(The Center Square) – The average wages for Illinois state employees are among the highest in the nation and belie the state's more modest cost-of-living rankings, according to state and federal data.

A long-delayed study of state employee salaries has missed yet another deadline, to the ire of legislators and union officials who say it’s a blatant effort by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to bury data showing ...

31 of 36 occupation groups are 85%-98% of target level; 21 of 36 are below public/private sector average. A long-delayed survey of state employee salaries released Wednesday — the first such survey ...

(The Center Square) – The average wages for Illinois state employees are among the highest in the nation and belie the state's more modest cost-of-living rankings, according to state and federal data.