Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2005

$218,584.64 AVERAGE PAY

$21.86M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2005, 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	$283,042	VA
2	Robert M. Fenner	National Credit Union Administration	General Attorney	$258,683	VA
3	Anthony S. Fauci	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
4	King C. Li	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
5	Elizabeth G. Nabel	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
6	David A. Schwartz	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	NC
7	Allen M. Spiegel	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
8	Eddie Reed	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$250,000	GA
9	David M. Marquis	National Credit Union Administration	Auditing	$249,682	VA
10	Stephen M. Cross	Federal Housing Finance Board	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$243,589	DC
11	Craig Middleton	Presidio Trust	Program Management	$241,000	CA
12	Paul A. Sieving	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$235,000	MD
13	Scott Albinson	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$231,468	DC
14	John W. Loonsk	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$228,532	GA
15	John M. Jr. Douglas	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$227,656	GA
16	John I. Gallin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$225,200	MD
17	Lawrence A. Tabak	National Institutes of Health	Dental Officer	$225,000	MD
18	Edward P. Dupcak	National Credit Union Administration	Financial Administration And Program	$223,004	VA
19	J E. Ryan	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$221,520	GA
20	R W. Russell	Office of Thrift Supervision	General Attorney	$220,000	DC
21	Robert C. Albanese	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$219,440	NY
22	Timothy T. Ward	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$219,440	DC
23	Ralph R. Jr Roe	Langley Research Center	General Engineering	$218,835	VA
24	Edward J. Weiler	Goddard Space Flight Center	General Engineering	$218,835	MD
25	William H. Gerstenmaier	Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	General Engineering	$218,835	TX
26	B L. Carpenter	Agricultural Marketing Service	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$218,835	DC
27	Jr W. J Hudnall	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	Administrative Officer	$218,835	DC
28	Michael E. Finn	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$218,400	CA
29	John E. Bowman	Office of Thrift Supervision	General Attorney	$218,400	DC
30	F R. Casteel	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$217,360	TX
31	Mary H. Egger	Department of Energy	General Attorney	$216,547	DC
32	Christie A. Sciacca	Federal Housing Finance Board	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$216,455	DC
33	Bruce G. Gellin	Office Secretary Health and Human Services	Medical Officer	$215,460	DC
34	Ting Kai Li	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$215,000	MD
35	Edwin L. Chow	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$214,704	CA
36	Delora Ng Jee	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$214,100	VA
37	S A. Blumenthal	Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$214,012	DC
38	James Thomas Campbell	Department of Energy	Financial Administration And Program	$213,562	DC
39	William H. III Gimson	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$213,562	GA
40	T A. Dumaresq	Small Business Administration	Financial Management	$213,561	DC
41	Francisco A. Marrero	Small Business Administration	Program Management	$213,561	FL
42	H L. Mitchell	Small Business Administration	Program Management	$213,561	DC
43	Barbara A. Retzlaff	Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	Budget Analysis	$213,435	DC
44	James Taylor	Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	Financial Management	$213,435	DC
45	Carol A. Dedeo	Office of the Solicitor (Department of Labor)	General Attorney	$213,267	DC
46	Allan H. Meltzer	National Credit Union Administration	General Attorney	$212,982	VA
47	E. Timothy Oppelt	Environmental Protection Agency	General Physical Science	$212,337	OH
48	James H. Doroshow	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
49	Howard A. Fine	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
50	Marvin C. Gershengorn	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
51	Barney S. Graham	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
52	Eric D. Green	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
53	Ronald E. Gress	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
54	Curtis C. Harris	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
55	Lee J. Helman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
56	Stephen H. Hughes	National Institutes of Health	Gen Natural Resources Mgt And Bio Sci	$212,000	MD
57	Allan D. Kirk	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
58	Harvey G. Klein	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
59	Richard A. Koup	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
60	Husseini K. Manji	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
61	Bernard Moss	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
62	Brian R. Murphy	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
63	Gary J. Nabel	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
64	Ronald D. Neumann	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
65	Ira H. Pastan	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
66	William E. Paul	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
67	Daniel S. Pine	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
68	Robert H. Purcell	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
69	Judith L. Rapoport	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
70	Roberto J. Romero	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MI
71	David R. Rubinow	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
72	James H. Shelhamer	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
73	Daniel C. Sullivan	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
74	Mark L. Willenbring	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
75	Carl Wu	National Institutes of Health	Chemistry	$212,000	MD
76	Neal S. Young	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
77	Stuart H. Yuspa	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
78	Harvey J. Alter	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
79	Anna D. Barker	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$212,000	MD
80	Austin J. Barrett	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
81	Ad Bax	National Institutes of Health	Physics	$212,000	MD
82	Mark S. Clanton	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
83	C Norman Coleman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$212,000	MD
84	Neal G. Copeland	National Institutes of Health	Gen Natural Resources Mgt And Bio Sci	$212,000	MD
85	Susan B. Hazen	Environmental Protection Agency	Program Management	$211,901	DC
86	Thomas A. Fleisher	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$211,885	MD
87	Ernest T. Hawk	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$211,719	MD
88	Robert E. Kopp	Offices, Boards and Divisions	General Attorney	$211,410	DC
89	Edward C. Hugler	Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$211,302	DC
90	Kenneth P. Peyer	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$211,109	CA
91	Douglas R. Lowy	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$210,991	MD
92	Richard C. Hunt	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$210,532	GA
93	Murray M. Lumpkin	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$210,520	MD
94	Janet Woodcock	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$210,520	MD
95	Robert H. Wiltrout	National Institutes of Health	Microbiology	$210,496	MD
96	Daniel G. Schultz	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$210,490	MD
97	Michael R. McMullan	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	Program Management	$210,480	MD
98	Carter Van Waes	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$210,338	MD
99	Withheld By Opm Name	Immediate Office of the Administrator	Program Management	$210,320
100	Paul D. Barnes	Social Security Administration	Social Insurance Administration	$210,319	GA

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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