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Government Work

Check out how the salaries of mayor, police chiefs, city managers, state's attorneys, sheriffs, county board chairs, and county board members compare around the Chicago area.

STATE OF ILLINOIS
ROD BLAGOJEVICH Governor	$170,917
GEORGE H. RYAN Former governor; federal prisoner, Terre Haute, Indiana	12 to 40 cents/hr.

CITY OF CHICAGO
JODY WEIS Chief of police	$310,000
RICHARD M. DALEY Mayor Second-highest-paid city employee	$216,210
NURIA FERNANDEZ Commissioner of aviation	$190,764
RAYMOND OROZCO Fire commissioner	$185,652
LORI HEALEY Chief of staff, Office of the Mayor	$172,056
MARY DEMPSEY Commissioner, Chicago Public Library	$152,520
SUSAN GERBER Deputy commissioner of public health 88th-highest-paid city employee	$143,232
STEPHANIE NEELY Treasurer	$133,545
DAVID JOHNSON Chief labor negotiator	$131,760

COOK COUNTY
TODD STROGER President, County Board of Commissioners	$170,000
RICHARD DEVINE State's attorney	$167,521
LANCE TYSON Executive assistant to the president, County Board of Commissioners	$167,099
TOM DART Sheriff	$160,000
MICHAEL SHINE Deputy treasurer	$144,200
TAKASHI REINBOLD Budget director	$123,600
MARIA PAPPAS Treasurer	$105,000
AERIA CHARLES Administrative assistant to Deborah Sims, Cook County commissioner	$85,823
DEBORAH SIMS Member, County Board of Commissioners	$85,000
JOSEPH COYLE Glazier	$72,800
JOSEPH CHIRILLO Marble polisher	$57,574

CTA
RON HUBERMAN President, Chicago Transit Authority	$198,000
ALISON PERONA Inspector general, Chicago Transit Authority	$154,774
PAUL FISH Vice president of capital investment, Chicago Transit Authority	$144,950
CAROLE L. BROWN Chairman, Chicago Transit Board	$25,000

LAKE COUNTY
BARRY A. BURTON County administrator	$214,814
MICHAEL J. WALLER State's attorney	$160,412
MARK C. CURRAN JR. Sheriff	$133,700
RICHARD KELLER Coroner	$108,160
SUZANNE SCHMIDT Chair, County Board	$75,712
CAROL SPIELMAN Member, County Board	$37,856

EVANSTON
JULIA CARROLL City manager Highest-paid Evanston employee	$183,872
RICHARD EDDINGTON Chief of police	$135,000
LINDA TECKLER Chief animal warden	$61,880
LORRAINE MORTON Mayor	$17,000

DU PAGE COUNTY
JOHN KOS Director of transportation Highest-paid DuPage County employee	$155,693
JOSEPH BIRKETT State's attorney	$154,987
JOHN ZARUBA Sheriff	$153,034
ROBERT MILLER Public defender	$144,348
ROBERT SCHILLERSTROM Chair, County Board	$116,456
PETER SIEKMANN Coroner	$115,984
MATTHEW FARAONE Veterinarian	$93,930
JOHN COLLINS JR. Crime lab director	$89,091
DONALD PUCHALSKI Member, County Board	$48,620

LAKE FOREST
ROBERT KIELY JR. City manager Highest-paid Lake Forest employee	$167,500
JOSEPH BUERGER Chief of police	$119,500
CHRIS MARSZALEK Head golf professional	$90,193
JOSEPH HARRIS Sailing director	$52,951
Administrative assistant I Lowest-paid Lake Forest employee	$38,262

FLOSSMOOR
BRIDGET WACHTEL Village manager Highest-paid Flossmoor employee	$122,411
WILLIAM MILLER Police chief	$98,973
Cashier/receptionist Lowest-paid Flossmoor employee	$41,201

Obama Campaign

OBAMOOLAH
BARACK OBAMA U.S. senator/author (2006 salary; $165,200 Senate salary, plus $147,490 in royalties for Dreams from My Father, plus $425,000 advance on royalties for The Audacity of Hope. Source: Washington Post)	$737,690
CAMPAIGN STAFF (The figures here are the total amounts marked as payroll and paid by Obama's presidential campaign to individuals in 2007. Source: Federal Election Commission)
DAVID PLOUFFE Campaign manager	$90,389
STEVE HILDEBRAND Deputy campaign manager	$101,600
ALYSSA MASTROMONACO Director of scheduling and advance	$87,778

JULIANNA SMOOT Finance director	$128,210
AMI COPELAND Deputy finance director	$96,245
BETSY MYERS Chief operating officer	$103,545
ROBERT GIBBS Communications chief	$92,827
DEVORAH ADLER Research director	$78,575
SHAUNA DALY Deputy research director	$50,395
BILL BURTON National press secretary	$74,590
DAN PFEIFFER Traveling press secretary	$75,345
MATT NUGEN Political director	$77,115
CUAUHTÉMOC FIGUEROA Field director	$85,338