RI's Top 50 Highest Paid State Employees
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RI's Top 50 Highest Paid State Employees
Taking into account regular and overtime earnings, total compensation for the top earners started at $179,323 -- and the top paid state employee brought in $627,499.
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RI's Top 50 Highest Paid State Employees in 2014
#50
Melanie Thunberg
Department: Judicial
Title: Associate Justice
Total: $179,323.92
Reg. Pay: $179,323.92
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#49
Kathleen Voccola
Department: Judicial
Title: Associate Justice
Total: $179,323.92
Reg. Pay: $179,323.92
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#48
Paul Fetter Jr.
Department: Corrections
Title: Corr Officer LT.
Total: $181,808.51
Reg. Pay: $77,470.71
Overtime: $96,198.73
Other: $$8,139.07
#47
Jeanne Lafazia
Department: Judicial
Title: Chief Justice, District Ct.
Total: $181,819.66
Reg. Pay: $180,818.66
Overtime: $0
Other: $$1,001.00
#46
Laureen Dambra
Department: Judicial
Title: Associate Justice
Total: $182,271.02
Reg. Pay: $182,271.02
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#45
Christine Ferguson
Department: Governors Office
Title: Director
Total: $182,899.98
Reg. Pay: $182,899.98
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#44
Thomas Guertin
Department: Administration
Title: Chief Digital Officer
Total: $183,897.21
Reg. Pay: $183,897.21
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#43
Charlene Tate
Department: BHDDH
Title: CHF OF MED STF & CLIN SV/EL SL
Total: $184,277.16
Reg. Pay: $184,277.16
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#42
Frank Anzeveno Jr.
Department: Legislative
Title: Chief of Staff
Total: $187,117.16
Reg. Pay: $125,907.21
Overtime: $0
Other: $61,209.95
Note: Terminated as of 3/29/14
#41
Louis Cerbo
Department: Corrections
Title: Clinical Director, Psychologist
Total: $188,412.98
Reg. Pay: $101,929.98
Overtime:
Other: $86,483.00
#40
Sylvia Macagba
Department: BHDDH
Title: Supervising Registered Nurse B
Total: $189,527.36
Reg. Pay: $107,132.22
Overtime: $77,004.48
Other: $5,390.66
#39
Virginia Dayon
Department: BHDDH
Title: Registered Nurse A
Total: $189,811.11
Reg. Pay: $85,934.10
Overtime: $99,717.06
Other: $4,159.95
#38
John Meehan
Department: Corrections
Title: Corr Officer LT.
Total: $191,003.57
Reg. Pay: $76,264.12
Overtime: $106,115.92
Other: $8,623.53
#37
Utpala Bandyopadhay MD
Department: Health
Title: Medical Dir. Disease Control
Total: $191,349.34
Reg. Pay: $191,349.34
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#36
Mark Higgins
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $192,833.94
Reg. Pay: $192,833.94
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#35
George Healy
Department: Judicial
Title: CHF Judge Workers Comp Court
Total: $193,147.06
Reg. Pay: $193,147.06
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#34
Josephine St. John
Department: BHDDH
Title: Supervising Registered Nurse B
Total: $194,120.44
Reg. Pay: $99,389.12
Overtime: $45,575.52
Other: $49,155.80
#33
John Kirby
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $194,670.06
Reg. Pay: $194,670.06
Overime: $0
Other: $0
#32
Winifred Brownell
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $195,814.06
Reg. Pay: $195,814.06
Overime: $0
Other: $0
#31
Dale Fogarty
Department: Corrections
Title: Correctional Officer Hospital II
Total: $195,817.71
Reg. Pay: $80,613.59
Overtime: $110,752.18
Other: $4,451.94
#30
Portia Richardson
Department: BHDDH
Title: Registered Nurse
Total: $196,187.46
Reg. Pay: $90,726.02
Overtime: $101,016.70
Other: $4,444.74
#29
Haiganush Bedrosian
Department: Judicial
Title: Chief Judge (Family court)
Total: $197,256.68
Reg. Pay: $197,256.68
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#28
Alice Gibney
Department: Judicial
Title: Presiding Justice (Supe CT.)
