Will County Gazette

Gregory Turk was ranked in the 99th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2020, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

The employee earned $319,600 working as a director for the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois.

The highest-paid Illinois public employee was Kasturi Kripakaran, with a total compensation earning $364,300 working as a physician specialist for the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Rank	Employee	Employer	Job Title	2020 Earnings
1	Kasturi Kripakaran	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$364,300
2	Syed Hussain	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$336,300
3	Sanghee Kim-Ansbro	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$331,400
4	Gregory Turk	Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois	Director	$319,600
5	Tanveer Shan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$319,100
6	Timothy Olenek	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$313,800
7	Rupa Maitra	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$304,600
8	Quadrat Shareef	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$300,900
9	Stanislav Pavlovsky	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$294,700
10	Rita Pavate	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$293,100
11	Jermiagh Daly	Illinois Department of Corrections	Stationary Engineer	$291,300
12	Jovita Anyanwu	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$291,000
13	Hasina Javed	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$290,700
14	Mir Obaid	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$285,000
15	Shahnaz Rahman	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$282,400
16	Humaira Saiyed	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$281,300
17	Anatoliy Pyslar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$278,800
18	Maung Win	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Physician Specialist	$276,700
19	Zhihong Zhang	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$276,500
20	Jelveh Jahangiri	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$276,100
21	Subhash Waikar	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Physician Specialist	$275,600
22	Abdul Saboor	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$274,600
23	Dong Chung	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$272,000
24	Madhurita Malhotra	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$270,700
25	Guy Vancina	Illinois State Police	Sergeant	$268,700
26	Maria Vazquez-Scott	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$266,500
27	Ajay Jeetwani	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$265,400
28	Elpidio Artus	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$262,000
29	Vikramit Gill	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$261,900
30	Loreatha Coleman	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Nurse	$260,900
31	Lioubov Voityna	Illinois Department of Employment Security	Public Service Administrator	$259,800
32	Gabriel Valdes	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$259,100
33	Malaya Tuazon	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$258,100
33	Richard Malis	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$258,100
35	Valerie King	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$257,700
36	Christopher Wilkes	Illinois State Police	Sergeant	$257,000
37	Hubert Fernandes	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$256,000
38	Syed Shah Warsi	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$251,800
39	Tommie King	Illinois State Police	Sergeant	$250,900
40	Aura Eberhardt	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$249,300
41	Eva Kurilo	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,600
42	Muhammed Nasib	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$247,900
43	Olajumoke Adubifa	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$247,700
44	Stacey Horstman	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$247,500
45	Azazuddin Ahmed	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$247,300
46	Rita Lewis-Perry	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$246,900
47	Sean Mosby	Illinois State Police	Senior Master Trooper	$246,700
47	Arthur Bloch	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$246,700
49	Mercedes Martinez	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$245,900
50	Melvin Carson	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Lieutenant	$245,700
51	John Ngwe	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$245,500
52	Stuart Rich	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$245,400
53	Charlotte Mitchell	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$242,800
54	Vera Davis	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$241,900
55	Mohammad Hosain	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$240,200
56	Ahmad Abuarqoub	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$239,800
57	Kathleen Treanor	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$236,500
58	Brett Smith	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Sergeant	$236,000
59	Seema Khan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$233,300
60	Salil Vasanwala	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$231,500
61	Dejan Jovanov	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$229,400
62	Terrence Casey	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$229,300
63	Joel Price	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$228,600
64	Delsie Gavali	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$227,000
65	Ronald Lotesto	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$225,600
65	Jehanzeb Sheikh	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$225,600
67	Troy Garren	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$224,500
68	Brian Walker	Illinois State Police	Sergeant	$223,400
69	Jose Alvarez	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Executive Director	$223,000
70	Elisa Scott	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$222,100
71	Anthony Nidea	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$221,400
72	Mathew George	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$220,600
73	Brian Charnicky	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Senior Master Trooper	$220,500
74	Subhash Goyal	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$220,400
75	Jermaine McGee	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Master Trooper	$219,700
76	Janet Nuss	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$218,200
77	Cornell Stahlman	Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology	Public Service Administrator	$217,600
78	Mark Locke	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Sergeant	$217,500
79	Nadine Lockett	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Food Service Supervisor	$217,400
80	Anita McKeever	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$216,600
81	Stanley Sims	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$215,400
82	Ofonmbuk Akpan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$214,900
83	Douglas Chang	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$213,200
83	Karl Heinecke	Illinois State Police	Senior Master Trooper	$213,200
85	George Delrio	Illinois State Police	Master Sergeant	$212,400
86	Asta Purdy	Illinois Department of Employment Security	Public Service Administrator	$211,700
87	Shannon Jackson	Illinois Department of Corrections	Stationary Engineer	$210,800
88	Sharon Green	Illinois Department of Human Services	Secretary Therapy Aide	$208,200
89	Douglas Yorke	Illinois State Police	Sergeant	$207,200
90	Jolly Varghese	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$206,100
91	Michael Eck	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$205,900
92	Jennifer Crew	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$205,800
92	Lesley Charles	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$205,800
94	Anh-Thu Runez	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$205,700
95	John Tricamo	Illinois Department of Employment Security	Public Service Administrator	$205,500
96	Marcus Holton	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Sergeant	$204,800
97	Thomas Gartner	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Lieutenant	$204,200
98	Kevin Kelliher	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Sergeant	$203,600
99	Joel Vercide	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$203,500
100	Deborah Folga	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$203,200