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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.
The Top 100 Highest Earners at Executive Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Turco | $170,406 |
| 2 | Andrew Peck | $159,243 |
| 3 | Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe | $159,243 |
| 4 | Terrence Reidy | $159,243 |
| 5 | James Slater | $151,595 |
| 6 | Susan Terrey | $150,050 |
| 7 | Jennifer Roedel | $137,971 |
| 8 | Frank Pozniak | $136,752 |
| 9 | Maria Michalski | $135,930 |
| 10 | Normand Fournier | $131,000 |
| 11 | Angela Davis | $130,000 |
| 12 | Spencer Lord | $125,888 |
| 13 | Emily Joy | $123,655 |
| 14 | Karen Robitaille | $122,767 |
| 15 | Richard Fiske | $122,767 |
| 16 | Monna Wallace | $122,767 |
| 17 | Daniel Nakamoto | $122,000 |
| 18 | Nilsa Morales | $118,306 |
| 19 | Edward Kelly | $116,577 |
| 20 | Margaret Sullivan | $115,085 |
| 21 | Seth Bouvier | $112,500 |
| 22 | John Melander | $110,000 |
| 23 | Shahriar Moin | $109,315 |
| 24 | Lisa Millwood | $108,000 |
| 25 | Brian Merrick | $106,285 |
| 26 | Tracy Varano | $105,858 |
| 27 | Dennis Kirwan | $105,289 |
| 28 | Stephen Weldon | $105,086 |
| 29 | Lynn Wright | $105,000 |
| 30 | Lili Yu | $104,096 |
| 31 | Stephen Jette | $104,053 |
| 32 | David Quinlan | $103,691 |
| 33 | Jeff Larason | $102,876 |
| 34 | Vu Nguyen | $101,478 |
| 35 | Brenda Barton | $100,986 |
| 36 | Brook Chipman | $100,986 |
| 37 | Rebecca Healy | $100,986 |
| 38 | Lisa Sampson | $100,000 |
| 39 | Corine Pryme | $100,000 |
| 40 | Hema Yerramreddy | $99,626 |
| 41 | Christine Wingfield | $97,363 |
| 42 | Ryan Chamberland | $96,390 |
| 43 | Ronald Hebb | $96,318 |
| 44 | Anjeza Xhemollari | $95,913 |
| 45 | James Houghton | $95,814 |
| 46 | Jean Barron | $95,667 |
| 47 | Bryan Clain | $92,849 |
| 48 | Ke Yang | $92,382 |
| 49 | Michelle Hallahan | $92,382 |
| 50 | Guan Zhang | $92,382 |
| 51 | Robert Kearney | $92,382 |
| 51 | Carrie Powers | $92,382 |
| 53 | Mary Fontaine | $92,382 |
| 54 | Diane Perrier | $89,549 |
| 55 | Deborah Firlit | $88,514 |
| 56 | John Fabiano | $87,429 |
| 57 | Sonya Schey | $86,605 |
| 58 | Kenneth Nyberg | $84,272 |
| 59 | Kelly Dwyer | $83,882 |
| 60 | Andrew Polk | $83,813 |
| 61 | John Powers | $83,592 |
| 62 | Denise Brown | $83,592 |
| 62 | Christopher Plant | $83,592 |
| 64 | Marguerite Szczawinski | $83,592 |
| 64 | Angela Pilling | $83,592 |
| 64 | Patricia Bergin | $83,592 |
| 67 | Christopher Murphy | $83,592 |
| 68 | Jennifer Keating | $82,772 |
| 69 | Charles Ashworth | $82,543 |
| 70 | Andrew Holland | $81,399 |
| 71 | Vicki Goetz | $79,104 |
| 72 | Venus Wheeler | $75,676 |
| 73 | Catherine Rodriguez | $75,676 |
| 74 | Karen Mullin | $75,629 |
| 75 | Robin Remillard | $73,620 |
| 76 | Cynthia Reynolds | $72,410 |
| 77 | Christina Hernandez | $71,053 |
| 78 | Jacob Wark | $70,692 |
| 79 | Richard Valeri | $70,346 |
| 80 | Jennifer Cunningham | $70,332 |
| 81 | Irakli Sevi | $68,661 |
| 82 | Christine Molloy | $68,081 |
| 83 | Kevin Lewis | $68,081 |
| 84 | John Brunelli | $68,080 |
| 85 | Gina Papagiorgakis | $67,596 |
| 86 | Michaela Martini | $66,150 |
| 86 | Lisbeth Pimentel | $66,150 |
| 88 | Francisco Gomes | $66,056 |
| 89 | Kevin Kroner | $65,360 |
| 90 | Katlin McInnis | $65,344 |
| 91 | Androniki Gouras | $65,116 |
| 92 | Linda Murphy | $65,019 |
| 93 | Tija Whitfield | $64,962 |
| 94 | Emily Fontaine | $64,569 |
| 95 | Samantha Frongillo | $62,866 |
| 96 | Li Li | $62,848 |
| 97 | True See Allah | $62,115 |
| 98 | Brian Hall | $61,860 |
| 99 | Alyson Dell Isola | $61,384 |
| 100 | Timothy Buckley | $60,988 |
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