100 highest paid Mass. state workers
The following chart shows the 100 highest paid Massachusetts state workers for 2008. It includes only the employees of regular state agencies. It does not include employees of authorities and commissions, such as the MBTA, Massport, or the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, which have traditionally paid some of state government's highest salaries. The earnings figure includes base salary and other sources, such as grants or overtime. The list can be sorted by clicking on any column label. SOURCE: State of Massachusetts.
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Rank | Name | Dept. | Job title | 2008 earnings |
1 | Lovley, Derek R | UMass system | Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources and Environment | 613,065.44 |
2 | Collins, Michael F | UMass system | Chancellor, UMass Medical School | 609,470.13 |
3 | Flotte, Terence R | UMass system | Exec. Dep. Chancellor Provost & Dean | 549,254.84 |
4 | Manning, Thomas D | UMass system | Deputy Chancellor | 522,085.15 |
5 | Ambrosino, Donna | UMass system | Exec. Dir., Mass. Biologics | 508,510.86 |
6 | Pagnam, Charles J | UMass system | Vice Chancellor, Development | 476,013.49 |
7 | Aghababian, Richard V | UMass system | Associate Vice Chancellor | 458,947.61 |
8 | Wilson, Jack M | UMass system | UMass President | 436,261.48 |
9 | Irwin, Richard Stephen | UMass system | Professor | 431,024.45 |
10 | Habib, Farajallah | UMass system | Associate Professor | 425,743.96 |
11 | Woda, Bruce A | UMass system | Professor | 422,874.33 |
12 | Jehle, Frank | UMass system | Assistant Professor | 409,480.05 |
13 | Murphy, Joyce A | UMass system | Vice Deputy Chancellor CWM-COO | 401,710.45 |
14 | Rock, Kenneth L | UMass system | Chairman of Department | 378,396.68 |
15 | Lazare, Aaron | UMass system | Dean Emeritus, UMass Medical School | 371,553.12 |
16 | Okike, Nsidinanya | UMass system | Professor | 367,368.76 |
17 | Phillips, David A | UMass system | Associate Professor | 362,085.73 |
18 | Balikian, Jerry P | UMass system | Professor | 360,756.73 |
19 | Ockene, Ira S | UMass system | Professor | 342,180.27 |
20 | Nakosteen, Robert A. | UMass system | Professor | 335,885.94 |
21 | Peterson, Robert Paul | UMass system | Chief Information Officer | 335,559.12 |
22 | Stein, Gary S | UMass system | Chairman of Department | 327,090.56 |
23 | Julian Jr, James R. | UMass system | Executive Vice President, UMass | 318,502.18 |
24 | Williams, Marcellette G | UMass system | Staff Administrator | 318,414.76 |
25 | Meehan, Martin | UMass system | Chancellor, UMass Lowell | 316,965.34 |
26 | Jenal, Robert E | UMass system | Vice Chancellor, Administration & Finance | 312,596.93 |
27 | MacCormack, Jean F. | UMass system | Chancellor, UMass Dartmouth | 311,910.93 |
28 | Moss, Lawrence J | UMass system | Associate Professor | 309,756.63 |
29 | Gore, Joel M | UMass system | Professor | 306,481.56 |
30 | Motley, James Keith | UMass system | Chancellor, UMass Boston | 303,337.53 |
31 | Pape, Linda A | UMass system | Professor | 302,788.82 |
32 | Czech, Michael P | UMass system | Professor | 301,800.57 |
33 | Russell, Thomas P | UMass system | Distinguished University Prof., UMass Amherst | 292,994.26 |
34 | Cryz, Stanley J | UMass system | Professor | 287,396.57 |
35 | Bisgaard-Frantzen, Soren | UMass system | Professor | 285,625.35 |
36 | Trafford, Pamela S | UMass system | Senior Lecturer, UMass Amherst | 282,438.10 |
37 | Finch, John | UMass system | Deputy Director, Business Development and Operations | 282,382.56 |
38 | Paraskos, John A | UMass system | Professor | 281,497.85 |
39 | Stoff, Jeffrey S | UMass system | Professor | 279,866.01 |
40 | Altieri, Dario C. | UMass system | Professor | 279,489.55 |
41 | Reppert, Steven | UMass system | Chairman of Department | 277,727.53 |
42 | Seymour, Charlena M. | UMass system | Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UMass Amherst | 274,748.00 |
43 | Houghton, Jeanmarie | UMass system | Associate Professor | 272,089.41 |
44 | Matthews, Charles Robert | UMass system | Chairman of Department | 271,629.42 |
45 | Steingard, Ronald J | UMass system | Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Medical Officer, CWM, UMass Medical School | 271,622.94 |
