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| | |Budget=$125.8 billion<ref>[https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NASBO/9d2d2db1-c943-4f1b-b750-0fca152d64c2/UploadedImages/SER%20Archive/2024_SER/2024_State_Expenditure_Report_S.pdf ''National Association of State Budget Officers'', "2024 State Expenditure Report," accessed December 18, 2024]</ref> (2024 estimate) |
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| '''Illinois state government salaries''' for public employees are made public online for many public workers on the Illinois Transparency and Accountability portal.<ref>[http://accountability.illinois.gov/Employees/FAQ.aspx State of Illinois Transparency and Accountability]</ref> Governor Pat Quinn signed the bill that requires the Department of Central Management Services to create a website with information regarding state expenditures, tax credits, state employee salaries and state contracts.<ref>[http://accountability.illinois.gov/Information.aspx State of Illinois Transparency and Accountability Website]</ref>
| | This page describes the compensation for state government officeholders in Illinois. |
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| According to 2008 U.S. Census data, the state of Illinois and local governments in the state employed a total of 790,539 people.<ref name=census>[http://www2.census.gov/govs/apes/08stlil.txt 2008 Illinois Public Employment U.S. Census Data]</ref> Of those employees, 566,872 were full-time employees receiving net wages of $2,491,829,151 per month and 233,667 were part-time employees paid $212,405,146 per month.<ref name=census/> Sixty percent of those employees, or 450,443 employees, were in education or higher education.<ref name=census/>
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| ==Legislator salaries== | | ==Legislator salaries== |
| ::''See also: [[Comparison of state legislative salaries]]'' | | ::''See also: [[Comparison of state legislative salaries]]'' |
| As of 2010, Illinois state legislators made $67,836 per year.<Ref name=legislator>[http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20117 National Conference of State Legislators 2010 Legislator Compensation Data]</ref> As of 2012, legislators also received a per diem of $111 per day, plus mileage tied to federal rate.<ref>[http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/legisdata/2012-ncsl-legislator-compensation-data.aspx ''NCSL'', 2012 Compensation Data, Accessed June 12, 2012]</ref>
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| ==State executive salaries== | | ==State executive salaries== |
| ::''See also: [[Compensation of state executive officers]]'' | | ::''See also: [[Compensation of state executive officers]]'' |
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| !Office!!2012 salary!!Current official
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| |$179,400<ref>[http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/drupal/system/files/Table_4.3.pdf The Council of State Governments The Book of States 2010 Table 4.3]</ref>
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| |[[Pat Quinn|Patrick Quinn]]
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| |Lieutenant Governor
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| |[[Sheila Simon|Sheila Simon]]
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| |Secretary of State
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| |$158,300
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| |[[Jesse White|Jesse White]]
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| |Attorney General
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| |[[Lisa Madigan|Lisa Madigan]]
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| |Treasurer
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| |[[Dan Rutherford|Dan Rutherford]]
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| |Comptroller
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| |[[Judy Baar Topinka|Judy Baar Topinka]]
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| As of 2009, the salary of Illinois's governor ranked 9th among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors was $131,115.
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| Prior to 1998, public officials who chose not to run were allowed to keep their campaign funds for personal use. Then-Mayor Daley was eligible to keep $1.5 million, and 50 other aldermen were eligible to collect funds in 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/2811028,CST-NWS-watchdogs18.article ''Chicago Sun Times'', Retiring could pay for aldermen, Oct. 18, 2010]</ref>
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| ==Judicial salaries== | | ==Judicial salaries== |
| ::''See also: [[judgepedia|State court budgets and judicial salaries]]'' | | ::''See also: [[Illinois court salaries and budgets]]'' |
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| !Position!!2011 salary!!Current justice
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| |Chief Justice
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| |[[judgepedia:Thomas Kilbride|Thomas Kilbride]]
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| |Associate Justice
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| |[[judgepedia:Robert Thomas|Robert Thomas]]
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| |Associate Justice
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| |[[judgepedia:Charles Freeman|Charles Freeman]]
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| |Associate Justice
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| |[[judgepedia:Rita Garman|Rita Garman]]
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| |[[judgepedia:Lloyd Karmeier|Lloyd Karmeier]]
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| |[[judgepedia:Anne Burke|Anne Burke]]
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| |[[judgepedia:Mary Jane Theis|Mary Jane Theis]]
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| As of 2010, the salary of Illinois's chief justice ranked 2nd among U.S. chief justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. chief justices was $157,220. The median salary earned by U.S. chief justices was $154,250.
