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This is more than the public employee average of $33,048.
The highest-paid public employee in Massachusetts is Matthew McCall, who earned $602,866 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.
Top Highest Earners at Department of Higher Education in 2021
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Santiago | $125,530 |
| 2 | Clantha McCurdy | $98,505 |
| 3 | Patricia Marshall | $89,907 |
| 4 | Thomas Simard | $84,873 |
| 5 | Constantia Papanikolaou | $76,899 |
| 6 | Catherine Abel | $75,398 |
| 7 | David Cedrone | $75,034 |
| 8 | Jonathan Keller | $73,971 |
| 9 | Robert Brun | $73,826 |
| 10 | Richard Nunes | $70,421 |
| 11 | Winifred Hagan | $68,272 |
| 12 | Cynthia Brown | $62,063 |
| 13 | Michael Murray | $59,705 |
| 14 | Allison Little | $58,118 |
| 15 | Robert Dais | $55,943 |
| 16 | Sandra Riley | $54,979 |
| 17 | George O Connor | $54,644 |
| 18 | Christine Williams | $54,316 |
| 19 | Mary Price | $53,846 |
| 20 | Joe Wallerstein | $53,764 |
| 21 | Lillian Quiroz Livanis | $53,433 |
| 22 | Robert Awkward | $50,821 |
| 23 | Sarah Mealey | $48,819 |
| 24 | Stephen Anastas | $47,478 |
| 25 | Alison Connolly | $46,537 |
| 26 | Keith Connors | $45,011 |
| 27 | Christine Maher | $44,455 |
| 28 | Kathleen Taylor | $43,543 |
| 29 | Moira Chiong | $42,840 |
| 30 | Matthew Noyes | $42,016 |
| 31 | Kristen Stone | $41,237 |
| 32 | Mario Delci | $39,999 |
| 33 | Elhame Kajtazi | $39,981 |
| 34 | Timothy Cronin | $39,333 |
| 35 | Tanisha Layne | $38,746 |
| 36 | Erion Lamme | $38,746 |
| 36 | Lynne Goldberg | $38,746 |
| 38 | Stacy Bougie | $38,501 |
| 39 | Vivian Irrgang | $38,189 |
| 40 | Alexander Nally | $38,093 |
| 41 | Judith Kennedy | $36,841 |
| 42 | Jillian Pellegrini | $36,346 |
| 43 | Leslie Garcia | $35,456 |
| 44 | Stephanie Perez | $34,251 |
| 45 | Krista Callinan | $32,972 |
| 46 | Jasmine Taylor | $32,378 |
| 47 | Kenneth Christopher | $32,308 |
| 48 | Tanya Steward | $31,231 |
| 49 | Angela Williams | $30,738 |
| 50 | Jayanthy Surenthra | $29,717 |
| 51 | Monaliza Pena | $28,939 |
| 52 | Ellen Osborne Smith | $26,322 |
| 53 | Emily Wall | $25,846 |
| 54 | John Reiff | $21,938 |
| 55 | Ashley Wisneski | $19,861 |
| 56 | Paula McColgan | $19,530 |
| 57 | Suchita Chadha | $19,116 |
| 58 | Paulo Iparraguirre | $18,462 |
| 59 | Paul Pierce | $17,483 |
| 60 | Rachel Rubinstein | $17,308 |
| 61 | Denise Figueroa | $15,977 |
| 62 | Frances Wood | $15,582 |
| 63 | Amanda Robbins | $14,910 |
| 64 | Shelley Tinkham | $11,498 |
| 65 | Lois Ann Alves | $11,280 |
| 66 | Paul Raverta | $10,290 |
| 67 | Lawrence Dean | $9,915 |
| 68 | Monnica Chan | $500 |
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