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 southeast Illinois, the top earner makes $173,799. 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 its website.
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Who are the top paid public servants in southeast Illinois?
The table below shows the 11 highest paid public servants in southeast Illinois, per OpenTheBooks.com.
| ZIP Code | Employer Name | Name | Annual Wages |
| 62946 | SOEAST | Rice, Jonah Lee | $173,799 |
| 62939 | Goreville Community Unti School District 1 | Webb, Steve D. | $163,390 |
| 62960 | Massac Unit School District 1 | Smith, Dennis J. | $142,246 |
| 62869 | Wabash & Ohio Valley Special Education | Kaytor, David S. | $141,158 |
| 62917 | Carrier Mills-Stonefront School District 2 | Morgan, Richard A. | $140,268 |
| 62821 | Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5 | Lee, Bradley K. | $132,451 |
| 62960 | Massac County | Windhorst, Leonard P. | $128,959 |
| 62946 | Saline County | Henshaw, Michael J. | $128,959 |
| 62821 | White County | Aud, Denton W. | $128,959 |
| 62859 | Hamilton County | Hood, Justin E. | $128,959 |
| 62938 | Pope County | Presser, Melissa A. | $128,959 |
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