The highest-paid teacher in Memorial Medical Center earned more than $80,000 in total compensation in 2015, according to the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
The amount reflects teachers' full adjusted pay - a calculation which includes benefits and all pension contributions by taxpayers for each teacher, and reflects a full year of work instead of the nine months teachers actually worked.
Records show that in 2015, Colleen A. Fieldbinder, a teacher at Memorial Medical Center at 1900 W. Monroe St., received $80,350.17, the highest full adjusted pay among all teachers in the district.
Included in that amount was $15,814.27 in taxpayer-funded benefits, $6,382.59 in retirement benefits, and $9,431.68 in other benefits.
Overall, the total amount Memorial Medical Center spent on its highest-paid teacher in 2015 was $80,350.17.
Memorial Medical Center had one teacher in 2015.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015 Census American Community Survey, the median household income for Illinois was $57,444 in 2015.
ISBE is responsible for administering public education in Illinois and consists of nine board members appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate.
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