, who made $93,000 and $90,000 respectively. Almost half (52) of theses employees worked for the Illinois Secretary of State, which is responsible for running the Illinois State Library.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Librarian" and "Library" in the position section.
In 2008, the 18 library technicians on the state payroll received $46,149 in average annual wages. This is almost 62% more than the $28,550 in annual wages that the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that library technicians in Illinois received on average in 2008. Of the 18 library technicians working for the state in 2008, 16 were employed by the Illinois Secretary of State, and the Department of Historic Preservation and the Department of Human Services each employed one library technician. The highest paid library technician received $55,525 in annual wages, and the lowest paid library technician received $36,984.
To find this information on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to "Payroll" and search for "Library Tech" in the "Position" field. To download the data, click on the Excel or CSV icon below the search results.
In 2008, the state of Illinois employed 183 storekeepers who made $8,534,655.34 in combined total wages. The highest paid storekeeper worked for the Secretary of State and made $107,386.90, the second highest paid storekeeper made $99,310.08 working for the Department of Human Services. Storekeepers are responsible for operating "a central institutional or departmental storeroom or warehouse of moderate size."
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Storekeeper" in the "Position" section.
In 2008, the Illinois Office of the Architect of the Capitol paid its four employees $253,198.49 in combined wages. The Office of the Architect is responsible for the "development for the Capitol Complex." The highest paid employee was the deputy director, and later acting director, who made $87,559.83. The Architect of the Capitol made $34,622.93 during four months of work prior to his departure in April of 2008.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Office of the Architect" in the "Agency" section.
In 2008, there were 548 court reporters on the state payroll and the
state paid them a total of $33,336,359.80 in wages. The Illinois
Workers' Compensation Commission employed 27 court reporters, while the
other 521 court reporters had "Court Reporters" listed as their agency.
According to Central Management Services documents, a court reporter "records, at a high rate of
speed, verbatim testimony given in judicial or quasi-judicial hearings,
court proceedings or administrative review functions; prepares and
certifies transcriptions of testimony for inclusion in the records;
furnishes copies of transcriptions to contestant parties upon request;
reports proceedings of special boards, committees and commissions as
assigned."
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that court reporters in
Illinois received average annual wages of $39,470, while court reporters
on the state payroll received average annual wages of $60,832. Of the
548 total state court reporters, 484 received annual wages higher than
the Illinois average. The highest paid state court reporter received
$98,250.59 in wages in 2008.
To find this data on IllinoisOpenGov.org, go to "Payroll" and search
for "Court Reporter" and "Official Court Reporter" in the "Position"
field. To download the data, click on the Excel or CSV icon below the
search results.
In 2008, the Illinois State Board of Elections paid its 189 employees $4,157,435 in combined total wages. The highest paid employee was the Executive Director, who made $120,825 followed by a Division Coordinator and the General Council, who made $94,673.50 and $90,621.50 respectively. The State Board of Elections employs six division coordinators who made between $63,025.50 and $94,000 individually, and over $450,000 cumulatively.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "State Board of Elections" in the "Agency" section.
In 2008, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority spent $432,828.44 on wages for seven welders. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that "Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers" in Illinois in 2008 received average annual wages of $35,590. The State Toll Highway Authority welders received average annual wages of $61,832.63 - over 73% higher than the average wages for welders in Illinois.
To find this information on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to "Payroll" and search for "Welder" in the "Position" field. To download the information, click on the Excel or CSV icon below the search results.
In 2008, the state of Illinois paid the 18 employees of the State Universities Civil Service System $863,851 in combined total wages. The State Universities Civil Service System provides "a comprehensive foundation of human resource practices and standards that facilitate the recruitment, retention, and development of a quality staff." The Director of the University Civil Service System made $132,000, and the second highest paid employee was an administrative assistant/secretary who made $84,000 in 2008.
Governor Quinn's 2011 budget proposes increasing the wages allocated for employees at the State Universities Civil Service System to $945,000, an increase of almost 10% compared to 2008.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "State Universities Civil Service System" in the "Agency" section.
In 2008, the Illinois Department of
Human Services had a baker on its payroll. The baker received annual
wages totaling $34,628.60. This was the only baker listed on the
state's payroll. According to the Illinois
Department of Central Management Services, a baker "bakes bread,
cakes, pies, etc" and must have two years of large scale baking
experience. The Bureau
of Labor Statistics estimates that the bakers in Illinois in 2008
received average wages of $24,040.
To find this information on
the IllinoisOpenGov site,
go to "Payroll"
and search for "Baker" in the "Position" field.
In 2008, there were nine landscape architects on the state payroll working for the Department of Natural Resources and the State Toll Highway Authority. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that in 2008 landscape architects in Illinois made an average of $62,840 annually. The landscape architects on the state payroll received average annual wages of $82,503 - over 31% more than the average annual wages for landscape architects in Illinois. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, landscape architects "plan and design land areas for such projects as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites." The table below breaks down the wages by agency.