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| As of 2010, the salary of Illinois's associate justices ranked 2nd among U.S. associate justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. associate justices was $151,918. The median salary earned by U.S. associate justices was $148,245.<ref name=courts/>
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| ==Salary transparency==
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| [[Pat Quinn|Governor Quinn]] signed the bill that created the “Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal,” a piece of transparency legislation that Americans for Prosperity and [[Michael Tryon|State Representative Michael Tryon]] (R – Crystal Lake) spearheaded. The bill, House Bill 35, which created the Illinois Accountability Portal, required the Department of Central Management Services to create a transparent website with information regarding state expenditures, tax credits, state employee salaries and state contracts.<ref>[http://accountability.illinois.gov/Information.aspx State of Illinois Transparency and Accountability Website]</ref> As of 2009, the only high-ranking state official listed on the site was Gov. Quinn; other state employees, including Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Secretary of State Jesse White and legislators were not included.<ref>[http://www.sj-r.com/news/x2145963661/Web-site-that-lists-state-workers-salaries-lacks-prominent-officials State Journal Register "State worker salary site lacks prominent officials" Aug. 18, 2009]</ref> Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka has launched a site listing all lawmaker salaries.<ref>[http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/2012/04/10/transparency-website-breaks-new-ground/aeiodbs/?page=1 ''Morris Daily Herald'', Transparency website breaks new ground, April 12, 2012]</ref>
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| Public employee salaries are going to be viewable on the state’s Transparency and Accountability Portal now that Gov. Quinn has signed H.B. 222 into law. The law applies to public employees in county, municipal and township governments.<ref>[http://www.nwherald.com/2012/07/09/quinn-signs-transparency-bills-into-law/aba9vcs/?page=1 ''Northwest Herald'', Quinn signs transparency bills into law, July 10, 2012]</ref>
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| | [[Illinois state government salary|Illinois]] || 2011 || [http://accountability.illinois.gov/Employees/Agency/Employees.aspx?Year=2011&Agency=402 State of Illinois Transparency and Accountability] || Employee gross pay details for 2011 by agency, name, or position || ITAP accountability.illinois.gov
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| | Illinois || 2010 || [http://www.familytaxpayers.org/salary.php Teacher & Administrator Salary Database] || Databases of 2010 salaries for public school teachers. || Family Taxpayers Foundation
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| | Illinois || 2010 || [http://www.herald-review.com/app/data/sunshine_2011/state.php Illinois State Salaries] || Searchable database of 2010 salary information for over 78,000 state of Illinois employees || ''Herald-Review.com''
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| | Illinois || 2010 || [http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/html_fc55db96-1db9-11e0-8630-00127992bc8b.html Alton, Illinois city employee pay] || Searchable database of 234 public employees 2010 salaries paid through taxpayer funds || ''StlToday.com'' and the City of Alton, Illinois
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| | Illinois||2009||[http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2290 Top 100 Paid Teachers] ''([[dead link]])'' || || Illinois School Board of Education Teacher's Service Record
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| | Illinois || 2009 || [http://more.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/infozone.nsf/story/a89a6b7836daa9e5862576a800729e59?OpenDocument University of Illinois System Salaries] || Searchable database of University of Illinois employee salaries for 2009 || ''StlToday.com'' Special Reports
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| | Illinois||2008||[http://www.archive.org/details/UniversityOfIllinoisSalaryList2008-2009 University of Illinois Salary List 2008-2009]||A 2008-2009 list of the salaries of employees of the University of Illinois.||
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| | Illinois||2008||[http://www.archive.org/details/StateUniversitiesOfIllinoisSalaries2008 State universities of Illinois salaries 2008]||Salaries for the other eight state universities in Illinois from 2008||
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| | Illinois || 2007 || [http://www.illinoisloop.org/salary.html Administration and Teacher Salaries] || Salaries and pensions for administrators and teachers and some government officials || IllinoisLoop.org
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| | Illinois || || [http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stl-info/collection_7d571a8c-6e62-11df-98c9-00127992bc8b.html Public workers, public salaries] || Databases of local Missouri and Illinois public employees, including city and county, fire department, universities, and schools || ''StLToday.com''
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| | Illinois||||[http://www.cookemployees.com/ Cook County Employees]||||Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica
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| | [[Illinois state government salary|Illinois]]||||[http://www.bettergov.org/watchdog/payroll_database.aspx Selected public payrolls] ''([[dead link]])''||Includes salaries of employees of several state agencies, municipalities, and counties.||[[Better Government Association]]
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| | Illinois||||[https://register.suntimesnewsgroup.com/clickshare/authenticateUserSubscription.do?CSAuthReq=1234&CSProduct=cst-dl&CSTargetURL=http://www.suntimes.com/data/2429192-418/http-com-caspio-employees-href.html Chicago Sun-Times Data Lounge]||Pay-for data service.||''The Chicago Sun Times''
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| | Illinois || 2011 || [http://ledger.illinoiscomptroller.com/ Illinois Comptroller] || State lawmakers salaries || Illinois Comptroller
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| | Illinois || 2012 || [https://data.cityofchicago.org/Administration-Finance/Current-Employee-Names-Salaries-and-Position-Title/xzkq-xp2w Chicago Open Data] || Current Employee Names, Salaries, and Position Titles || Chicago Mayor
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| ==Local government employees==
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| ::''See also: [[Illinois local government salary]]''
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| In 2011, Sunshine Review requested salary information from 19 local governments in the state.