Total: $197,256.68
Reg. Pay: $197,256.68
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#27
Raymond Wright
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $199,105.92
Reg. Pay: $199,105.92
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#26
Maureen Goldberg
Department: Judicial
Title: Asso. Justice (Supreme Court)
Total: $199,177.14
Reg. Pay: $199,177.14
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#25
Gilbert Indeglia
Department: Judicial
Title: Asso. Justice (Supreme Court)
Total: $199,177.14
Reg. Pay: $199,177.14
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#24
Jennifer Trayner
Department: BHDDH
Title: Psychiatrist IV
Total: $200,188.57
Reg. Pay: $120,788.57
Overtime: $79,400.00
Other: $0
#23
Nancy Carriuolo
Department: RI College
Title: Non Classified
Total: $200,196.88
Reg. Pay: $200,196.88
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#22
Angela Lacombe
Department: BHDDH
Title: Psychiatrist IV
Total: $201,468.56
Reg. Pay: $123,560.06
Overtime: $77,100.00
Other: $808.50
#21
Andrew Lekos
Department: BHDDH
Title: Physician II
Total: $202,887.94
Reg. Pay: $121,012.06
Overtime: $81,078.00
Other: $797.88
#20
Thorr Bjorn
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $203,424.96
Reg. Pay: $179,424.96
Overtime: $24,000.00
Other: $0
#19
Etop Okokon
Department: BHDDH
Title: Registered Nurse B
Total: $203,935.08
Reg. Pay: $86,933.53
Overtime: $111,124.71
Other: $5,876.84
#18
Audra Di Chiaro
Department: BHDDH
Title: Consultant Public Health Nurse
Total: $205,213.90
Reg. Pay: $95,736.94
Overtime: $0
Other: $109,476.96
#17
Stella Adeniyi
Department: BHDDH
Title: Registered Nurse B
Total: $205,607.25
Reg. Pay: $100,013.18
Overtime: $100,467.97
Other: $5,126.10
#16
Deborah Gist
Department: Education
Title: Commissioner of Elem & Sec Ed
Total: $205,724.94
Reg. Pay: $202,999.94
Overtime: $2,725.00
Other: $0
#15
Michael Tierney Jr.
Department: Corrections
Title: Corr Officer LT.
Total: $208,107.72
Reg. Pay: $78,107.12
Overtime: $124,599.31
Other: $5,401.29
#14
Patrick Flynn
Department: Corrections
Title: Corr Officer LT.
Total: $210,060.51
Reg. Pay: $78,051.12
Overtime: $124,517.97
Other: $7,491.42
#13
Bruce Corliss
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $210,999.88
Reg. Pay: $210,999.88
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#12
Manish Desai
Department: BHDDH
Title: Physician Administrator
Total: $213,684.50
Reg. Pay: $140,760.10
Overtime: $72,924.40
Other: $0
#11
Robert Weygand
Department: URI
Title: Non Class Code 10
Total: $218,675.46
Reg. Pay: $166,968.10
Overtime: $0
Other: $51,707.36
#10
Paul Suttell
Department: Judicial
Title: Chief Justice (Supreme Court)
Total: $219,096.64
Reg. Pay: $219,096.64
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#9
Ramanamma Reddy
Department: BHDDH
Title: Physician Administrator
Total: $220,518.33
Reg. Pay: $137,159.88
Overtime: $81,602.50
Other: $1,755.95
#8
Alan Rothman
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $227,000.02
Reg. Pay: $227,000.02
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#7
Fritz Pluviose
Department: BHDDH
Title: Physician Administrator
Total: $228,448.18
Reg. Pay: $142,174.76
Overtime: $86,273.42
Other: $0
#6
Christina Stanley
Department: Health
Title: Chief Medical Examiner
Total: $231,233.76
Reg. Pay: $230,349.14
Overtime: $0
Other: $884.62
#5
Pedro Tactacan
Department: BHDDH
Title: Asst Chief of Psychiatric Services
Total: $235,496.04
Reg. Pay: $149,596.04
Overtime: $85,900.00
Other: $0
#4
Donald Dehayes
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $238,702.88
Reg. Pay: $238,702.88
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#3
Ray Di Pasquale
Department: Community College of RI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $265,000.06
Reg. Pay: $265,000.06
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#2
David Dooley
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $319,999.94
Reg. Pay: $319,999.94
Overtime: $0
Other: $0
#1
Daniel Hurley
Department: URI
Title: Non Classified
Total: $627,499.96
Reg. Pay: $299,999.96
Overtime: $327,500.00
Other: $0
