According to the University’s Fiscal Year 2013 annual report, the University of Illinois spends $3.4 billion on compensation and benefits. The number makes up about 67 percent of the University’s annual operating expenses.

For a little bit of fun, The Daily Illini calculated how much $3.4 billion could buy if spent on other things.

Google has a net worth of around $382.47 billion. The search engine has millions of users every day. With the money used on salaries, the Unviersity could buy .009 of the company.

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A Nimitz class aricraft carrier produced by the U.S. Navy costs a whopping $8.5 billion. The vessel is almost 1,100 feet long and has two nuclear reactors. The salary budget for the campuses could buy .4 of one ship.

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A Boeing 747 jet cost $367.8 million, according to the companies website The money for salaries at the University could buy 9.2 planes, which in all have transported 5.6 billion people among the fleet.

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The White House has an estimated price tag of $319,803,889.The University coud buy 10.6 presidential homes.

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The iconic ladder fire trucks driven by fire departments around the country can cost up to $1.3 million. The University could use the money that is spent on salaries across the three campuses to buy up to 2,600 of these trucks.

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The average American home cost around $272,900 in 2010, according to the US Census. The University could buy 12,458.78 homes.

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