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By Galesburg Reporter

Jun 25, 2021

Brett Gobeli earned $108,200 during 2020 working for the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice as an educator, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

The average salary as an educator was $84,137 in 2020.

Top 100 highest paid educators in Illinois listed below

Rank	Employee	2020 Earnings
1	Jamie Rheaume	$116,500
2	Jeffrey Siegfried	$115,600
3	Marcia Miller	$112,800
4	Neil Bantican	$110,400
4	Timothy Black	$110,400
6	Emily Weeks	$109,000
7	Brett Gobeli	$108,200
8	Penny Rowan	$105,600
8	Kenneth Keener	$105,600
8	Sherry Bowling	$105,600
8	Shannon Hatcher	$105,600
8	Jennifer Caldwell	$105,600
13	Julie McGrath	$105,500
14	Mary Hines	$105,300
14	Amy Cambron	$105,300
16	Leah Drue	$105,000
17	Michael Geiger	$104,500
18	Harry White	$104,400
19	Barbara Mango	$104,300
19	Lenore Handlon	$104,300
21	Julie Bullock	$103,700
22	Jennifer Mucha	$103,600
23	Patricia Bundren	$103,200
24	Rebecca Render	$102,600
25	Jeffrey Cosgrove	$102,500
26	Patrick Lovelace	$102,400
27	Michael Dunbar	$102,200
28	Joseph Meister	$101,300
29	Herman Lee	$101,200
29	Tammy Dyson	$101,200
29	Gordon Zaric	$101,200
29	Janet Emmons	$101,200
29	Kevin Kluemke	$101,200
29	Kathryn Boehle	$101,200
29	Christine Dodson	$101,200
29	Kathleen Frontone	$101,200
37	Dean Price	$100,900
37	Terrance Fritz	$100,900
37	Matthew Harriss	$100,900
40	Jennifer Wallace	$100,800
41	Brandi Mullady	$100,600
42	Ray Driskell	$100,500
43	Laquinya Williams	$100,400
44	Adrian Burrage	$100,300
45	Laura Lehr	$100,200
46	Scot Sutherland	$100,100
46	Lawrence Shepherd	$100,100
46	Michael Delashmutt	$100,100
49	Lance Neal	$99,900
49	Jason Mateski	$99,900
49	Rebecca Wittmer	$99,900
52	Bricey MacHin	$99,800
53	Barbara Hennrich	$99,100
54	Ronald Wagner	$99,000
55	Barbara French	$98,700
56	Jason Wagner	$98,400
57	Katherine Phillips	$98,300
58	Gertrude Young	$98,200
59	Peggy McNamara	$98,100
60	Michael Owen	$97,900
61	Gayl Page	$97,300
61	Charles Gray	$97,300
61	Kerstin Bruere	$97,300
64	Olga Goldman	$97,100
65	Suzanne Simon	$97,000
66	Malissa Montoya	$96,200
67	Sarah Saettele	$95,600
68	Helen Savko	$95,400
69	Manoel Ferreira	$95,000
70	Norman Faulkner	$94,800
71	Eric Dykstra	$94,700
72	Cody Mitchel	$94,000
72	Julie Grygiel	$94,000
74	Joshua Harner	$93,700
75	Krista Warden	$93,300
76	Gina Bradbury	$93,100
77	Sara Edwards	$92,600
78	Mary Fraas	$92,500
79	David Gasko	$92,200
79	Michael Magner	$92,200
79	Susan Schmillen	$92,200
82	Trina Conner	$91,900
83	Nicole Jones	$91,400
84	Julia Bowman	$91,200
84	Darla Chambers	$91,200
86	Melissa Ochs	$90,700
87	Molly Jones	$90,400
88	Crystal Maxwell	$90,300
89	James Cullum	$89,900
90	Daniel Mings	$89,700
91	Rory Renk	$89,400
92	Patty Burgin	$89,300
93	Joseph Lee	$89,100
93	Penny Sagez	$89,100
95	Jeff Wollesen	$88,900
96	Matt Burke	$88,800
96	Larae Harner	$88,800
98	Ann Schmitt	$88,700
99	Jeffrey Weber	$88,400
100	Brian Prince	$88,200