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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2023 | Worcester Business Journal 91 G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T F O C U S The average compensation for an employee on the City of Worcester's payroll was $61,129 in 2022, which marked the first time the figure sur- passed $60,000. The average pay is up 13% since 2015. Up from $57,521 in 2021, this marked a larger-than-usual increase, according to data re- leased April 7 by the city govern- ment. In 2015, the earliest data analyzed by the WBJ, average pay was $54,197, according to payroll records from the City. The total number of employ- ees on the City's payroll has increased significantly in the last year. In 2022, the City employed 7,922, an increase of 6% from the 7,501 on its payroll in 2021. In 2015, there were 6,972 City employees accounted for in the payroll records. The total amount paid to City employees has increased more than $100 million, with the addi- tion of nearly 1,000 employees over the seven-year period, from $378 million in 2015 to $487 million in 2022. While average pay for em- ployees overall has increased, some roles in the City have seen wages remain mostly un- changed, particularly teachers. Average pay for Worcester Public School teachers has remained about the same since 2015, when it was $70,918. In 2022, that number was $72,700. Police officers without ad- ditional titles in 2022 made an average of $114,806, up from $108,710 in 2015. Members of the police force including police officers, lieutenants, sargeants, and captains, took 47 of the top 50 spots for highest-paid employees in 2022. City of Worcester's payroll has risen $100M+ in last seven years Worcester City Hall Highest-paid state employees Ranked by total earnings in 2022 Total earnings 2022/ 2021 Salary 2022/ 2021 Title/ employer 1 Michael F. Collins $1,289,996 $1,349,109 $870,596 $815,738 Chancellor & senior vice president of health sciences Universtity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 2 Terence R. Flotte $1,139,628 $1,110,215 $876,637 $860,519 Dean, provost & executive deputy chancellor Universtity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 3 Frank Martin $1,133,846 N/A $743,846 N/A Head coach men's basketball (1) University of Massachusetts Athletics 4 Michae Green (2) $846,549 $581,411 $599,534 $581,411 Former vice provost for strategic research initiatives University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 5 Don Brown $825,154 $60,385 $813,154 $40,385 Head coach football (3) University of Massachusetts Athletics 6 Matthew McCall $822,740 $1,030,750 $68,269 $250,000 Former head coach men's basketball (4) University of Massachusetts Athletics 7 Martin T. Meehan $781,099 $729,032 $649,384 $620,317 President University of Massachusetts 8 Jacqueline Moloney $744,365 (5) $721,419 $500,000 (5) $475,031 Former chancellor (6) University of Massachusetts Lowell 9 Partha Chakrabarti $669,091 $519,742 $550,296 $454,154 Executive vice chancellor for innovation and business development University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 10 Ryan Bamford $655,415 $512,746 $536,765 $444,746 Director of athletics University of Massachusetts Athletics 11 Donald Kilburn $639,386 $567,840 $428,121 $416,000 CEO of UMass Online University of Massachusetts 12 Kumble R. Subbaswamy $624,899 $594,067 $514,101 $481,133 Chancellor (7) Univeristy of Massachusetts Amherst 13 John Lindstedt $623,860 $520,626 $498,562 $427,770 Executive vice chancellor of administration and finance University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 14 Lisa Colombo $622,732 $560,796 $499,857 $450,253 Executive vice chancellor for ForHealth Consulting (8) University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 15 Kenneth L. Rock $603,997 $598,666 $573,997 $558,666 Chair & professor of pathology Universtity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 16 Gregory Carvel $575,091 $599,923 $543,941 $459,423 Head coach men's ice hockey University of Massachusetts Athletics 17 Mireli W. Fino $569,233 $261,154 $463,060 $211,154 Executive vice chancellor of MassBiologics (9) University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 18 Mark A. Fuller $550,684 (10) $473,664 (11) $487,724 (10) $464,660 (11) Chancellor (12) University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 19 Mark Klempner $549,742 $683,557 (13) $549,742 $548,816 (13) Executive vice chancellor emeritus University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 20 Marcelo Suárez-Orozco $545,701 $540,524 $495,000 $473,011 Chancellor University of Massachusetts Boston 21 Anne P. Massey $541,659 $463,569 $534,037 $463,569 Dean of Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst 22 Peter H. Reinhart $535,550 $477,735 $526,058 $477,735 Director of the Institute for Applied Life Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst 23 Normand Bazin $520,195 $618,247 $440,000 $518,500 Head coach men's ice hockey Univeristy of Massachusetts Lowell Athletics Source: State Comptroller's Office (1) As of March 2022 (2) Michael Green passed away in February 2023. (3) As of December 2021 (4) Served through end of spring athletic season 2022; paid through October 22, 2022 (5) For two paid positions including chancellor and chancellor emeritus (6) Stepped down in June 2022; succeeded by Julie Chen as of July 1, 2022 (7) Plans to retire at the end of June 2023 (8) ForHealth Consulting was formerly known as Commonwealth Medicine. (9) Assumed role in July 2021 (10) For two paid positions including vice chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations paid through May 21, 2022 and chancellor of UMass Dartmouth (11) For three paid positions including vice chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations paid through July 3, 2021, interim chancellor and chancellor of UMass Dartmouth (12) Initially served as interim chancellor; named permanent chancellor in August 2021 (13) For two paid positions -Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com