http://illinoispolicy.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=5398
Members of the Illinois General Assembly are among the highest-paid state legislators in the country.
According to the National Conference of State Legislators, Illinois lawmakers earned a base salary of $67,836 in 2012, along with a $111 per diem for each session day. Legislators in nearby Indiana earn just $22,616 a year.
Many Illinois legislators make far more than the base amount due to bonuses that come with leadership positions.
According to data from the Comptroller’s state employee salary database, The Ledger, the average salary of a state representative in 2012, including additional leadership pay, was $72,591.
The highest-paid representatives were House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, and Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego, who both earned $90,930.
Efforts to limit legislator salaries, including votes to freeze pay and forfeit 12 days of compensation, have fallen short in the eyes of reformers.
Taxpayers are footing the bill for cushy legislative salaries and incredibly generous pension packages(how does a cool $2.5 million in lifetime benefits sound?) in return for continued fiscal mismanagement.
Get more information on Illinois state senator salaries, as well as additional background on legislator pay.
| First Name | Last Name | Salary |
| EDWARD LUIS JASON DANIEL PATRICIA MARIA DANIEL MICHAEL JOHN DANIEL RICH ADAM DANIEL KELLY JOHN DENA KELLY JOHN LINDA FRANCO SANDY MARLOW MICHAEL JERRY FRED THOMAS WILLIAM BARBARA JOHN MONIQUE WILLIAM ANTHONY KIMBERLY LISA KENNETH JAMES ROGER MARCUS PAUL KEITH SARA MARY LASHAWN MICHAEL CORY JACK ROBYN KENT ESTHER JEHAN BRAD NORINE GREGORY DAVID L CHAD ELIZABETH CONSTANCE EDDIE NAOMI CHARLES THADDEUS DWIGHT EMILY RENEE CHARLES LOUIS DAVID CAMILLE JOSEPH MICHAEL SIDNEY FRANK KAREN RITA MICHAEL JOHN DEBORAH GERALD WILLIAM DONALD THOMAS RICHARD ROSEMARY MICHELLE ELAINE CHRISTOPHER JOANN SCOTT BRANDON SANDRA RAYMOND ROBERT HARRY DENNIS DAVID AL ROBERT THOMAS WAYNE PAMELA JAMES ANGELO TIMOTHY DARLENE CAROL ELGIE KEITH JOE CYNTHIA EDWIN ANDRE JIL MICHAEL ARTHUR MICHAEL PATRICK LAWRENCE JAMES ANN EDDIE DAVID KAREN MICHAEL |
ACEVEDO ARROYO BARICKMAN BEISER BELLOCK BERRIOS BISS BOST BRADLEY BRADY BRAUER BROWN BURKE BURKE CABELLO CARLI CASSIDY CAVALETTO CHAPA-LAVIA COLADIPIETRO COLE COLVIN CONNELLY COSTELLO CRESPO CROSS CUNNINGHAM CURRIE D’AMICO DAVIS DAVIS DELUCA DUBUCLET DUGAN DUNKIN DURKIN EDDY EVANS EVANS FARNHAM FEIGENHOLTZ FLOWERS FORD FORTNER FOSTER FRANKS GABEL GAFFNEY GOLAR GORDON HALBROOK HAMMOND HARRIS HARRIS HATCHER HAYS HERNANDEZ HOWARD JACKSON JAKOBSSON JEFFERSON JONES KAY KLUNK-MCASEY KOSEL KREZWICK LANG LEITCH LILLY LYONS MADIGAN MATHIAS MAUTINO MAY MAYFIELD MCAULIFFE MCGUIRE MELL MITCHELL MITCHELL MOFFITT MORRISON MORTHLAND MULLIGAN MUSSMAN NEKRITZ NYBO OSMOND PENNY PHELPS PIHOS POE PRITCHARD RAMEY REBOLETTI REIS RILEY RITA ROSE ROSENTHAL ROTH SACIA SAVIANO SCHMITZ SENGER SENTE SIMS SOMMER SOSNOWSKI SOTO SULLIVAN THAPEDI TRACY TRYON TURNER UNES VERSCHOORE WALSH WATSON WILLIAMS WINTERS WINTERS YARBROUGH ZALEWSK |
$81,953.40
$74,569.20 |