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| *[[Chicago Fire Department, Illinois|Chicago Fire Department]]
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| *[[Lake County employee salaries|Lake County]]
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| *[[Township High School District 211 employee salaries|Township High School District 211]]
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| *[[Illinois State Police, Illinois|Illinois State Police]]
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| *[[Chicago Police Department, Illinois|Chicago Police Department]]
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| *[[Will County Sheriff's Office, Illinois|Will County Sheriff]]
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| *[[Cook County employee salaries|Cook County]]
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| *[[DuPage County employee salaries|DuPage County]]
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| *[[Will County employee salaries|Will County]]
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| *[[Chicago Public Schools employee salaries|Chicago Public School District 299]]
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| *[[Township High School District 214 employee salaries|Township High School District 214]]
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| *[[Elgin Area School District U46 employee salaries|School District U-46]]
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| *[[Aurora employee salaries|Aurora]]
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| *[[Chicago employee salaries|Chicago]]
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| *[[Cook County Sheriff's Office, Illinois|Cook County Sheriff]]
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| *[[DuPage County Sheriff's Office, Illinois|DuPage County Sheriff]]
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| *[[Lake County Sheriff's Office, Illinois|Lake County Sheriff]]
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| *[[Aurora Police Department, Illinois|Aurora Police Department]]
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| *[[Aurora Fire Department, Illinois|Aurora Fire Department]]
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| ===Teacher salaries===
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| Illinois teacher salaries are funded through a combination of state funds and local property taxes.
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| Illinois teachers, with the exception of those who teach in Chicago, participate in the Teachers Retirement System. Currently, teachers pay about 9.4 percent of their salaries into the Teachers Retirement System, which the state matches, with districts paying less than 1 percent. | | {{Illinois state profile}} |
| Chicago teachers have a separate retirement plan.<ref> [http://m.thesouthern.com/news/local/think-tank-districts-should-pay-share-of-teachers-pension-funding/article_008548e4-97dc-11e1-a408-001a4bcf887a.html/ The Southern, Think tank: Districts should pay share of teachers’ pension funding, May 7, 2012] </ref> Even though Illinois was expected to put $2.4 billion into the Teachers Retirement System in 2012, that system still accounts for more than half of the state’s estimated $83 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.<ref> [http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/04/pension.html/ Chicago Tribune, Inquiring minds want to know about teacher pensions and Quinn's reforms, April 26, 2012] </ref>
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| ==Benefits==
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| ===Paid days off===
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| '''Holidays'''
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| Employees of the State of Illinois received 12 paid vacation days in 2010:<ref name=benefits>[http://www.state.il.us/cms/2_servicese_per/holidays.htm State Holidays]</ref>
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| * New Year's Day
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| * Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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| * Lincoln's Birthday
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| * President's Day
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| * Memorial Day
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| * Independence Day
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| * Labor Day
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| * Columbus Day
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| * Election Day
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| * Veteran’s Day
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| * Thanksgiving Day
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| * Christmas Day
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| Eligible employees choose to enroll in either an HMO or Open Access Plan.<ref name=health>[http://www.state.il.us/cms/3_servicese_ben_choice/BenefitPlans.htm Benefit Plans - Health]</ref> Health insurance includes prescription and behavioral health coverage<ref name=health/>
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| ===Retirement===
