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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 81 Highest-paid state employees Ranked by total earnings in 2024 ((11)) Employee Total earnings 2024/ 2023 Salary 2024/ 2023 Title/ employer 1 Francisco (Frank) Martin $1,825,072 $1,657,581 $1,168,822 $1,038,831 Head coach of men's basketball University of Massachusetts Athletics 2 Michael F. Collins $1,598,903 $1,405,435 $980,385 $925,385 Chancellor & senior vice president of health sciences University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 3 Terence R. Flotte $1,149,743 $1,139,628 $886,752 $876,637 Dean, provost & executive deputy chancellor University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 4 Donald Brown $950,444 $831,065 $829,056 $831,065 Former head football coach (2) University of Massachusetts Athletics 5 Parth Chakrabarti $868,297 $853,500 $673,297 $657,500 Executive vice chancellor for innovation and business development University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 6 Martin T. Meehan $837,707 $802,448 $700,723 $670,733 President University of Massachusetts 7 Ryan Bamford $726,375 $651,196 $606,375 $556,196 Director of athletics University of Massachusetts Athletics 8 John Lindstedt $678,814 $640,584 $526,480 $513,639 Executive vice chancellor of administration and finance University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 9 Lisa Colombo $665,504 $629,024 $516,157 $503,568 executive vice chancellor, ForHealth Consulting University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 10 Javier Reyes $658,918 $258,462 (3) $572,178 $258,462 (3) Chancellor University of Massachusetts Amherst 11 Marcelo Suárez-Orozco $657,331 $601,583 $544,877 $513,461 Chancellor University of Massachusetts Boston 12 Gregory Carvel $642,003 $562,775 $605,503 $555,775 Head coach of men's ice hockey University of Massachusetts Athletics 13 Kenneth L. Rock $612,758 (4) $628,296 $612,758 (4) $591,296 Chair & professor of pathology University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 14 Katherine Fitzgerald $587,151 (4) $554,347 $539,074 (4) $504,791 Vice chair of research, professor & director, Division of Innate Immunity University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 15 Adam Wise $585,200 $384,288 $395,817 $384,288 Vice chancellor for university advancement University of Massachusetts Boston 16 Thomas McCarthy $584,072 $501,765 $224,007 $206,654 Detectives captain Dept. of State Police 17 Mark A. Fuller $572,311 $552,586 $514,954 $491,557 Chancellor University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 18 Anne P. Massey $563,072 $527,843 $563,072 $527,843 Dean, Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst 19 David Flanagan $557,267 $371,789 $441,567 $370,673 Deputy executive vice chancellor, facilities management University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 20 Mark Klempner $549,742 $550,742 $549,742 $549,742 Executive vice chancellor emeritus University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 21 Peter H. Reinhart $549,403 $518,867 $549,403 $518,867 Director, Institute for Applied Life Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst 22 Phillip Eng $546,684 $312,731 (5) $472,034 $312,731 (5) General manager & CEO Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Source: State Comptroller's Office. (1) Pay-through dates were Dec. 14 for 2024 and Dec. 16 for 2023. (2) Succeeded first by offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery, as interim coach from mid- November to early December 2024, and then by Joseph Harasymiak, who is permanent to the role (3) For a partial year, July-December (4) For three paid positions (5) For a partial year, April-December -Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T F O C U S