Distinguished Professor Michael Hogan was the highest-earning individual at University of Illinois at Springfield in 2016, with total compensation reaching $306,269 according to a Sangamon Sun analysis of Illinois Board of Higher Education data.
The 100 highest-earning administrators and faculty members were paid a total of $10,904,934.18 in 2016.
Chancellor of U of I at Springfield and Vice President Susan Koch was the second-highest earning individual, with $244,128 in 2016, followed by Dean Ronald McNeil ($198,337), Vice Chancellor Patricia Pardie ($193,867), and Dean JAmes Ermatinger ($184,925).
The following table list the top 100 salary earners at U of I at Springfield.
| Name | Title | Position | Base Salary | Additional Salary | Total Compensation |
| Michael J. Hogan | DIST PROF | Professor | $306,269.00 | $0.00 | $306,269.00 |
| Susan J. Koch | CHANC UIS AND VPRES OF UI | Vice President | $154,166.00 | $89,962.00 | $244,128.00 |
| Ronald D. McNeil | DEAN | Senior Officer | $193,900.00 | $4,437.00 | $198,337.00 |
| Patricia L. Pardie | VCHAN ACAD AFF & PROV | Vice Chancellor | $113,271.00 | $80,596.00 | $193,867.00 |
| James Ermatinger | DEAN | Senior Officer | $111,134.00 | $73,791.00 | $184,925.00 |
| Jeffrey D. Lorber | V CHANC FOR DEVLP | Senior Officer | $170,122.00 | $0.00 | $170,122.00 |
| Xiaoqing Li | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $108,434.00 | $54,217.08 | $162,651.08 |
| Hanfu Mi | DEAN | Senior Officer | $105,959.00 | $49,541.00 | $155,500.00 |
| Karl A. McDermott | PROF | Professor | $123,609.00 | $30,902.22 | $154,511.22 |
| Farokh Eslahi | ASSOC PROVOST/INFO TECH | Other Administrator | $133,250.00 | $16,000.02 | $149,250.02 |
| Rassule Hadidi | PROF | Professor | $133,423.00 | $14,824.78 | $148,247.78 |
| Vickie S. Cook | DIR CTR ONLINE RES & SERV | Unit Director | $143,500.00 | $0.00 | $143,500.00 |
| David P. Racine | EXEC DIR | Senior Officer | $143,500.00 | $0.00 | $143,500.00 |
| Leonard Branson | PROF | Professor | $143,340.00 | $0.00 | $143,340.00 |
| Clarice Renee Ford | INTRM VCHAN STDNT AFFAIRS | Vice Chancellor | $140,000.00 | $0.00 | $140,000.00 |
| Gerard L. Joseph | ASSOC PROV BDGT & ADMN PLNG | Other Administrator | $138,375.00 | $0.00 | $138,375.00 |
| Ranjan V. Karri | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $133,330.00 | $2,981.16 | $136,311.16 |
| Sviatoslav Braynov | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $98,533.00 | $36,949.86 | $135,482.86 |
| Carol Meneghetti Jessup | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $134,900.00 | $0.00 | $134,900.00 |
| Karen R. Moranski | ASSOC VCHANCFORUNDGRADED | Vice Chancellor | $117,567.00 | $12,000.00 | $129,567.00 |
| Merrill T. Mims | PROF | Professor | $116,220.00 | $12,913.00 | $129,133.00 |
| Lisa Lichen Chen | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $128,695.00 | $0.00 | $128,695.00 |
| John J. Hanlon | DIRECTOR | Unit Director | $122,898.00 | $5,200.00 | $128,098.00 |
| David T. Barrows | EXEC DIR | Unit Director | $127,243.00 | $0.00 | $127,243.00 |
| Mark Buxton | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $124,276.00 | $0.00 | $124,276.00 |
| Chung-wei Lee | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $89,241.00 | $33,465.33 | $122,706.33 |
| Te-Wei Wang | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $108,614.00 | $13,576.77 | $122,190.77 |
| David K. Larson | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $108,425.00 | $13,553.10 | $121,978.10 |
| Yifeng Zhang | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $108,111.00 | $13,513.86 | $121,624.86 |