46 | Butterfield, David A | UMass system | Dean, School of Management | 270,600.87 |
47 | Aronin, Neil | UMass system | Professor | 269,934.99 |
48 | McNamara, James P | UMass system | Exec Dir, Ofc of Tech Mgmt | 267,765.95 |
49 | Sullivan, John L | UMass system | Vice Provost for Research | 265,616.51 |
50 | Muthukumar, Murugappan | UMass system | Wilmer D. Barrett Professor | 265,310.60 |
51 | Kurose, James F. | UMass system | Dean, Natural Science & Math | 263,578.36 |
52 | Sperounis, Frederick | UMass system | Exec Dir Instit Econ Plan &Dev | 262,526.53 |
53 | Kellogg, Derek W | UMass system | Head Basketball Coach, UMass Amherst | 260,557.84 |
54 | Clydesdale, Fergus M. | UMass system | Distinguished Professor, UMass Amherst | 259,723.07 |
55 | Jacobson, Allan S | UMass system | Professor | 259,545.04 |
56 | Gierasch, Lila M | UMass system | Distinguished Professor | 255,631.65 |
57 | Mannino, Ronald C. | UMass system | Chairman of Dept., UMass Amherst | 255,044.38 |
58 | Smith, Thomas W | UMass system | Professor | 254,822.85 |
59 | Moloney, Jacqueline | UMass system | Executive Vice Chancellor | 254,230.87 |
60 | Croft, William B | UMass system | Distinguished Univ Prof, UMass Amherst | 253,534.52 |
61 | Kostecki, Paul T. | UMass system | Vice Provost, UMass | 252,473.42 |
62 | Nields, Henry M | Chief Medical Examiner | Acting Chief Medical Examiner | 250,000.00 |
63 | Towsley, Donald F. | UMass system | Distinguished Univ Prof, UMass Amherst | 247,731.48 |
64 | Smith, Katherine V | UMass system | Staff Administrator | 247,600.00 |
65 | Lesser, Victor R. | UMass system | Professor | 247,107.79 |
66 | Ockene, Judith K | UMass system | Interim Vice Provost / Faculty AFF, UMass Medical School | 246,906.11 |
67 | McCutcheon, John F | UMass system | Athletic Director | 244,987.54 |
68 | Molrine, Deborah C | UMass system | Associate Professor | 244,804.35 |
69 | Fonteyn, Paul J. | UMass system | Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs & Provost | 244,498.42 |
70 | Brashear-Alejandro, Thomas G | UMass system | Associate Professor | 241,795.35 |
71 | Lenhardt, Stephen W | UMass system | Staff Administrator | 241,565.41 |
72 | Malone, Michael F. | UMass system | Dean, Engineering | 240,935.83 |
73 | Treistman, Steven | UMass system | Professor | 238,579.43 |
74 | Weinstein, Bruce R | UMass system | Associate Professor | 238,554.58 |
75 | Karellas, Andrew | UMass system | Professor | 238,492.07 |
76 | Hatch, Joyce M. | UMass system | Vice Chancellor Administration & Finance | 238,405.70 |
77 | Osterweil, Leon Joel | UMass system | Professor | 238,148.00 |
78 | Grinstein, Georges | UMass system | Professor | 237,808.55 |
79 | Peters, Linda M L | UMass system | Lecturer | 236,585.18 |
80 | Mohler-Faria, Dana A | Bridgewater State | President | 235,797.84 |
81 | Sloan, Katherine H | Mass. College of Art and Design | President | 235,533.42 |
82 | Mackenzie, David J. | UMass system | Staff Associate | 234,692.02 |
83 | Ferrucci, Joseph T | UMass system | Physician (Dual) | 233,520.04 |
84 | Weng, Zhiping | UMass system | Professor | 233,436.29 |
85 | Stevenson, Mario | UMass system | Professor | 232,857.34 |
86 | Antonucci, Robert V | Fitchburg State | President | 232,693.78 |
87 | Seymour Route, Paulette A | UMass system | Dean, Grad. School of Nursing | 232,556.68 |
88 | Brown, Donald A | UMass system | Head Football Coach, UMass Amherst | 232,537.10 |
89 | Carruthers, Anthony | UMass system | Dean, Grad Sch of Biomed Sci | 232,191.52 |
90 | Bradley, Raymond S | UMass system | Distinguished Professor | 231,932.03 |
91 | Pugnaire, Michele P | UMass system | Sr. Assoc. Dean of Education | 231,307.39 |
92 | Dubach, John F. | UMass system | CIO/Spec Asst. to Chancellor | 230,967.57 |
93 | Cowan, Carole A | Middlesex Community College | President | 230,618.39 |
94 | Hsu, Shaw L. | UMass system | Head of Department | 230,598.09 |
95 | Heard, Stephen O | UMass system | Physician (Dual) | 230,544.69 |
96 | Rotea, Mario A | UMass system | Head of Department | 230,435.13 |
97 | Parker, John B | Chief Medical Examiner | Physician Specialist | 229,968.58 |
98 | Singh, Bal R | UMass system | Professor | 229,090.76 |
99 | Finberg, Robert W | UMass system | Physician (Dual) | 228,415.48 |
100 | Hallock, Robert B. | UMass system | Distinguished Univ Prof, UMass Amherst | 228,237.56 |