Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2018

$333,883.38 AVERAGE PAY

$33.39M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2018, 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	Salman Qayum	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$1,004,775	TN
2	Rachel, E. Sherman	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$399,750	MD
3	Anthony, S. Fauci	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$399,625	MD
4	Gary, H. Gibbons	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$388,608	MD
5	Shabbar Hussain	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$384,485	NM
6	Edward, M. Lucero	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$384,485	AZ
7	Norman, E. Sharpless	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$375,000	MD
8	Michael, L. Gearhart	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$365,000	OK
9	Lawrence, A. Tabak	National Institutes of Health	Dental Officer	$358,201	MD
10	John, I. Gallin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$356,046	MD
11	Zenaide, M. Quezado	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$355,981	MD
12	Electron Kebebew	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$350,000	MD
13	Bradford, J. Wood	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$350,000	MD
14	Raymond, J. Ryan	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$350,000	OK
15	David, S. Schrump	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$348,400	MD
16	Edward, G. Alexander	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$348,011	NM
17	Randolph, L. Copeland	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$346,649	NM
18	John, H. York	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$344,955	NM
19	Stephen, I. Katz	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$344,748	MD
20	Janet Woodcock	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$344,720	MD
21	Loretta, L. Christensen	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$343,603	AZ
22	David, A. Klopfenstein	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$342,271	SD
23	Robert, T. Ferguson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$342,200	NC
24	Paul, A. Sieving	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$342,174	MD
25	William, M. Thompson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$336,711	NM
26	Ronald, W. Johnson	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$335,099	AZ
27	Rabindra, Richard Watson	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$335,000	CA
28	Susan, V. Calhoun	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$334,969	TN
29	Roderic, I. Pettigrew	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$334,706	MD
30	Michael Kelley	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$333,504	NM
31	Richard, J. Hodes	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$333,256	MD
32	Steven, A. Newman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$331,659	HI
33	Michael, L. Buenafe	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$331,555	AZ
34	Diana, W. Bianchi	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$331,500	MD
35	Jean, S. Fraser	Presidio Trust	Program Management	$331,175	CA
36	Louis, J. Sharpe	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$330,339	AZ
37	Micah, D. Nix	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$330,147	OK
38	Steven, A. Rosenberg	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$329,400	MD
39	Edward, R. Medina	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$328,958	AZ
40	Kim, M. Raney Ciofani	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$328,881	NM
41	Nora, D. Volkow	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$327,952	MD
42	Daniel, L. Pablo	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$326,883	OK
43	Douglas, B. Wyatt	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$326,451	OK
44	Dominick Paparella	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$326,033	IL
45	Alexander, S. Engelman	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$326,010	FL
46	Richard, S. Stack	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$325,000	GA
47	Douglas, B. Wyatt	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$325,000	OK
48	Michael, M. Dickerson	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$325,000	SD
49	Andrew, J. Mannes	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$325,000	MD
50	Joshua, D. Sultz	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$324,974	TX
51	Griffin, P. Rodgers	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$322,788	MD
52	Joshua, A. Gordon	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$322,400	MD
53	Linda, L. Yeager	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$322,065	AZ
54	Stephen, M. Friedman	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$321,883	NM
55	Kevin, A. Camphausen	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$320,544	MD
56	Patrizia, Adele Cavazzoni	Food and Drug Administration	General Health Science	$320,000	MD
57	Walter, J. Koroshetz	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$319,800	MD
58	Terence, H. Hamel	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$318,603	NM
59	Herbert, F. Gonzalez	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$318,515	NM
60	Jeffrey, J. Hawker	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$318,507	NM
61	Ghassan, T. Moufarrege	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$318,128	WV
62	James, Kevin Gilman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$318,000	MD
63	Joel Jorgenson	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$317,262	AZ
64	Donald, T. Lewis	Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	Medical Officer	$316,995	MN
65	Muhammad Jaffar	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$316,248	AR
66	Deborah, E. Citrin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$315,000	MD
67	Elliot, B. Levy	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$315,000	MD
68	Peter, A. Pinto	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$315,000	MD
69	Saravanaraja Muthusamy	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$315,000	MO
70	Kenneth, A. Scott	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$313,778	MI
71	Eric, D. Green	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$312,980	MD
72	Jeffrey, E. Shuren	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$312,682	MD
73	Michael, S. Wildstein	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$312,432	SC
74	Calvin, H. Flowers	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$311,112	IL
75	George Brasinikas	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$310,000	NM
76	Safia, I. Rubaii	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$310,000	NM
77	David, K. Faust	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$308,747	NE
78	Angelique Pflueger	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$308,235	NM
79	Navneet, S. Ahluwalia	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$307,610	CA
80	Eliseo, J. Perez-Stable	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$306,000	MD
81	Jennifer, A. Decou	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$305,409	UT
82	Christopher, P. Austin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$305,306	MD
83	Neil, A. Sun Rhodes	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$305,147	MT
84	Piyush, K. Agarwal	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$305,000	MD
85	Jeremy, L. Davis	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$305,000	MD
86	Chuong, D. Hoang	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$305,000	MD
87	W., M. Linehan	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$305,000	MD
88	Robert, T. Ripley	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$305,000	MD
89	Ross, D. Luther	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$304,955	AZ
90	Henry, M. Stachura	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$304,579	NM
91	Stanley, A. Yap	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$304,476	CA
92	Kathy, S. Lynch	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$304,377	AZ
93	Maria, P. Gobencion	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$303,809	NM
94	Barbara, K. McLaurin	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$302,969	AZ
95	Lawrence, W. Gaul	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$302,215	AZ
96	Kinchen, W. Ballentine	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$302,142	NM
97	Brian, D. Demby	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$302,142	NM
98	Nanetta, B. Lowe	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$301,883	OK
99	Eric, W. Wortmann	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$301,883	AZ
100	Richard Pazdur	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$301,883	MD

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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