| Feng-Shun Bin | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $107,817.00 | $13,477.05 | $121,294.05 |
| Justin P. Stearns | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $120,731.00 | $0.00 | $120,731.00 |
| Atul Agarwal | PROF | Professor | $120,446.00 | $0.00 | $120,446.00 |
| Tulio Cesar Llosa | DIR INFO TECH OPER | Unit Director | $104,219.00 | $16,000.02 | $120,219.02 |
| Frank Russell Nation | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $120,000.00 | $0.00 | $120,000.00 |
| Robert E. Wright | PROF | Professor | $106,272.00 | $13,284.00 | $119,556.00 |
| Kamyar Dezhgosha | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $104,713.00 | $13,089.15 | $117,802.15 |
| Paul S. Caselton | VST ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $117,000.00 | $0.00 | $117,000.00 |
| Francois C. Giraud-Carrier | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $101,475.00 | $12,684.42 | $114,159.42 |
| Beverly Bunch | PROF | Professor | $110,773.00 | $0.00 | $110,773.00 |
| Michael Burlingame | PROF | Professor | $83,042.00 | $27,681.00 | $110,723.00 |
| Michael Cheney | PROF | Professor | $110,286.00 | $0.00 | $110,286.00 |
| Jorge Villegas | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $110,172.00 | $0.00 | $110,172.00 |
| Roghieh Gholami | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $108,500.00 | $0.00 | $108,500.00 |
| Charles Richard Coderko | DIR OF CONSTRUCTION | Unit Director | $105,745.00 | $0.00 | $105,745.00 |
| Jesus Canelon | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $93,734.00 | $11,716.74 | $105,450.74 |
| Hamed Qahri Saremi | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $91,900.00 | $11,487.51 | $103,387.51 |
| Ryan Croke | ASSOC CHANC FOR PUB AFF | Other Administrator | $85,000.00 | $18,000.00 | $103,000.00 |
| Ronald Loui | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $74,777.00 | $28,041.39 | $102,818.39 |
| Shipra Gupta | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $102,398.00 | $0.00 | $102,398.00 |
| Laurel V. Newman | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $91,838.00 | $10,210.00 | $102,048.00 |
| Lucas John Vespa | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $74,175.00 | $27,815.58 | $101,990.58 |
| Carolee Maureen Rigsbee | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $100,090.00 | $0.00 | $100,090.00 |
| Robert Alan Vaughn | DIR | Unit Director | $95,735.00 | $0.00 | $95,735.00 |
| Cecilia S. Cornell | ASSOC VCHAN FOR GRAD ED | Vice Chancellor | $95,325.00 | $0.00 | $95,325.00 |
| Charles Emmanuel Osiris | ASSOCVC STDNT/DEANSTDNT | Vice Chancellor | $95,000.00 | $0.00 | $95,000.00 |
| Judy L. Shipp | EXEC DIR COUNS CTR&STDNT SERV | Unit Director | $88,505.00 | $6,000.03 | $94,505.03 |
| Vernadean Brown | ASSOC CHANC ACC & EQUAL OPPORT | Other Administrator | $94,051.00 | $0.00 | $94,051.00 |
| Nathan L. Steele | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $93,508.00 | $0.00 | $93,508.00 |
| Sudeep Sharma | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $93,250.00 | $0.00 | $93,250.00 |
| Munindra Khaund | DIR OF WEB SERV | Unit Director | $93,114.00 | $0.00 | $93,114.00 |
| Karen Swan | PROF | Professor | $78,883.00 | $13,523.00 | $92,406.00 |
| Benjamin M. Walsh | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $91,468.00 | $0.00 | $91,468.00 |
| Van Lee Vieregge | ASST V CHANC FOR STUD SERV | Unit Director | $88,708.00 | $0.00 | $88,708.00 |
| Charles N. Wheeler | PROF | Professor | $85,583.00 | $2,700.00 | $88,283.00 |
