A recent report indicates that 63,000 public servants across Illinois receive at least $100,000 each year as part of their taxpayer-supplied salaries.
In Will County alone, the top earners make $398,230. The statewide cost shouldered by taxpayers amounts to $10 billion.
"Illinois is broke and continues to flirt with junk bond status,” OpenTheBook.com's founder and CEO Adam Andrzejewski said. "But the state's financial woes aren't stopping 63,000 government employees from bringing home six-figure salaries and higher."
You can find the full list of public servants earning more than $100,000 gathered by OpenTheBooks.com at their website.
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Who are the top paid public servants in Will County?
The table below shows the 10 highest paid public servants in Will County, per OpenTheBooks.com.
| ZIP Code | Employer Name | Name | Annual Wages |
| 60436 | Joliet Township High School District 204 | Mccarthy, Cheryl | $274,257 |
| 60451 | New Lenox School District 122 | Manville, Margaret M. | $266,576 |
| 60432 | Will County | Williams, Jeffrey J. | $260,166 |
| 60446 | Valley View Community Unit School District 365 | Mitchem, James A. | $254,511 |
| 60417 | Crete Monee Community Unit School District 201U | Cunningham, Nathaniel | $251,292 |
| 60544 | Plainfield School District 202 | Abrell, Ronald L. | $240,750 |
| 60481 | Wilmington Community Unit School District 209 | Plese, Anthony J. | $239,680 |
| 60441 | Lockport School District 91 | Gray, Donna J. | $237,828 |
| 60441 | Fairmont School District 89 | Whitaker, Sonya L. | $234,706 |
| 60441 | Lockport Township High School District 205 | Wernet, Todd P. | $227,765 |
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