Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2008

$333,847.42 AVERAGE PAY

$33.38M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2008, 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	Thomas V. Cacciarelli	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$387,199	PA
2	Thomas A. Burdon	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$387,072	CA
3	James I. Fann	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$367,072	CA
4	James R. Lister	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$360,000	FL
5	Bruce L. Ehni	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$356,945	TX
6	Thomas R. Damiano	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$356,419	VA
7	Muhammad R. R Khan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$356,267	VA
8	Dennis A. Turner	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$356,251	NC
9	Joseph G. Salloum	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$355,741	TN
10	Dane Wukich	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$353,818	PA
11	Paul G. Amstutz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$352,288	UT
12	Stephen L. Skirboll	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$351,945	CA
13	Mark B. Ratcliffe	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$351,439	CA
14	Blaine A. Markee	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	FL
15	Narayana K. Swamy	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	MS
16	Frank M. Torti	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	MD
17	Ernesto Jimenez	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	FL
18	Brad B. Hall	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	TX
19	Craig R. George	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$349,945	OH
20	Adir Ludin	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$347,072	OH
21	Moheb S. Moneim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$346,288	NM
22	Wade W. Stinson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$342,288	FL
23	David H. Jr Harpole	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$340,871	NC
24	Walter G. Wolfe	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$338,352	NC
25	Pasala S. Ravichandran	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$338,127	OR
26	Judy Yee	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$335,707	CA
27	Robert S. Perret	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$335,000	LA
28	Anthony S. Fauci	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$335,000	MD
29	Randolph L. Copeland	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$334,000	NM
30	Michael M. Madani	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,707	CA
31	Paul S. Chang	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$332,127	TX
32	Peter R. McCombs	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$332,020	PA
33	Mark Hom	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,347	VA
34	Michael H. Heggeness	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,023	TX
35	Preet S. Kang	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,964	OH
36	Majdi M. Radaideh	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,491	TX
37	George F. III Gates	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,491	AK
38	Scott L. Myers	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,491	FL
39	Rathnakara M. Sherigar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,199	VA
40	Charles R. Hartz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,127	ND
41	James A. Wolter	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,000	MO
42	Hank H. Chen	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,818	CA
43	Peter V. Quagliano	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,444	VA
44	John D. Harley	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,352	WA
45	Joseph Huh	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,127	TX
46	Albert M. Ammann	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,127	FL
47	Byron R. Lais	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,127	CA
48	Michael J. Epstein	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,127	TX
49	Grant E. Gauger	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,127	CA
50	Hester J. Hursh-Castro	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,127	TX
51	Gregory D. Trachiotis	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,127	DC
52	William L. Holman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,972	AL
53	Timothy S. Burke	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,820	VA
54	Edward D. Staples	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,744	FL
55	Dennis E. McDonnell	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,592	AR
56	Corinne Deurdulian	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,364	NC
57	H John Gerhard	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,288	FL
58	Lane Stefan Laken	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,288	MS
59	Lloyd Franklin Mercer	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,288	MS
60	Gary L. Wilson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,288	CO
61	James S. Hawkins	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,288	AZ
62	Daniel Hwan Kim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,288	TX
63	Ricardo J. Moreno	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,278	CA
64	William P. Gunnar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,116	IL
65	Nannette Alvarado	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$326,727	OH
66	David M. Green	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$326,415	TX
67	Szabolcs Szentpetery	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$326,347	VA
68	Theodore J. Vigeland	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,818	OR
69	Hubert T. Kim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,719	CA
70	Vahe G. Tatikian	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,707	ME
71	Sangwook T. Yoon	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,643	GA
72	Ron Shapiro	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	PA
73	Martin C. Tynan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	CA
74	Zenaide M. Quezado	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$325,000	MD
75	David A. Bluemke	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$325,000	MD
76	Ghazwan Kroma	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	TX
77	William C. Mc Master	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	CA
78	Ikenna C. Okereke	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	IN
79	David A. Roberts	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	TX
80	Uzma Samadani	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	NY
81	Robert A. Belgam	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	NY
82	Scott H. Bronleewe	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	FL
83	Raymond S. Corpe	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	GA
84	Ranjan Gupta	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	CA
85	Timothy R. Young	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	GA
86	Klemens H. Barth	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	DC
87	James E. Chapman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	NC
88	Jeffrey L. Chenoweth	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	MO
89	Franklin M. Epstein	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	TX
90	Richard F. Jr Fellrath	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	FL
91	David T. Floyd	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	GA
92	Donald D. Thomas	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$324,237	IL
93	Stuart B. Pett	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$324,072	NM
94	James M. Edwards	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$323,655	OR
95	Nader Md Hebela	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$323,288	PA
96	Rajiv Sawhney	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$322,744	CA
97	Tally E. Lassiter	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$322,364	NC
98	John A. Goss	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$322,288	TX
99	Stuart X. Stephenson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$321,333	AL
100	Anton N. Sidawy	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$321,175	DC

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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