Bean Town Times

An average worker earned $56,126 at the Senate during 2020, according to CTHRU.

This is more than the public employee average of $52,254.

The highest-paid public employee in Massachusetts is Matthew McCall, who earned $850,750 as the Head Basketball Coach at the University of Massachusetts.

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.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Karen Spilka	$169,161
2	Cynthia Creem	$163,745
3	Sal DiDomenico	$152,913
3	Michael Barrett	$152,913
3	William Brownsberger	$152,913
6	Bruce Tarr	$147,497
7	Jennifer Miller	$145,000
8	Julian Cyr	$142,081
9	Mary Anne Padien	$138,000
10	Michael Rush	$136,665
10	Eric Lesser	$136,665
12	Marc Pacheco	$131,249
12	Jason Lewis	$131,249
14	James Welch	$126,050
14	Mark Montigny	$126,050
16	James Eldridge	$120,634
16	John Keenan	$120,634
16	Joseph Boncore	$120,634
19	Ryan Fattman	$120,417
19	Anne Gobi	$120,417
19	Patrick O Connor	$120,417
22	Sarah Blodgett	$120,000
22	Douglas Howgate	$120,000
24	Stacey LeMay	$119,474
25	Barry Finegold	$115,001
25	Cynthia Friedman	$115,001
25	Patricia Jehlen	$115,001
28	Andrea Crighton	$111,585
29	Joanne Comerford	$109,802
30	Dean Tran	$106,836
31	John Moreschi	$106,090
32	Nicholas Collins	$104,386
32	Walter Timilty	$104,386
32	Diana DiZoglio	$104,386
32	Paul Feeney	$104,386
32	Brendan Crighton	$104,386
32	Rebecca Rausch	$104,386
38	Mark Dailey	$100,000
39	Sonia Chang Diaz	$98,753
40	Catherine Flewelling	$98,500
41	Martha Kwasnik	$96,000
42	William Rinaldi	$95,000
43	Attilio Paglia	$93,000
43	Christopher Marino	$93,000
45	Richard Powell	$88,305
46	Michael Brady	$88,138
47	Laura Paladino	$87,290
47	Bryan Barash	$87,290
49	Christie Young	$86,681
50	Aaron Carty	$85,000
51	David Swanson	$82,400
52	Karen Almeida	$82,000
52	Beth Zodda	$82,000
52	Jeremy Spittle	$82,000
55	Johanna Wakelin	$81,200
56	Adam Mandell	$80,000
56	Antonio Caban	$80,000
58	Anne Landry	$79,677
59	Mary Wasylyk	$79,310
60	Hirak Shah	$78,484
61	Anthony Gesualdi	$75,705
62	Shelly MacNeill	$75,120
63	Joseph Hurvitz	$75,000
63	Stephen Maher	$75,000
63	Jacob Blanton	$75,000
63	Matthew Hartman	$75,000
67	Keri Buckley	$74,676
68	Lauren Corcoran	$74,605
69	Andrew Bettinelli	$74,000
69	Debra Woodman	$74,000
71	Michael Moynihan	$73,089
72	Stephanie Swanson	$73,000
73	Gregory Denton	$72,285
74	Alfred DeGirolamo	$72,100
74	Donna Loconte	$72,100
74	Hannah Buntich	$72,100
74	Nathanael Shea	$72,100
74	Andrea Pessolano	$72,100
74	Puja Mehta	$72,100
80	Brendan Berger	$72,000
81	Jennifer McCullough	$71,762
82	Monica Lyden Mullin	$71,126
83	Ashley Powers	$70,246
84	Michael Ferrara	$70,000
84	Mark Sternman	$70,000
84	Patrick Johnson	$70,000
84	Andrew Carden	$70,000
88	James Henry	$69,010
89	Diana Kasule	$68,654
90	Caroline Sherrard	$67,500
91	Ann Cushing	$67,465
92	Dennis Burke	$67,362
93	Donald Siriani	$66,983
94	Margaret Miller	$65,000
94	Jared Freedman	$65,000
94	Julia Constantelos	$65,000
94	Patricia Kirwin Keilty	$65,000
94	Jonathan Thibault	$65,000
94	Charles Ahern	$65,000
100	Christine Gonzalez	$64,001