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The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.
Top 100 Salaries
| Rank | Individual | Department | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Collins | University of Massachusetts | $1,096,431 |
| 2 | Mindy Hull | Chief Medical Examiner | $395,758 |
| 3 | Michael Fiore | Department of State Police | $307,862 |
| 4 | Francisco Cevallos | Framingham State University | $275,560 |
| 5 | Thomas Hicks | Department of Mental Health | $274,795 |
| 6 | David Nelson | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | $262,454 |
| 7 | Richard Lapidus | Fitchburg State University | $260,671 |
| 8 | Camille Colangelo | Department of Correction | $260,239 |
| 9 | James Birge | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | $257,439 |
| 10 | Ramon Torrecilha | Westfield State University | $256,995 |
| 11 | Barry Maloney | Worcester State University | $255,792 |
| 12 | Frederick Clark | Bridgewater State University | $251,100 |
| 13 | Scott James | Salem State University | $248,734 |
| 14 | Jeffrey Riley | Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | $243,317 |
| 15 | Francis Mc Donald | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | $242,266 |
| 16 | Jed Barash | Soldiers Home in Massachusetts | $238,780 |
| 17 | Carlos Santiago | Department of Higher Education | $230,624 |
| 18 | John Toomey | Department of Developmental Services | $228,780 |
| 19 | Jean Poth | Northern Essex Community College | $226,464 |
| 20 | Corry Carter | Suffolk County Sheriff's Department | $218,860 |
| 21 | Ellen Kennedy | Berkshire Community College | $211,125 |
| 22 | John Cox | Cape Cod Community College | $209,859 |
| 23 | Patricia Gentile | North Shore Community College | $209,308 |
| 24 | James Mabry | Middlesex Community College | $207,523 |
| 25 | James Lamenzo | Public Employee Retirement Administration | $206,377 |
| 26 | Ralph Gants | Supreme Judicial Court | $206,239 |
| 27 | Michael Jones Cocchi | Center for Health Information and Analysis | $206,025 |
| 28 | Laura Douglas | Bristol Community College | $204,714 |
| 29 | David Podell | Massachusetts Bay Community College | $204,708 |
| 30 | Valerie Roberson | Roxbury Community College | $203,800 |
| 31 | Eric Baldwin | Executive Office of Environmental Affairs | $202,758 |
| 32 | Gena Glickman | Massasoit Community College | $201,655 |
| 33 | Luis Pedraja | Quinsigamond Community College | $200,700 |
| 34 | Kenneth Woodland | State Auditors Office | $195,640 |
| 35 | Mark Green | Appeals Court | $195,358 |
| 36 | Stephen McCarthy | Norfolk County Sheriff's Department | $194,992 |
| 37 | James MacDonald | Office of the State Treasurer | $186,747 |
| 38 | Richard Goulding | Mass Rehabilitation Commission | $184,867 |
| 39 | Charles Baker | Governors Office | $184,234 |
| 40 | Glenn Cunha | Office of Inspector General | $183,473 |
| 41 | Anita Jessen | Mass Cultural Council | $183,318 |
| 42 | Maura Healey | Attorney General Office | $182,152 |
| 43 | Joseph Early Jr. | Worcester (middle) District Attorney | $181,207 |
| 44 | Anthony Benedetti | Committee for Public Counsel Services | $180,907 |
| 45 | Marian Ryan | Middlesex (northern) District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 46 | Timothy Cruz | Plymouth District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 47 | Anthony Gulluni | Hampden District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 48 | Michael Okeefe | Cape and Islands District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 49 | Thomas Quinn | Bristol District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 50 | Jonathan Blodgett | Eastern District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 51 | Michael Morrissey | Norfolk District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 52 | David Sullivan | Northwestern District Attorney | $180,907 |
| 53 | Gary Keefe | Military Division | $180,115 |
| 54 | Erika Glaster | Teachers Retirement Board | $178,728 |
| 55 | Edward Brassil | Middlesex County Sheriff's Department | $178,246 |
| 56 | William Galvin | Secretary of State | $177,473 |
| 57 | Michael Sullivan | Campaign and Political Finance | $177,367 |
| 58 | Mohammad Younus | Executive Office for Administration and Finance | $177,255 |
| 59 | Andrea Harrington | Berkshire District Attorney | $176,288 |
| 60 | John Quinn | Berkshire County Sheriff's Department | $175,845 |
| 61 | Rachael Rollins | Suffolk District Attorney | $175,687 |
| 62 | John McCarthy | Massachusetts School Building Authority | $175,317 |
| 63 | Roberta Herman | Group Insurance Commission | $173,983 |
| 64 | Leesa Berger | Soldiers Home in Holyoke | $172,964 |
| 65 | Steven Hoffman | Cannabis Control Commission | $170,406 |
| 66 | James Peyser | Executive Office of Education | $170,201 |
| 67 | Rosalin Acosta | Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development | $170,201 |
| 68 | Robert DeLeo | House of Representatives | $169,061 |
| 69 | Karen Spilka | Senate | $169,061 |
| 70 | Gary Lambert | Division of Operational Services | $168,028 |
| 71 | Christopher Harding | Department of Revenue | $168,028 |
| 72 | Michael Kennealy | Executive Office of Economic Development | $167,095 |
| 73 | Brendan Murphy | Barnstable County Sheriff's Department | $166,801 |
| 74 | Phillip Kassel | Mental Health Legal Advisors | $166,429 |
| 75 | Marilyn Wellington | Board of Bar Examiners | $166,417 |
| 76 | David Pierce | Department of Fish and Game | $162,962 |
| 77 | Howard Neff | Commission on Judicial Conduct | $162,302 |
| 78 | Coleen Elstermeyer | Health Policy Commission | $159,685 |
| 79 | Paul Pak | Joint Legislative Expenditures | $159,000 |
| 80 | Christopher Donelan | Franklin County Sheriff's Department | $158,659 |
| 81 | Christopher Ross | Department of Environmental Protection | $157,648 |
| 82 | Peter Ostroskey | Department of Fire Services | $156,249 |
| 83 | Tara Maguire | District Attorney Association | $155,000 |
| 84 | Patrick Cahillane | Hampshire County Sheriff's Department | $151,709 |
| 85 | Thomas Hodgson | Bristol County Sheriff's Department | $151,709 |
| 86 | Lewis Evangelidis | Worcester County Sheriff's Department | $151,709 |
| 87 | Peter Forbes | Department of Youth Services | $151,076 |
| 88 | Sunila George | Commission Against Discrimination | $147,450 |
| 89 | Ronald Wetmore | Division of Professional Licensure | $147,323 |
| 90 | Thomas Hammond | Appellate Tax Board | $146,019 |
| 91 | Catherine Racer | Department of Housing and Community Development | $145,668 |
| 92 | John Doane | State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board | $144,091 |
| 93 | Nam Pham | Massachusetts Office of Business Development | $142,254 |
| 94 | Maria Mossaides | Office of the Child Advocate | $140,000 |
| 95 | Mitchell Sanborn | Mass Commission for the Blind | $133,159 |
| 96 | Julie Westwater | Disabled Persons Protection Commission | $131,750 |
| 97 | Francisco Urena | Department of Veterans Services | $131,716 |
| 98 | Merrily Gerrish | Division of Banks | $130,599 |
| 99 | Elvernoy Johnson | George Fingold Library | $129,865 |
| 100 | Edward McGrath | Administrative Law Appeals Division | $128,921 |
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