| Fernando Planas | DIR | Unit Director | $87,125.00 | $0.00 | $87,125.00 |
| Tarah Lynn Sweeting | SR DIR ADVS LRNG SUPPT SERV | Unit Director | $75,000.00 | $10,999.98 | $85,999.98 |
| Yanhui Guo | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $76,000.00 | $9,500.04 | $85,500.04 |
| Brian Clevenger | REGISTRAR/DIR REC & REGSTR | Unit Director | $85,004.00 | $0.00 | $85,004.00 |
| Charles John Schrage | ASSOC VC FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS | Vice Chancellor | $81,953.00 | $0.00 | $81,953.00 |
| Kathy A. DeBarr | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $72,244.00 | $9,027.00 | $81,271.00 |
| Ping Guo | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $72,000.00 | $9,000.00 | $81,000.00 |
| Patricia E. Byrnes | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $72,373.00 | $8,041.44 | $80,414.44 |
| Jonathan R. GoldbergBelle | SR DIR INATL PRGMS INTRNSHP | Unit Director | $80,000.00 | $0.00 | $80,000.00 |
| Marc A. Klingshirn | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $57,104.00 | $22,755.00 | $79,859.00 |
| Linda Jean McCown | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $79,803.00 | $0.00 | $79,803.00 |
| Lucinda M. Caughey | INSTR | Instructor | $57,879.00 | $21,704.67 | $79,583.67 |
| Joan M. Sestak | DIR OF COMMUNITY REL | Unit Director | $79,443.00 | $0.00 | $79,443.00 |
| Sara E. Storm | DIR CAMPUS SERV | Unit Director | $78,892.00 | $0.00 | $78,892.00 |
| Michelle Green | DIR OF MKTG | Unit Director | $78,759.00 | $0.00 | $78,759.00 |
| Sherine Micheal Antoun | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $70,000.00 | $8,749.98 | $78,749.98 |
| Lori L. Giordano | EXEC DIR TRANS SERV | Unit Director | $77,453.00 | $0.00 | $77,453.00 |
| Josiah Olusegun Alamu | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $68,691.00 | $8,586.00 | $77,277.00 |
| Beverly D. Rivera | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $76,316.00 | $0.00 | $76,316.00 |
| Laura Gransky Dorman | DIR OF INSTITUTIONAL RES | Unit Director | $76,082.00 | $0.00 | $76,082.00 |
| Nancy J. Scannell | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $76,072.00 | $0.00 | $76,072.00 |
| Ronald Frank Wojcicki | DIR OF DEVLP | Unit Director | $75,978.00 | $0.00 | $75,978.00 |
| Sarah Colby Weaver | DIR DISABILITY SERV | Unit Director | $75,198.00 | $0.00 | $75,198.00 |
| Scott L. Day | PROF | Professor | $75,015.00 | $0.00 | $75,015.00 |
| Kim Omachinski | DIR STSVC INTNL | Unit Director | $75,000.00 | $0.00 | $75,000.00 |
| Natalie A. Taylor | ASST PROVOST | Other Administrator | $75,000.00 | $0.00 | $75,000.00 |
| Carl Ralph Peterson | Lecturer | $66,389.00 | $8,298.63 | $74,687.63 | |
| Kamau Kemayo | ASSOC PROF | Associate Professor | $65,220.00 | $9,277.47 | $74,497.47 |
| Lisa L. Whelpley | DIR OF ANN GIVING/MAJOR GIFT D | Unit Director | $74,438.00 | $0.00 | $74,438.00 |
| Janis Russell Rose | INSTR | Instructor | $54,043.00 | $20,266.11 | $74,309.11 |
| Derek Schnapp | DIR OF PUB REL | Other Administrator | $74,286.00 | $0.00 | $74,286.00 |
| Mini Mathew | VST ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $66,999.96 | $7,200.00 | $74,199.96 |
| Howard Stephen McMinn | CLIN ASST PROF/ INSTR SERV LIB | Assistant Professor | $60,807.00 | $13,372.30 | $74,179.30 |
| Roger L. West | INSTR | Instructor | $59,037.00 | $14,759.28 | $73,796.28 |
| John E. Ringle | DIR OF HSG AND RESID LIFE | Unit Director | $72,729.00 | $0.00 | $72,729.00 |
| Deborah J. Baudler | ASST PROF | Assistant Professor | $57,913.00 | $14,478.25 | $72,391.25 |
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