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 Kankakee County alone, the top earners make $256,465. 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 http://www.openthebooks.com/map/?Map=1802&MapType=Pin.
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Who are the top paid public servants in Kankakee County?
The table below shows the top 10 highest paid public servants in Kankakee County, per OpenTheBooks.com.
| ZIP Code | Employer Name | Name | Annual Wages |
| 60901 | Kankakee Community College | Avendano John | $256,465 |
| 60901 | Kankakee School District 111 | Walters Genevra A | $238,758 |
| 60915 | Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307 | Wakeley Scott E | $217,439 |
| 60941 | Herscher Community Unit School District 2 | Decman Richard S | $187,445 |
| 60940 | Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 | Palan John C | $179,035 |
| 60950 | Manteno Community Unit School District 5 | Harrod Lisa M | $166,857 |
| 60915 | Bradley School District 61 | Goselin Scott A | $166,671 |
| 60914 | Bourbonnais School District 53 | Hollowell Daniel R | $159,217 |
| 60915 | Village of Bradley | Rowe James R | $155,657 |
| 60914 | St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 | Boehrnsen Helen M | $151,871 |
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