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| The state legislature passed bills to scale back pension benefits expected to save $100 billion over several decades, according to legislators, who passed the bill in one day in March 2010.<ref name=skip>[http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052702304830104575172262909794220-lMyQjAxMTAwMDAwODEwNDgyWj.html The Wall Street Journal "States Skip Pension Payments, Delay Day of Reckoning" April 9, 2010]</ref><ref name=trib>[http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/04/quinn-plans-to-sign-bill-to-cut-state-pension-costs.html Chicago Tribune "Quinn signs bill to cut state pension costs" April 13, 2010]</ref> [[Pat Quinn|Gov. Pat Quinn]] signed the bill into law on April 13, 2010.<ref name=trib/> Gov. Quinn estimated the state could reduce the amount of money owed in the new budget year by $400 million. The law addressed retirement costs for a wide variety of public employees, including teachers, lawmakers and many public servants throughout state government, universities, cities, counties and park districts.<ref name=trib/> Highlights included:
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| *Increasing the general retirement age to 67 from 62 or lower in many cases
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| *New employees will have to work at least 10 years and wait until 67, though a smaller benefit will be available for those who choose to start taking pension checks at age 62
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| *Limit the salary level on which pension benefits are based to no more than $106,800 a year
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| *Prohibits new public employees from getting a pension from one government job while collecting a salary from another
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| State employees also have the option of participating in the following programs utilizing pre-tax dollars:<ref>[http://www.state.il.us/cms/3_servicese_ben_choice/state-ben.htm Benefit Information]</ref>
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| *Flexible Spending Accounts
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| *Deferred compensation
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| *Commuter Savings Program
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| The Quinn administration terminated the contract between the state of Illinois and its largest public employee union. State officials informed leaders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees there will be no additional extensions of a contract covering 40,000 workers that expired in June 2012. Officials said after extending the contract three times union negotiators hadn't made proposals dealing with retirement and health care and continued to seek a pay raise despite the state's troubled finances.<ref> [http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/Illinois-Terminates-Contract-with-AFSCME-180268481.html#.UKxI5LNStv0.facebook/ WIFR, Illinois Terminates Contract with AFSCME, Nov. 20, 2012] </ref>
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| A memo sent to department heads from the governor’s office outlined that the move meant none of the raises that were included in the old contract would be paid and any workplace grievances would not be acted upon. The administration dropped its demands for workers to take salary cuts. AFSCME offered to take a pay freeze for the first year of the contract. The administration wanted further cuts in health insurance benefits.<ref> [http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/afscme-calls-quinn-s-termination-of-contract-a-slap-in/article_6147406e-3422-11e2-8f16-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true/ Bloomington Pantagraph, AFSCME calls Quinn’s termination of contract a ‘slap in the face, Nov. 21, 2012] </ref>
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[http://www.illinoisloop.org/salary.html School Administrators who made more than $250,000 in 2006] | | *[https://bookofthestates.org/tables/2023-4-11/ 2023 salary table from the Council of State Governments] |
| *[http://www.championnews.net/salaries.php Champion News's Teacher and Administrator salary database]
| | *[https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/2025-legislator-compensation 2025 salary table from the National Conference of State Legislatures] |
| *[http://www.archive.org/details/ChicagoPublicSchoolsSalariesFeb2009 Salaries of teachers in Chicago's public schools, February 2009]
| | *[https://nationalcenterforstatecourts.app.box.com/s/ri9x3hjqjp0tepwfaoyj81ox6o2av7c2 2025 salary table from the National Center for State Courts] |
| *[http://accountability.illinois.gov/Employees/Default.aspx Illinois Transparency & Accountability Portal Employees page] | |
| *[http://www.archive.org/details/CityOfChicagoSalaryListMar2009 Chicago employees from March 2009]
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| *[http://www.archive.org/details/StateOfIllinoisExecutiveDepartmentSalaries2008 Illinois executive branch employees from 2008]
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| *[http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1104 How Teachers Total Compensation Dwarfs Other White Collar Workers] ''([[dead link]])'' | |
| *[http://www.familytaxpayers.org/salary.php Family Taxpayers Foundation, Teacher Salary Database]
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| {{SGSP}} | | {{SGSP}} |
| {{Illinois}} | | {{Illinois}} |
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