Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2006

$233,199.42 AVERAGE PAY

$23.32M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2006, 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	David M. Marquis	National Credit Union Administration	Auditing	$253,958	VA
4	William D. Phillips	National Institute of Standards and Technology	Physics	$251,999	MD
5	Eddie Reed	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$250,000	GA
6	Francis S. Collins	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
7	Anthony S. Fauci	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
8	John I. Gallin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
9	Thomas R. Insel	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
10	Stephen I. Katz	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
11	Elizabeth G. Nabel	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
12	Roderic I. Pettigrew	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
13	Steven A. Rosenberg	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
14	David A. Schwartz	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	NC
15	Paul A. Sieving	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$250,000	MD
16	Lawrence A. Tabak	National Institutes of Health	Dental Officer	$250,000	MD
17	Lonnie J. King	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Veterinary Medical Science	$250,000	GA
18	Stephen M. Cross	Federal Housing Finance Board	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$249,679	DC
19	Christie A. Sciacca	Federal Housing Finance Board	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$249,677	DC
20	Craig Middleton	Presidio Trust	Program Management	$248,230	CA
21	Hugh Jr. Auchincloss	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$247,500	MD
22	Robert S. Balaban	National Institutes of Health	Physiology	$247,500	MD
23	Joseph F. Jr. Fraumeni	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$247,500	MD
24	Eric D. Green	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$247,500	MD
25	Alan E. Guttmacher	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$247,500	MD
26	David J. Lipman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$247,500	MD
27	Gary J. Nabel	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$247,500	MD
28	John E. Niederhuber	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$247,500	MD
29	Richard J. Hodes	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$245,000	MD
30	Nora D. Volkow	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$245,000	MD
31	S M. Polakoff	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$245,000	DC
32	Scott Albinson	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$244,199	DC
33	Marvin C. Gershengorn	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$240,000	MD
34	Howard Frumkin	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$240,000	GA
35	Kathryn C. Zoon	National Institutes of Health	Chemistry	$237,500	MD
36	Michael M. Gottesman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$235,000	MD
37	Raynard S. Kington	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$235,000	MD
38	J F. Bovenzi	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$235,000	DC
39	J E. Ryan	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$233,704	GA
40	Robert C. Albanese	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$231,509	NY
41	Timothy T. Ward	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$230,961	DC
42	R W. Russell	Office of Thrift Supervision	General Attorney	$230,450	DC
43	Michael E. Finn	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$230,412	CA
44	Barry J. Hoffer	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$230,000	MD
45	Allan D. Kirk	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$230,000	MD
46	Harvey G. Klein	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$230,000	MD
47	Edward H. Oldfield	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$230,000	MD
48	Susan Blakely Shurin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$230,000	MD
49	Samuel H. Wilson	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$230,000	NC
50	Duane F. Alexander	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$230,000	MD
51	Ad Bax	National Institutes of Health	Physics	$230,000	MD
52	John E. Bowman	Office of Thrift Supervision	General Attorney	$229,866	DC
53	Edwin L. Chow	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$229,733	CA
54	John W. Loonsk	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$228,532	DC
55	John M. Jr. Douglas	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$227,656	GA
56	David K. Henderson	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$225,000	MD
57	Story C. Landis	National Institutes of Health	Gen Natural Resources Mgt And Bio Sci	$225,000	MD
58	Ting Kai Li	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$225,000	MD
59	John McGowan	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$225,000	MD
60	Ronald D. Neumann	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$225,000	MD
61	Anna D. Barker	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$225,000	MD
62	Richard C. Hunt	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$224,532	GA
63	F R. Casteel	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$224,435	TX
64	Janet Woodcock	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$223,151	MD
65	Cyrus Gerard Lohfink	Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Agriculture)	Program Management	$223,020	LA
66	Douglas R. Cooke	Headquarters, Nasa	General Engineering	$223,020	DC
67	Laurence J. Love	Social Security Administration	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$223,020	DC
68	Sheila M. Cullen	Veterans Health Administration	Health System Administration	$223,020	CA
69	Michael F. Hertz	Offices, Boards and Divisions	General Attorney	$223,020	DC
70	Charlene Frizzera	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	Program Management	$223,020	MD
71	Abraham E. Haspel	Office of the Secretary of the Interior	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$223,020	DC
72	Edward P. Dupcak	National Credit Union Administration	Auditing	$223,004	VA
73	Mark W. Frei	Department of Energy	Program Management	$222,993	DC
74	Daniel L. Kastner	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$222,600	MD
75	Yvonne T. Maddox	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$222,500	MD
76	John J. Oshea	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$222,000	MD
77	Janice L. Roudebush	Office of Thrift Supervision	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$221,141	CA
78	Robert E. Brackett	Food and Drug Administration	Microbiology	$221,125	MD
79	P J. Waite	Bureau of the Census	Program Management	$220,854	MD
80	Margot H. Anderson	Department of Energy	Program Management	$220,409	DC
81	J Gilland	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$220,263	TX
82	Withheld By Agency Name	Drug Enforcement Administration	Criminal Investigation	$220,050
83	Arthur J. Murton	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$220,000	DC
84	Barbara M. Alving	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$220,000	MD
85	Jeremy M. Berg	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$220,000	MD
86	George Kunos	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$220,000	MD
87	Donald A. B Lindberg	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$220,000	MD
88	Judith A. Salerno	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$220,000	MD
89	Thomas R. Bloom	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$220,000	VA
90	J A. Brown	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$220,000	VA
91	J E. Fletcher	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$220,000	MD
92	S P. Golden	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$220,000	TX
93	Timothy W. Long	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$220,000	VA
94	M A. Nishan	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$220,000	MD
95	Douglas W. Roeder	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$220,000	VA
96	E W. Rushton	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$220,000	VA
97	John G. Walsh	Office of Comptroller of Currency	Financial Institution Examining	$220,000	MD
98	Julie L. Williams	Office of Comptroller of Currency	General Attorney	$220,000	MD
99	Murray M. Lumpkin	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$219,993	MD
100	Daniel G. Schultz	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$219,962	MD

Data Sources

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