Drake Griffith earns $50,900 at Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in 2019

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By Metric Media News Service

Sep 29, 2020

Drake Griffith earned $50,900 during 2019 working for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a child welfare specialist, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

The average salary as a child welfare specialist was $80,949 in 2019.

Top 100 highest paid child welfare specialists in Illinois listed below

Rank	Employee	2019 amount earned
1	Christina Schwab	$140,200
2	Alicia McCree	$139,000
3	Lilia Canales	$130,800
4	Monica Sosa	$126,200
5	Amanda Moren	$121,700
6	Mendy Hertz	$121,100
7	Jill Blair	$121,000
8	Tashinah Shade	$119,900
9	Pedro Tomas	$119,600
10	Sarah Davison	$118,000
11	Yolanda Gomez	$117,800
12	Sergio Jimenez	$116,500
13	Jason Hasquin	$114,100
14	Jodi Grant	$113,400
15	A. Alvarado-Lozano	$113,300
15	Miriam Hullon	$113,300
17	Nin Tolefree-Walton	$112,900
18	Denise Smith	$112,300
19	Marikay Jerit	$111,700
19	L'Tanya Jones	$111,700
21	Kimberly Monk	$111,100
22	Denise Boaz	$110,400
23	Dawn Bliefnick	$109,500
24	Sandra Davis	$109,200
25	Bari Brown	$109,100
26	Shirley Stalling	$108,700
27	Melissa Sanborn	$108,600
28	Carmen Santos	$108,400
28	Amy Wettig	$108,400
28	Karen Wilson	$108,400
31	Juana Haywood	$108,000
32	Amy Jackson	$106,800
33	Roger Washington	$106,700
34	Michelle Bunch	$106,000
34	Alyssa Norman	$106,000
36	Cesareo Lopez	$105,900
36	Seth Wessel	$105,900
38	Steve Saner	$105,800
39	Charles Ward	$105,700
40	Antonio Hampton	$105,600
40	Milton Pope	$105,600
40	April Queckboerner	$105,600
43	Cathy Hughes	$104,600
44	Benny Barraza	$104,500
45	Victoria Vinyard	$103,900
46	Shannon Perez	$103,400
47	Heather Kruep	$103,000
48	Richard Larson	$102,800
49	Felicia Reid	$102,300
50	Marcus Truss	$101,600
51	Ana Campos	$101,200
52	Cynthia Tyler	$100,500
53	Deborah Armand	$100,200
54	Kimberly Allen	$99,800
54	Michelle Hill	$99,800
56	Elizabeth Slater	$99,700
56	Naomi Taylor-Balogun	$99,700
58	Davera Orr	$99,500
59	Sally Putnam	$99,000
60	Sarah Meyer	$98,900
61	Connie Thomas	$98,700
62	Maria Thompson	$98,500
63	Richard Leavy	$98,400
64	Ambur Emrich	$98,300
65	Charlene Graham	$97,900
65	Maria Moreno-Horne	$97,900
67	Diane Cook	$97,800
67	Tammi Steiner	$97,800
69	Erin Schaub	$97,700
70	Ida Riley	$97,600
71	Janis Karasch	$97,500
72	Joy McCoy	$97,000
73	Eugenia Clark	$96,900
74	Thomas Decross	$96,800
74	Mary Ewert	$96,800
76	Celestine Collins	$96,300
77	Terra Wofford	$96,000
78	Doris Jackson	$94,600
79	Carolyn Armstrong	$94,400
80	Jobert Hoagland	$94,300
81	Sonia Garrett	$94,100
82	Georget Adams-White	$93,800
82	Cordelia Harris	$93,800
82	Rebecca Zurliene-Harris	$93,800
85	Marsha Daniel	$93,600
86	Barbara Ballotti	$93,500
86	Mary Miller	$93,500
86	Reginald Young Riddle	$93,500
89	Sharyl Rushton	$93,400
90	Likeysha Meyers	$93,200
91	Lori Booker	$93,000
92	Michelle Troyer	$92,900
93	Patricia Broughton	$92,800
93	Carrie Downen	$92,800
95	Arnetha Truss	$92,600
96	Jessica Evans	$92,400
96	Jocelyn Lovett	$92,400
98	Christa Newman	$92,300
99	Robyn Chamblin	$92,100
100	Renee Smith	$92,000