Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2015

$384,450.88 AVERAGE PAY

$38.45M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2015, 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	Mario Laurence Ugoletti	Federal Housing Finance Agency	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$411,729	DC
2	Nicholas John Szerlip	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$400,000	MI
3	Hubert T. Kim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$400,000	CA
4	Thomas V. Cacciarelli	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$400,000	PA
5	Neil P. Lewis	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$397,161	VA
6	Mithilesh K. Das	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$397,161	IN
7	William L. Holman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$395,729	AL
8	Joseph K. Smith	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$395,000	AL
9	Kathryn L. Holloway	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$394,219	VA
10	David H. Jr Harpole	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$394,154	NC
11	Barton L. Guthrie	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$394,150	AL
12	Mark N. Hadley	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$394,150	AL
13	Ali F. Sonel	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$394,024	PA
14	William T. Jr Hardaker	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$393,699	NC
15	Rakesh Agarwal	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$393,699	VA
16	Feroz Maqbool	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$393,394	OK
17	Kamal Itani	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$392,154	MA
18	Harry J. Robinson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$391,452	MN
19	Dennis A. Turner	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$391,120	NC
20	James I. Fann	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$391,112	CA
21	Muhammad R. R Khan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$390,619	VA
22	Stephen L. Skirboll	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$390,497	CA
23	Jonathan David Ha	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$390,302	VA
24	Robert H. Sherrier	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$389,388	NC
25	Helen Fosmire	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$389,355	IN
26	Gregory D. Trachiotis	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$389,024	DC
27	Biswajit Kar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$388,332	TX
28	Franklin M. Epstein	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$388,130	TX
29	Yasser Sakawi	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$387,122	AL
30	Richard A. Sanders	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$386,846	AL
31	John J. Moossy	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$386,287	PA
32	Bert Edwin Tagert	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$386,190	TN
33	Steven W. Guyton	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,990	MO
34	Joseph G. Salloum	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,312	TN
35	Thomas J. Iv Helton	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,200	TN
36	David C. Adamson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	GA
37	Robert S. Adelaar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	VA
38	Grit A. Adler	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	FL
39	Thomas A. Burdon	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	CA
40	Michael J. Roach	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	GA
41	Narendra S. Sastry	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	FL
42	Diana Stripp	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	FL
43	Huma Arshad Syed	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$385,000	FL
44	Craig Middleton	Presidio Trust	Program Management	$385,000	CA
45	Bruce L. Ehni	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$384,318	TX
46	William C. Broaddus	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$384,219	VA
47	William R. Carson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$383,699	WV
48	Paul F. Lachiewicz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$383,699	NC
49	William E. Jr Garrett	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$383,699	NC
50	Patrick Malloy	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$382,624	NY
51	Mark Hom	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,952	VA
52	Peter V. Quagliano	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,887	VA
53	Jimmie P. Watkins	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,887	VA
54	Edward D. Staples	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,880	FL
55	Howard A. Chansky	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,822	WA
56	Pradeep K. Varma	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,754	CT
57	Ronnie A. Rosenthal	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,717	CT
58	Albert T. Jennette	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,627	NC
59	Alexander P. Dibona	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,432	SC
60	Donald A. Ross	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,367	OR
61	Ahmed R. Shakir	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	TX
62	Peter K. Smith	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	NC
63	Tony P. Smith	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	NC
64	David R. Sopko	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	NC
65	Paul V. Suhocki	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	NC
66	Suzanne A. Tharin	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	CA
67	Waleska M. Pabon-Ramos	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	NC
68	Charles Y. Kim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	NC
69	Michael J. Miller	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,302	NC
70	Gundars J. Katlaps	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,000	VA
71	Laszlo B. Tamas	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$380,000	TX
72	Anne H. Sholes	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$379,421	CA
73	Harvey P. Insler	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$379,421	PA
74	Paul G. Amstutz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$379,421	UT
75	Ernesto Jimenez	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$379,388	FL
76	Allan C. Gocio	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$379,322	AR
77	Julie A. Samson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$379,322	MN
78	Rupal Bandi	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$378,916	PA
79	Wei Zhou	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$378,829	CA
80	Glenn D. Wera	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$378,699	OH
81	Preet S. Kang	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$378,691	OH
82	Richard D. Goldner	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$377,880	NC
83	Subhash Banerjee	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$377,505	TX
84	Jeffrey N. Rottman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$377,305	MD
85	Mary L. Whitley	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$377,283	AL
86	Samuel A. Cherry	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$377,283	AL
87	Michael P. Hagan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$377,094	VA
88	John M. Chandler	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	MN
89	Naishadh Brahmbhatt	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	IL
90	Tariq M. Janjua	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	MN
91	Samuel S. Kim	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	AZ
92	Daniel C. Lee	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	OK
93	Tamarisa K. L Narayan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	IA
94	Subhash Patel	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	IL
95	Krishnan Sriram	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	IL
96	Jess L. III Thompson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	AZ
97	Anuja Sharma	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,970	MN
98	Eric G. Clary	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,832	AL
99	Darryl S. Weiman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,586	TN
100	Jian-Ming Li	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$376,188	MN

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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