Benefits can lead to more benefits, e.g. job security leads to higher pay and fringe benefits, which lead to a bigger pension.Illinois Loop: Salaries and Pensions"The 100 highest-paid school administrators in Illinois in 2006 had salaries ranging from $205,590 to $380,227.When John Conyers retired in June 2003 as superintendent of the Palatine district, his salary topped $300,000.The superintenden