Cape Cod Ledger

6.9 percent of employees at the Dukes County Sheriff's Department made more than $100,000 in 2019, according to CTHRU. That’s 5 of employees out of 72.

25 percent of employees at Dukes County Sheriff's Department made between $50,000-$75,000.

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 employee with the highest salary in 2019 was Michael Collins at the University of Massachusetts earning $1,096,431.

Department	Employee	Salary
University of Massachusetts	Michael Collins	$1,096,431
Chief Medical Examiner	Mindy Hull	$395,758
Department of State Police	Michael Fiore	$307,862
Framingham State University	Francisco Cevallos	$275,560
Department of Mental Health	Thomas Hicks	$274,795
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	David Nelson	$262,454
Fitchburg State University	Richard Lapidus	$260,671
Department of Correction	Camille Colangelo	$260,239
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	James Birge	$257,439
Westfield State University	Ramon Torrecilha	$256,995
Worcester State University	Barry Maloney	$255,792
Bridgewater State University	Frederick Clark	$251,100
Salem State University	Scott James	$248,734
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education	Jeffrey Riley	$243,317
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Francis Mc Donald	$242,266
Soldiers Home in Massachusetts	Jed Barash	$238,780
Department of Higher Education	Carlos Santiago	$230,624
Department of Developmental Services	John Toomey	$228,780
Northern Essex Community College	Jean Poth	$226,464
Suffolk County Sheriff's Department	Corry Carter	$218,860
Berkshire Community College	Ellen Kennedy	$211,125
Cape Cod Community College	John Cox	$209,859
North Shore Community College	Patricia Gentile	$209,308
Middlesex Community College	James Mabry	$207,523
Public Employee Retirement Administration	James Lamenzo	$206,377
Supreme Judicial Court	Ralph Gants	$206,239
Center for Health Information and Analysis	Michael Jones Cocchi	$206,025
Bristol Community College	Laura Douglas	$204,714
Massachusetts Bay Community College	David Podell	$204,708
Roxbury Community College	Valerie Roberson	$203,800
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs	Eric Baldwin	$202,758
Massasoit Community College	Gena Glickman	$201,655
Quinsigamond Community College	Luis Pedraja	$200,700
State Auditors Office	Kenneth Woodland	$195,640
Appeals Court	Mark Green	$195,358
Norfolk County Sheriff's Department	Stephen McCarthy	$194,992
Office of the State Treasurer	James MacDonald	$186,747
Mass Rehabilitation Commission	Richard Goulding	$184,867
Governors Office	Charles Baker	$184,234
Office of Inspector General	Glenn Cunha	$183,473
Mass Cultural Council	Anita Jessen	$183,318
Attorney General Office	Maura Healey	$182,152
Worcester (middle) District Attorney	Joseph Early Jr.	$181,207
Committee for Public Counsel Services	Anthony Benedetti	$180,907
Middlesex (northern) District Attorney	Marian Ryan	$180,907
Hampden District Attorney	Anthony Gulluni	$180,907
Plymouth District Attorney	Timothy Cruz	$180,907
Cape and Islands District Attorney	Michael Okeefe	$180,907
Northwestern District Attorney	David Sullivan	$180,907
Norfolk District Attorney	Michael Morrissey	$180,907
Bristol District Attorney	Thomas Quinn	$180,907
Eastern District Attorney	Jonathan Blodgett	$180,907
Military Division	Gary Keefe	$180,115
Teachers Retirement Board	Erika Glaster	$178,728
Middlesex County Sheriff's Department	Edward Brassil	$178,246
Secretary of State	William Galvin	$177,473
Campaign and Political Finance	Michael Sullivan	$177,367
Executive Office for Administration and Finance	Mohammad Younus	$177,255
Berkshire District Attorney	Andrea Harrington	$176,288
Berkshire County Sheriff's Department	John Quinn	$175,845
Suffolk District Attorney	Rachael Rollins	$175,687
Massachusetts School Building Authority	John McCarthy	$175,317
Group Insurance Commission	Roberta Herman	$173,983
Soldiers Home in Holyoke	Leesa Berger	$172,964
Cannabis Control Commission	Steven Hoffman	$170,406
Executive Office of Education	James Peyser	$170,201
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development	Rosalin Acosta	$170,201
Senate	Karen Spilka	$169,061
House of Representatives	Robert DeLeo	$169,061
Division of Operational Services	Gary Lambert	$168,028
Department of Revenue	Christopher Harding	$168,028
Executive Office of Economic Development	Michael Kennealy	$167,095
Barnstable County Sheriff's Department	Brendan Murphy	$166,801
Mental Health Legal Advisors	Phillip Kassel	$166,429
Board of Bar Examiners	Marilyn Wellington	$166,417
Department of Fish and Game	David Pierce	$162,962
Commission on Judicial Conduct	Howard Neff	$162,302
Health Policy Commission	Coleen Elstermeyer	$159,685
Joint Legislative Expenditures	Paul Pak	$159,000
Franklin County Sheriff's Department	Christopher Donelan	$158,659
Department of Environmental Protection	Christopher Ross	$157,648
Department of Fire Services	Peter Ostroskey	$156,249
District Attorney Association	Tara Maguire	$155,000
Hampshire County Sheriff's Department	Patrick Cahillane	$151,709
Bristol County Sheriff's Department	Thomas Hodgson	$151,709
Worcester County Sheriff's Department	Lewis Evangelidis	$151,709
Department of Youth Services	Peter Forbes	$151,076
Commission Against Discrimination	Sunila George	$147,450
Division of Professional Licensure	Ronald Wetmore	$147,323
Appellate Tax Board	Thomas Hammond	$146,019
Department of Housing and Community Development	Catherine Racer	$145,668
State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board	John Doane	$144,091
Massachusetts Office of Business Development	Nam Pham	$142,254
Office of the Child Advocate	Maria Mossaides	$140,000
Mass Commission for the Blind	Mitchell Sanborn	$133,159
Disabled Persons Protection Commission	Julie Westwater	$131,750
Department of Veterans Services	Francisco Urena	$131,716
Division of Banks	Merrily Gerrish	$130,599
George Fingold Library	Elvernoy Johnson	$129,865
Administrative Law Appeals Division	Edward McGrath	$128,921