Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2009

$339,919.40 AVERAGE PAY

$33.99M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2009, 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	$393,411	PA
2	Thomas A. Burdon	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$389,975	CA
3	James J. Demarco	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$374,400	WV
4	James I. Fann	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$369,975	CA
5	James R. Lister	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$365,939	FL
6	Michael P. Hagan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$363,680	VA
7	Dennis A. Turner	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$360,064	NC
8	Dane Wukich	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$359,757	PA
9	Bruce L. Ehni	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$359,757	TX
10	Muhammad R. R Khan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$359,211	VA
11	Joseph G. Salloum	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$358,394	TN
12	Paul G. Amstutz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$358,227	UT
13	Howard A. Chansky	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$357,085	WA
14	Brad B. Hall	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$356,940	TX
15	Mark D. Webster	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$356,292	IN
16	William P. Gunnar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$356,212	DC
17	Blaine A. Markee	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$355,939	FL
18	Mark B. Ratcliffe	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$354,797	CA
19	Stephen L. Skirboll	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$354,757	CA
20	Narayana K. Swamy	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$353,176	MS
21	Ernesto Jimenez	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$352,721	FL
22	Moheb S. Moneim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$352,227	NM
23	Electron Kebebew	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$350,000	MD
24	William L. Holman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	AL
25	Adir Ludin	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$349,975	OH
26	Craig R. George	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$349,757	OH
27	Wade W. Stinson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$348,227	FL
28	Donald D. Thomas	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$345,000	IL
29	David H. Jr Harpole	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$344,229	NC
30	Walter G. Wolfe	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$342,347	NC
31	Pasala S. Ravichandran	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$341,485	OR
32	Michael M. Madani	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$340,519	CA
33	Andrew E. Epstein	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$340,000	PA
34	Judy Yee	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$339,065	CA
35	Ashwini M. Zenooz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$337,812	NY
36	Robert S. Perret	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$337,721	LA
37	Randolph L. Copeland	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$337,594	NM
38	Paul S. Chang	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$335,121	TX
39	Anthony S. Fauci	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$335,000	MD
40	Peter R. McCombs	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$334,832	PA
41	Peter V. Quagliano	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$334,579	VA
42	Michael H. Heggeness	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$334,563	TX
43	Mark Hom	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$334,396	VA
44	Raymond S. Corpe	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$334,076	GA
45	Preet S. Kang	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,994	OH
46	Dennis E. McDonnell	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,895	AR
47	Scott L. Myers	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,394	FL
48	Corinne Deurdulian	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,394	NC
49	Oran S. Aaronson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,394	TN
50	Majdi M. Radaideh	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,394	TX
51	Daniel Hwan Kim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,227	TX
52	H John Gerhard	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,227	FL
53	Lloyd Franklin Mercer	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,227	MS
54	Rathnakara M. Sherigar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$333,193	VA
55	Thomas G. Sharp	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$332,812	IN
56	Subbarayudu Koppera	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$332,800	WV
57	James A. Wolter	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$332,721	MO
58	John D. Harley	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$332,347	WA
59	Thomas G. Lynch	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$332,302	NE
60	James E. Jr Lenz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,940	VT
61	Ricardo J. Moreno	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,874	CA
62	Timothy R. Young	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,849	GA
63	Jeffrey L. Chenoweth	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,849	MO
64	Theodore J. Vigeland	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,757	OR
65	William C. Mc Master	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,485	CA
66	Albert M. Ammann	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,485	FL
67	David A. Roberts	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,303	TX
68	Gregory D. Trachiotis	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,303	DC
69	Grant E. Gauger	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,212	CA
70	Klemens H. Barth	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,212	DC
71	Timothy S. Burke	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,178	VA
72	Franklin M. Epstein	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,121	TX
73	Joseph Huh	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,121	TX
74	Hester J. Hursh-Castro	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,030	TX
75	V N. Krishnamurthy	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,030	MI
76	Edward D. Staples	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,011	FL
77	Robert A. Belgam	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,939	NY
78	Byron R. Lais	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,939	CA
79	Ghazwan Kroma	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,939	TX
80	Uzma Samadani	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,939	NY
81	James M. Edwards	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,822	OR
82	David T. Floyd	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,312	GA
83	Stuart B. Pett	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,193	NM
84	Gary L. Wilson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,009	CO
85	Lane Stefan Laken	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,009	MS
86	Surya R. Kumar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$330,000	WV
87	Szabolcs Szentpetery	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$329,396	VA
88	Rajiv Sawhney	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$329,229	CA
89	Hubert T. Kim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,895	CA
90	Sangwook T. Yoon	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,728	GA
91	Tally E. Lassiter	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,394	NC
92	William J. Skelly	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,383	NM
93	Martin C. Tynan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,267	CA
94	David M. Green	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,227	TX
95	Michael D. Crittenden	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$328,218	MO
96	Richard F. Jr Fellrath	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,812	FL
97	Richard M. Terek	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,812	RI
98	Raymond U. Weir	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,721	TX
99	Ikenna C. Okereke	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,721	IN
100	Kim R. Sellergren	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$327,721	VA

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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