To find this information on the IllinoisOpenGov website, go to "Payroll" and search for "Landscape Architect" and "Senior Landscape Architect" in the "Position" field. To download the data, click on the Excel or CSV icon below the search results.
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 equivalent to completion of four years of elementary school" and "one-year general mechanical experience."
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Bridge Tender" in the "Position" section.
In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity disbursed a $750,000 grant to Consolidated
Grain & Barge Co of Mound City, Illinois. The grant
(#09-483008) was part of the Coal Competitiveness Program, which
"encourages communities and businesses to improve the coal extraction,
transportation and utilization systems within Illinois." This specific grant
was for a project to "increase railcar unloading and barge loading
capacity at the existing CGB bulk terminal in Mound City."
According to the CGB
website, the firm "provides an array of services for grain farmers,
from financing and risk management to buying, storing, selling and
shipping of the crop." The company also serves
"customers who need reliable transportation and logistics services."
Their terminal
in Mound City, Illinois handles commodities such as potash, corn gluten
pellets, soybean meal, grain, coal, and petroleum coke.
To find this entry on the IllinoisOpenGov
site, go to "Checks to Businesses & People" and search for
"Consolidated Grain" in the "vendor" field.
In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity disbursed a $3.8 million grant to Illinois River Energy, LLC. Illinois River Energy "operates a dry mill, corn-based processing facility which produces fuel grade ethanol and two forms of distiller's grains." The facility "processes over 40 million bushels of corn per year" and "annually produces up to 115 million gallons of denatured fuel grade ethanol and over 300,000 tons of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS)."
According to the DCEO's Grant Tracker website, this grant (grant #09-027002) was part of the Renewable Fuels Development Program, which is "designed to increase biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) production in Illinois." This specific grant was for the "[f]ifty million gallon per year expansion of an existing ethanol production facility" in Rochelle, Illinois and to "[p]urchase equipment for the expansion of the facility." The full amount of the grant is $4 million, but only $3.8 has been disbursed so far.
To find this data on the IllinoisOpenGov website, go to "Checks to Businesses & People" and enter "Illinois River Energy" into the "vendor" field.
In 2008, the Governor's Office employed a horticulturist who earned $61,320 in wages. This horticulturist was in addition to three butlers who made $45,000 and numerous other staff who made over $300,000 in combined wages.
Why does the Governor's Office need to employ such a large staff that includes everyone from horticulturists to a laundress? Was this really the best use of taxpayer's money?
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "horticulturist" in the "position" section.
Yesterday the IllinoisOpenGov.org blog looked at three butlers employed by the Governor's Office in 2008. During this same year, the Governor's Office also employed a number of other staff, including two "Houseman" who made $35,718 and $29,756.25; a "Laundress" who was paid $31,488 (someone has to wash the Governor's $400 bed sheets); a housekeeper who made $31,488; and a custodian who made $27,371. This staff of eight made almost $200,000 in combined wages.
Additionally, the Governors Office paid an executive assistant $60,000, and the Governor's Office also had two chefs, making $44,000 and $39,000, on its payroll.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Governor" under the "Department" section.
In fiscal year 2009, the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity gave International Coal Group, Inc. (ICG,
Inc.) of Williamsville, IL $1,664,250 for grant number 09-483006.
According to the DCEO's
Grant Tracker website, grant number 09-483006 was part of the Coal
Competitiveness Program, which "encourages communities and businesses to
improve the coal extraction, transportation and utilization systems
within Illinois." This specific grant
was for the construction of a new production portal.
ICG, Inc. has "13 active mining
complexes, of which 12 are located in Northern and Central Appalachia
and one in Central Illinois." Their website
also states that they "control one billion tons of high-quality coal
reserves" and that their "mining operations and reserves are
strategically located to serve utility, metallurgical and industrial
customers throughout the Eastern United States."
To find this entry on the IllinoisOpenGov
site, go to "Checks to Businesses & People" and enter "ICG INC"
in the vendor field.
In 2008, the Governor's Office employed three butlers who earned a combined $45,476 in total wages. The lowest paid butler received $2,709 per month, while the highest paid butler made $3,458 each month. For the portion of the year they worked, the highest paid employee made $24,736, and the other two earned $15,187.64 and $5,552.37 respectively.
You can find this information by clicking on "Payroll" and searching for "Butler" in the position section.
In fiscal year 2009, the Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) disbursed $67,500 of a
$75,000 grant to BLH Enterprises. According to the DCEO's Grant Tracker website, the
purpose of the grant (grant
number 09-442020) is to help BLH Enterprises "expand electronic
recycling processing capabilities."
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