Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2004

$204,847.76 AVERAGE PAY

$20.48M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2004, based on OPM data (base salary + bonuses). Some employee names may be withheld by the OPM or individual agencies.

Also available are the top 100 highest earning employees in each agency:

Rank	Name	Agency	Occupation	Total Pay	Location
1	James L. Skiles	National Credit Union Administration	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$270,882	VA
2	Robert M. Fenner	National Credit Union Administration	General Attorney	$248,185	VA
3	David M. Marquis	National Credit Union Administration	Auditing	$238,798	VA
4	Stephen M. Cross	Federal Housing Finance Board	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$236,133	DC
5	Paul A. Sieving	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$235,000	MD
6	Craig Middleton	Presidio Trust	Program Management	$230,000	CA
7	John I. Gallin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$225,200	MD
8	Lawrence A. Tabak	National Institutes of Health	Dental Officer	$225,000	MD
9	James C. Barrett	National Institutes of Health	Chemistry	$224,500	MD
10	Edward P. Dupcak	National Credit Union Administration	Financial Administration And Program	$214,165	VA
11	Christie A. Sciacca	Federal Housing Finance Board	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$211,176	DC
12	John W. Loonsk	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$210,338	GA
13	Tsanyang J. Liang	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$207,200	MD
14	Richard C. Hunt	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$204,400	GA
15	Allan H. Meltzer	National Credit Union Administration	General Attorney	$204,207	VA
16	Fred D. Finke	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$204,069	NY
17	Daniel P. Stipano	Office of Comptroller of Currency	General Attorney	$203,428	VA
18	M C. Connelly	Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation	General Business And Industry	$203,000	VA
19	Thomas G. McKenzie	Farm Credit Administration	General Business And Industry	$203,000	VA
20	Charles R. Rawls	Farm Credit Administration	General Attorney	$203,000	VA
21	John D. Heiss	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$203,000	MD
22	Withheld By Opm Name	Internal Revenue Service	Program Management	$203,000	DC
23	J F. Bovenzi	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$203,000	DC
24	Erica F. Bovenzi	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	General Attorney	$203,000	DC
25	Mitchell L. Glassman	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$203,000	DC
26	N E. Hall	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$203,000	CA
27	D H. Jones	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	General Attorney	$203,000	DC
28	W F. Kroener	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	General Attorney	$203,000	DC
29	Arthur J. Murton	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$203,000	DC
30	Frederick Scott Selby	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$203,000	DC
31	J D. Smith	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	General Attorney	$203,000	DC
32	Sandra L. Thompson	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$203,000	DC
33	M J. Zamorski	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$203,000	DC
34	Bert A. Otto	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$202,863	IL
35	Arleas Upton Kea	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$202,686	DC
36	Ellen Broadman	Office of Comptroller of Currency	General Attorney	$202,036	VA
37	John M. Jr. Douglas	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$201,912	GA
38	S P. Golden	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$201,600	TX
39	Timothy W. Long	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$201,600	VA
40	Julie L. Williams	Office of Comptroller of Currency	General Attorney	$201,600	MD
41	Edwin L. Chow	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	CA
42	Robert C. Albanese	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	NY
43	F R. Casteel	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	TX
44	Michael E. Finn	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	CA
45	J E. Ryan	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	GA
46	Timothy T. Ward	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	DC
47	Scott Albinson	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	DC
48	John E. Bowman	Office of Thrift Supervision	General Attorney	$201,600	DC
49	Richard M. Riccobono	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,600	DC
50	J A. Brown	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,549	VA
51	Douglas W. Roeder	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$201,521	VA
52	M A. Nishan	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,469	MD
53	R Natter	Office of Comptroller of Currency	General Attorney	$201,426	MD
54	Steve W. Black	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,365	DC
55	E W. Rushton	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$201,279	VA
56	T R. Burniston	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$201,147	DC
57	Helane L. Morrison	Securities and Exchange Commission	General Attorney	$201,118	CA
58	Robert A. Sollazzo	Securities and Exchange Commission	Accounting	$201,118	NY
59	Bruce W. Bakke	National Credit Union Administration	Credit Union Examiner	$201,013	TX
60	Daniel J. Buckley	National Credit Union Administration	Credit Union Examiner	$201,013	TX
61	J L. Hofmann	Federal Housing Finance Board	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$200,965	DC
62	Delora Ng Jee	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$200,279	VA
63	Mark L. Odell	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$200,136	DC
64	Peter L. Choyke	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
65	Mark S. Clanton	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
66	C Norman Coleman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
67	Francis S. Collins	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
68	Neal G. Copeland	National Institutes of Health	General Biological Science	$200,000	MD
69	Robert Desimone	National Institutes of Health	Psychology	$200,000	MD
70	James H. Doroshow	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
71	Anthony S. Fauci	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
72	Frederick L. III Ferris	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
73	Howard A. Fine	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
74	Joseph F. Jr. Fraumeni	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
75	Harold P. Freeman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
76	Marvin C. Gershengorn	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
77	Fred A. Gill	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
78	Barney S. Graham	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
79	Eric D. Green	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
80	Mark H. Greene	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
81	Ronald E. Gress	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
82	Curtis C. Harris	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
83	Lee J. Helman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
84	Suvimol C. Hill	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
85	Barry J. Hoffer	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
86	Stephen H. Hughes	National Institutes of Health	General Biological Science	$200,000	MD
87	Robert B. Innis	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
88	Thomas R. Insel	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
89	Stephen P. James	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
90	Daniel L. Kastner	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
91	Stephen I. Katz	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
92	Thomas J. Kindt	National Institutes of Health	Chemistry	$200,000	MD
93	Raynard S. Kington	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$200,000	MD
94	Allan D. Kirk	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
95	Ilan R. Kirsch	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
96	Harvey G. Klein	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
97	Richard A. Koup	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD
98	John R. Lamontagne	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$200,000	MD
99	Story C. Landis	National Institutes of Health	General Biological Science	$200,000	MD
100	Robert J. Lederman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$200,000	MD

Data Sources

The information provided on these pages is sourced from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI) dataset. Postal Service data is managed exclusively by the USPS . All information is displayed unmodified and as provided by the source agency.

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