A Friend of McHenry County Blog found this 2017 U.S. Census information comparing state and local government employment numbers in Illinois with those in other states:
Category | Illinois Rank FTE per Capita | Illinois Rank Pay per capita | Total States this category |
Fire Protection – Other | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Libraries | 49 | 50 | 50 |
Transit | 46 | 46 | 48 |
Police Protection Total | 47 | 48 | 50 |
Police Protection – Persons with Power of Arrest | 47 | 48 | 50 |
Parks and Recreation | 47 | 48 | 50 |
Fire Protection Total | 42 | 46 | 50 |
Judicial and Legal | 38 | 44 | 50 |
Sewerage | 26 | 44 | 50 |
Education – Higher Education Total | 19 | 21 | 28 |
Education – Higher Education Other | 20 | 21 | 28 |
Education – Higher Education Instructional | 19 | 20 | 28 |
Education Total | 31 | 41 | 49 |
Total – All Government Employment Functions | 38 | 42 | 50 |
Corrections | 27 | 35 | 45 |
Air Transportation | 31 | 38 | 48 |
Education – Elementary and Secondary Total | 23 | 38 | 49 |
Education – Elementary and Secondary Instructional | 29 | 38 | 49 |
Fire Protection – Firefighters | 30 | 38 | 50 |
Police Protection – Other | 32 | 36 | 50 |
All other and unallocable | 22 | 36 | 50 |
Natural Resources | 30 | 34 | 50 |
Water Supply | 17 | 32 | 50 |
Water Transport and Terminals | 13 | 14 | 33 |
Education – Elementary and Secondary Other | 16 | 30 | 49 |
Other Government Administration | 24 | 31 | 50 |
Solid Waste Management | 12 | 31 | 50 |
Housing and Community Development | 23 | 31 | 50 |
Public Welfare | 31 | 29 | 50 |
Gas Supply | 9 | 10 | 32 |
Highways | 17 | 28 | 50 |
Hospitals | 17 | 20 | 43 |
Financial Administration | 7 | 19 | 50 |
Health | 19 | 19 | 50 |
Electric Power | 15 | 17 | 49 |
You can find the methodology here.
These numbers can’t be right. Y’all always tell us how bloated IL governments are!
Where do they rank in pension benefits?
Relative to public sector pension benefits, the problem is that in IL they CANNOT be reduced while other states are in fact adjusting to the reality that what Illinois is doing cannot be sustained.
” Financial pressure on state and local governments has forced them to cut benefits for public sector workers.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/07/03/dramatic-pension-cuts-state-local-governments/36359047/
Add that problem to the excessive property tax burden outside of the City of Chicago and you have the reason for the exodus.
Pokorny’s right for once!
Illinois ‘workers’?
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