Top 100 Highest-Paid Government Employees of 2019

$336,447.30 AVERAGE PAY

$33.64M TOTAL PAY

The table below shows the top-earning Federal employees in 2019, 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	Anthony, S. Fauci	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$417,608	MD
2	Gary, H. Gibbons	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$406,095	MD
3	Jeffrey, Scott Morgan	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$400,000	NC
4	Jeffrey Zapawa	Veterans Health Administration	Medical Officer	$400,000	NC
5	Robert, J. Wylie	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$400,000	AZ
6	John, H. York	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$400,000	NM
7	Edward, M. Lucero	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$389,608	AZ
8	Shabbar Hussain	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$389,608	NM
9	Deborah, R. Fabian	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$374,900	NM
10	Lawrence, A. Tabak	National Institutes of Health	Dental Officer	$374,320	MD
11	Michael, L. Gearhart	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$373,578	OK
12	Micah, D. Nix	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$370,270	OK
13	David, A. Klopfenstein	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$364,899	SD
14	John, I. Gallin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$363,167	MD
15	Zenaide, M. Quezado	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$361,055	MD
16	Janet Woodcock	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$360,232	MD
17	Paul, A. Sieving	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$357,572	MD
18	Peter, W. Marks	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$355,307	MD
19	Raymond, J. Ryan	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$355,123	OK
20	Adam, D. Whitsitt	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$352,608	OK
21	Penny, M. Wilkie	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$351,616	ND
22	Elizabeth, C. Jones	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$351,472	MD
23	Jeffrey, E. Shuren	Food and Drug Administration	General Health Science	$350,000	MD
24	Amy, P. Abernethy	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	MD
25	Melinda, K. Plaisier	Food and Drug Administration	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$350,000	MD
26	Bradford, J. Wood	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$350,000	MD
27	Steven, M. Solomon	Food and Drug Administration	Veterinary Medical Science	$350,000	MD
28	Richard Pazdur	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$350,000	MD
29	Nanetta, B. Lowe	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$349,913	OK
30	Randolph, L. Copeland	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$348,562	NM
31	David, S. Schrump	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$348,400	MD
32	Richard, J. Hodes	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$348,253	MD
33	Esperanza, C. Sanchez	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$348,000	NM
34	Michael Kelley	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$348,000	NM
35	Safia, I. Rubaii	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$348,000	NM
36	Loretta, L. Christensen	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$345,320	AZ
37	Nora, D. Volkow	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$342,710	MD
38	Diana, W. Bianchi	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$338,130	MD
39	Griffin, P. Rodgers	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$337,313	MD
40	Joshua, A. Gordon	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$336,908	MD
41	Ronald, W. Johnson	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$336,767	AZ
42	Walter, J. Koroshetz	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$334,191	MD
43	Michael, L. Buenafe	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$333,419	AZ
44	James, Kevin Gilman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$332,310	MD
45	Louis, J. Sharpe	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$332,252	AZ
46	Douglas, B. Wyatt	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$331,476	OK
47	Jean, S. Fraser	Presidio Trust	Program Management	$331,175	CA
48	Edward, R. Medina	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$330,871	AZ
49	Kim, M. Raney Ciofani	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$330,353	NM
50	Frank Yiannas	Food and Drug Administration	General Health Science	$330,000	MD
51	Steven, A. Rosenberg	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$329,400	MD
52	Daniel, L. Pablo	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$328,796	OK
53	Eric, D. Green	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$327,064	MD
54	Michael, M. Dickerson	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$326,619	SD
55	Benjamin, Todd Eastham	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$326,472	MT
56	Michelle, R. Schenk	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$326,472	OK
57	Andrew, J. Mannes	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$325,000	MD
58	Robert, J. Lederman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$324,000	MD
59	John, D. Heiss	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$324,000	MD
60	Linda, L. Yeager	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$323,978	AZ
61	Terence, H. Hamel	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$323,873	NM
62	Stephen, M. Friedman	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$323,796	NM
63	Herbert, F. Gonzalez	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$323,736	NM
64	Jeffrey, J. Hawker	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$323,679	NM
65	Diane, M. Means	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$321,472	OK
66	Kevin, A. Camphausen	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$320,544	MD
67	Asha, Eryn Atwell	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$320,025	NM
68	Patrizia, Adele Cavazzoni	Food and Drug Administration	General Health Science	$320,000	MD
69	Eliseo, J. Perez-Stable	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$319,770	MD
70	Donald, T. Lewis	Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	Medical Officer	$318,908	MN
71	Joel Jorgenson	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$318,783	AZ
72	Richard Chang	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$316,913	MD
73	Matthew, W. Gillman	National Institutes of Health	General Health Science	$315,172	MD
74	Peter, A. Pinto	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$315,000	MD
75	Deborah, E. Citrin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$315,000	MD
76	William, H. Maisel	Food and Drug Administration	General Health Science	$315,000	MD
77	Elliot, B. Levy	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$315,000	MD
78	Venkatesh Krishnasamy	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$315,000	MD
79	Michael Kopcha	Food and Drug Administration	Pharmacology	$313,756	MD
80	William, L. Dahut	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$313,297	MD
81	Kareem, A. Zaghloul	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$313,200	MD
82	George Brasinikas	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$311,913	NM
83	Glenn, S. Hartig	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$311,472	NM
84	Christopher, P. Austin	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$311,412	MD
85	Voltaire, S. Misa	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$310,025	AZ
86	Angelique Pflueger	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$310,001	NM
87	Gideon, M. Blumenthal	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$310,000	MD
88	Pedro, B. Guzman Pisfil	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$310,000	MT
89	Celia, M. Silverman	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$310,000	MD
90	Paul, G. Kluetz	Food and Drug Administration	Medical Officer	$310,000	MD
91	William, J. Hoffman	Farm Credit Administration	Miscellaneous Administration And Program	$309,635	VA
92	Maria, P. Gobencion	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$309,226	NM
93	Michael, M. Gottesman	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$309,052	MD
94	Monica Escarzaga	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$308,578	AZ
95	Neil, A. Sun Rhodes	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$306,864	MT
96	Henry, M. Stachura	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$306,492	NM
97	Ross, D. Luther	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$306,476	AZ
98	Romie Andrea, M. Tinsay	Indian Health Service	Medical Officer	$306,374	MN
99	Carter Van Waes	National Institutes of Health	Medical Officer	$306,152	MD
100	Deborah, L. Birx	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Medical Officer	$305,972	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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