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n e w h a v e n b i z . c o m | J u n e / J u l y 2 0 2 0 | n e w h a v e n B I Z 25 2 0 2 0 B O O K O F L I S T S : E C O N O M Y Highest Paid Connecticut State Employees (Ranked by total compensation 2019) Highest-Paid CT State Employees (Ranked by total compensation 2019) Rank Employee/ Dept. Total Compensation 2019 Salary and wages/ Other compensation Date of hire 1 Daniel Hurley Head coach, men's basketball University of Connecticut $2,800,433 (1) $2,800,433 (1) $0 March 23, 2018 2 Geno Auriemma Head coach, women's basketball University of Connecticut $2,652,330 (1) $2,650,000 (1) $2,330 (2) June 15, 1985 (3) 3 Ketan Bulsara, MD Professor and chief, division of neurosurgery Program director, neurosurgery residency Director, operating room quality UConn Health $1,309,164 $1,309,164 $0 May 26, 2017 4 Isaac Moss, MD Assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery Chair, dept. of orthopedic surgery Assistant resident education director, Comprehensive Spine Center at UConn Musculoskeletal Institute UConn Health $1,262,630 (4) $1,262,630 (4) $0 Aug. 1, 2011 5 Hanspaul Makkar, MD Associate professor of dermatology, pediatrics and surgery Associate fellowship director UConn Health $1,012,228 (4) $992,106 (4) $20,122 (4) Nov. 1, 2006 6 James Whalen, MD Professor and vice chair Director of dermatologic, Mohs and laser surgery Fellowship director UConn Health $883,781 $878,931 $4,850 July 1, 1994 7 Susan Herbst (5) Former president and professor University of Connecticut $880,358 (6) $716,265 (6) $164,094 July 15, 2011 8 Hilary Onyiuke, MD Associate professor of surgery and orthopedic surgery Co-director, Comprehensive Spine Center at UConn Musculoskeletal Institute UConn Health $849,511 $847,871 $1,640 Jan. 1, 1994 9 Augustus Mazzocca, MD Professor, dept. of orthopaedic surgery Director, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute Director, Clinical Biomechanics and the Bioskills Laboratory UConn Health $819,337 $819,337 $0 Jan. 24, 1992 10 Craig Rodner, MD Associate professor of orthopedic surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute UConn Health $787,235 (4) $786,315 (4) $820 (4) Aug. 31, 2006 11 Andrew Agwunobi, MD CEO & executive vice president for health affairs UConn Health $691,455 $691,455 $0 Dec. 31, 2015 12 Cory Edgar, MD Assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute UConn Health $649,399 $649,399 $0 Aug. 9, 2013 13 David McFadden, MD Professor and chair, dept. of surgery Murray-Heilig chair in surgery UConn Health $640,795 $640,795 $0 Dec. 30 2011 14 Kevin Shea, MD Professor of orthopaedic surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute UConn Health $626,503 $622,503 $3,900 July 1, 1988 15 Robert Arciero, MD Professor of orthopaedic surgery Chief, Sports Medicine Division Director, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Program UConn Health $615,633 (4) $611,733 (4) $3,900 (4) Sept. 18, 2000 Source: Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller, and website of the University of Connecticut system. Notes: For employees that have more than one job, figures represent sums of all jobs and are footnoted as such. Other compensation includes other sources of taxable compensation beyond salary, wages and overtime. None of the employees listed here received overtime pay in 2019. (1) Represents sum for head coach position and additional special payment. (2) For head coach postition. (3) Date of hire for special payment position was Oct. 14, 2016. (4) Represents sum for two positions. (5) Stepped down summer 2019; succeeded by Thomas Katsouleas on Aug. 1, 2019. (6) Represents sum for three positions. —Compiled by hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com. Source: Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller, and website of the University of Connecticut system. Notes: For employees that have more than one job, figures represent sums of all jobs and are footnoted as such. Other compensation includes other sources of taxable compensation beyond salary, wages and overtime. None of the employees listed here received overtime pay in 2019. (1) Represents sum for head coach position and additional special payment. (2) For head coach postition. (3) Date of hire for special payment position was Oct. 14, 2016. (4) Represents sum for two positions. (5) Stepped down summer 2019; succeeded by Thomas Katsouleas on Aug. 1, 2019. (6) Represents sum for three positions. —Compiled by hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com.