Highest-Paid Employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

$162,950.12 AVERAGE PAY

$16.3M TOTAL PAY

This table shows the top-earning Federal employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2008, based on OPM data (base salary + bonuses).

The majority of these top-earning employees work in Maryland.

Some employee names may be withheld by the OPM or individual agencies.

Rank	Name	Occupation	Total Pay	Location
1	Charles W. Clark	Physics	$217,512	MD
2	Richard F. Jr Kayser	General Physical Science	$205,800	MD
3	William J. Boettinger	Metallurgy	$192,315	MD
4	Paul S. Julienne	Chemistry	$189,222	MD
5	Robert Celotta	General Physical Science	$176,200	MD
6	Katharine B. Gebbie	General Physical Science	$172,200	MD
7	Willie E. May	General Physical Science	$172,200	MD
8	Name Withheld by the OPM	Financial Management	$170,982	MD
9	William E. Anderson	General Physical Science	$170,958	MD
10	Richard G. Gann	General Physical Science	$169,980	MD
11	Richard R. Cavanagh	General Physical Science	$169,500	MD
12	Eric A. Cornell	Physics	$168,500	CO
13	David J. Nesbitt	Physics	$168,500	CO
14	William D. Phillips	Physics	$168,500	MD
15	David J. Wineland	Physics	$168,500	CO
16	E J. Amis	General Physical Science	$167,108	MD
17	Sivaraj Shyam Sunder	General Physical Science	$167,099	MD
18	Patrick D. Gallagher	General Physical Science	$166,742	MD
19	Michael R. Moldover	Physics	$166,000	MD
20	John M. Butler	Chemistry	$166,000	MD
21	William F. Jr Egelhoff	Chemistry	$166,000	MD
22	Stephen E. Stein	Chemistry	$166,000	MD
23	Name Withheld by the OPM	General Physical Science	$165,200
24	Kent D. Irwin	Physics	$165,000	CO
25	William C. Barker	Information Technology Management	$165,000	MD
26	William L. Grosshandler	General Physical Science	$164,588	MD
27	R Radebaugh	Physics	$164,500	CO
28	M Miral Dizdar	Chemistry	$164,500	MD
29	Dale E. Newbury	Metallurgy	$164,500	MD
30	Matthew Heyman	Program Management	$164,261	MD
31	Steven T. Cundiff	Physics	$164,000	CO
32	Michele A. Cooley	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$163,700	MD
33	Wen Li Wu	Materials Engineering	$163,500	MD
34	B R. Lawn	Physics	$163,500	MD
35	Jeffrey W. Lynn	Physics	$163,500	MD
36	Deborah S. Jin	Physics	$163,021	CO
37	Jun Nmn Ye	Physics	$163,021	CO
38	Emil Simiu	Civil Engineering	$162,988	MD
39	James C. Bergquist	Physics	$162,739	CO
40	T V. Vorburger	Physics	$162,678	MD
41	Wing Tsang	Chemistry	$162,500	MD
42	Emanuel H. Knill	Mathematics	$162,426	CO
43	Charles F. Majkrzak	Physics	$162,392	MD
44	Judah Levine	Physics	$161,500	CO
45	Marc G. Stanley	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$161,120	MD
46	Geoffrey B. Mc Fadden	Mathematics	$161,000	MD
47	Kevin L. Mills	Computer Science	$161,000	MD
48	Harry S. Hertz	General Physical Science	$160,509	MD
49	Kevin B. McGrattan	Mathematics	$160,480	MD
50	Herbert S. Bennett	Physics	$160,000	MD
51	Joseph A. Stroscio	Physics	$160,000	MD
52	Carl J. Williams	Physics	$159,807	MD
53	Barbara Lambis	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$159,688	MD
54	Karen S. Williams	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$159,000	MD
55	Gerald T. Fraser	General Physical Science	$159,000	MD
56	Robert Francis Cook	Physics	$159,000	MD
57	Lisa R. Karam	Chemistry	$159,000	MD
58	Dan A. Neumann	Physics	$158,980	MD
59	Name Withheld by the OPM	Nuclear Engineering	$158,500
60	Bert M. Coursey	General Physical Science	$158,500	MD
61	Cita Marie Furlani	General Physical Science	$158,500	MD
62	Debra L. Kaiser	General Physical Science	$158,500	MD
63	William R. Ott	General Physical Science	$158,500	MD
64	Mark David Stolorow	General Physical Science	$158,500	MD
65	S M. Wiederhorn	Chemistry	$158,500	MD
66	John L. Gross	Civil Engineering	$157,988	MD
67	Simon Szykman	Information Technology Management	$157,935	MD
68	Stella Fiotes	General Engineering	$157,800	MD
69	Ronald F. Boisvert	Mathematics	$157,700	MD
70	Kathleen M. Roberts	Computer Science	$157,700	MD
71	Belinda L. Collins	General Physical Science	$157,692	MD
72	William M. Pitts	Chemistry	$157,688	MD
73	Mary H. Saunders	Social Science	$157,680	MD
74	Robert L. Jr Watters	General Physical Science	$157,680	MD
75	Kendra S. Cole	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$157,500	MD
76	John Reed Bollinger	General Engineering	$157,500	MD
77	Stephen S. Salber	General Engineering	$157,500	CO
78	James Alexander Liddle	General Physical Science	$157,377	MD
79	Donna F. Dodson	Information Technology Management	$157,377	MD
80	Roger Dale Kilmer	General Physical Science	$157,320	MD
81	James K. Olthoff	General Physical Science	$157,250	MD
82	Martin Herman	Computer Science	$157,200	MD
83	Mark W.. Skall	Computer Science	$157,200	MD
84	Laurie E. Locascio	Biomedical Engineering	$157,000	MD
85	Thomas J. Bruno	Chemistry	$157,000	CO
86	Michael Nmn Frenkel	Chemistry	$157,000	CO
87	John G. Gillen	Chemistry	$157,000	MD
88	Anne L. Plant	Chemistry	$157,000	MD
89	Frank W. Gayle	Metallurgy	$157,000	MD
90	Georgia L. Harris	General Physical Science	$156,898	MD
91	Mary D. Coraggio	Librarian	$156,888	MD
92	Samuel Paul Benz	Physics	$156,830	CO
93	Kevin G. Brady	Computer Science	$156,765	MD
94	M Alkan Donmez	Mechanical Engineering	$156,745	MD
95	Richard M. Silver	Physics	$156,745	MD
96	Kenneth R. Glenn	Computer Science	$156,700	MD
97	Steven David Phillips	Physics	$156,678	MD
98	Jr J. L Newmeyer	Information Technology Management	$156,678	MD
99	James E. Fowler	General Engineering	$156,582	MD
100	Michele M. Schantz	Chemistry	$156,500	MD

Data Sources

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