Grundy Reporter

Pamela Clay-Wilson was ranked in the 98th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

The employee earned $138,900 working as a public service administrator for the Illinois Department of Human Services.

The highest-paid Illinois public employee was Faiza Kareemi, with a total compensation earning $392,600 working as a physician specialist for the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Rank	Employee	Employer	Job Title	2019 Earnings
1	Faiza Kareemi	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$392,600
2	Hasina Javed	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$379,900
3	Terrence Casey	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$378,100
4	America Evans	Illinois Department of Employment Security	Public Service Administrator	$335,700
5	Sanghee Kim-Ansbro	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$317,400
6	Mirella Susnjar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$312,400
7	Gregory Turk	Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois	Director	$311,600
8	Richard Ingram	Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois	Executive Director	$308,300
9	Kasturi Kripakaran	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$296,600
10	Stanislav Pavlovsky	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$288,900
11	Rita Pavate	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$284,000
12	Heidi Scott	Illinois Department of Corrections	Public Service Administrator	$281,800
13	Vera Davis	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$281,300
14	Shahnaz Rahman	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$279,200
15	Madhurita Malhotra	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$278,000
16	Ajay Jeetwani	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$277,300
17	Comfort Okorie	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$277,100
18	Dimitrios Tsambikou	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Senior Master Trooper	$272,800
19	Ofonmbuk Akpan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$272,700
20	Subhash Goyal	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$272,600
21	Dorothy Daggs	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Registered Nurse	$270,800
22	Raymond Smith	Illinois Department of Corrections	Public Service Administrator	$269,300
23	Maria Vazquez-Scott	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$268,800
24	Timothy Olenek	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$267,100
25	Anatoliy Pyslar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$266,300
26	Subhash Waikar	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Physician Specialist	$261,700
27	Tanveer Shan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$261,200
28	Loreatha Coleman	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Nurse	$260,100
29	Maung Win	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Physician Specialist	$256,100
30	Abdul Saboor	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$252,400
31	Indira Vazzalwar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$251,900
32	Jelveh Jahangiri	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$251,700
33	Kumar Swamy	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$248,500
34	Quadrat Shareef	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,200
34	Malaya Tuazon	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,200
36	Dong Chung	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,100
36	Zhihong Zhang	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,100
38	Brett Smith	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Sergeant	$248,000
39	Muhammed Nasib	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$247,200
40	George Likouresis	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Senior Master Trooper	$246,400
41	Gabriel Valdes	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$246,200
42	Uday Talwalkar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$244,100
43	Richard Malis	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$242,900
44	Vikramit Gill	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$240,600
45	Randy Malkowski	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$240,500
46	Maria Soutar	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Lieutenant	$240,300
46	Humaira Saiyed	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$240,300
48	Mercedes Martinez	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$239,700
49	Mir Obaid	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$238,900
50	Deborah Folga	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$238,600
51	Shah Syed Warsi	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$238,300
52	Charlotte Mitchell	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$238,200
53	Joseph Pruett	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$237,000
54	Olajumoke Adubifa	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$232,100
54	Aura Eberhardt	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$232,100
56	Kevin Kelliher	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Sergeant	$231,900
57	Paul Mocaby	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$231,400
58	Eva Kurilo	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,700
59	Arthur Bloch	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,200
59	John Ngwe	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,200
61	Stuart Rich	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,000
62	Dorothy Bassey	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$229,300
63	Elisa Scott	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$229,200
64	Mohammad Hosain	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$228,300
65	Rita Lewis-Perry	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$226,200
66	Hubert Fernandes	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$224,100
67	Jovita Anyanwu	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$223,100
68	Ade Ajagbe	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Lieutenant	$222,500
69	Stanley Orndorff	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Senior Parole Agent	$221,900
70	Mathew George	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$220,000
71	Stacey Horstman	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$217,900
72	Stanley Sims	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$217,000
73	Salil Vasanwala	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$216,700
74	George Hardin	Illinois Department of Human Services	Internal Security Investigator	$215,300
75	John Kroese	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	Juvenile Justice Supervisor	$215,200
76	Daniel Traylor	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$212,300
77	Jason Thompson	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$212,200
78	Julie Cummings	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$211,200
79	Arturo Fogata	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$211,000
79	Ronald Lotesto	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$211,000
81	Anita McKeever	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$210,200
82	Michael Eck	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$208,000
83	Anthony Nidea	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$207,800
84	Jehanzeb Sheikh	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$207,700
85	Wesley Fuchs	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Lieutenant	$207,500
86	Kathleen Farney	Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois	Director	$207,300
87	Carolyn Trelka-Rojas	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$206,800
88	Angela Smith	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$206,700
89	John Gac	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$205,600
90	Diana Corso	Illinois Department of Corrections	Public Service Administrator	$204,700
91	Wade Horrocks	Illinois Department of Human Services	Public Service Administrator	$204,600
91	William Ness	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Senior Master Trooper	$204,600
93	Nwadiutor Ifezue	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Nurse	$204,000
94	Anna Rohrbacher	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$203,700
95	Seema Khan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$203,300
96	Kevin York	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Master Trooper	$202,800
96	Kevin Page	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$202,800
98	Robert Cox	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$202,400
99	Eric Childs	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	Juvenile Justice Supervisor	$201,900
100	Brian Posey	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$201,800