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Philadelphia’s 20 highest-paid city employees

Pulling a base salary of $260,730, Medical Examiner Sam Gulino is the city's highest-paid employee as of April 5, 2016. Mayor Kenney is No. 4 on the list.

City Hall during the Hack for Change kickoff. Photo by Mark Headd.

The City of Philadelphia released employee salary data today.
Here’s a list of who’s bringing home the most bacon, as of April 5, 2016. This is base salary only and not counting overtime. (You can see the top paid employees from 2012, including overtime, here.)

  1. Sam Gulino, Medical Examiner, Department of Public Health, $260,730
  2. Richard Ross, Jr., Police Commissionner, Police Department, $240,000
  3. Albert Chu, Deputy Medical Examiner, Department of Public Health, $231,505
  4. James Kenney, Mayor, Mayor’s Office, $217,820
  5. Rochelle Cameron, Director of Aviation, Airport, $215,000
  6. Khalil Wardak, Assistant Medical Examiner, Department of Public Health, $210,459
  7. Victoria Sorokin, Assistant Medical Examiner, Department of Public Health, $210,459
  8. Michael DiBerardinis, Managing Director, Managing Director’s Office, $205,000
  9. Francis Bielli, Executive Director, Board of Pensions, $204,740
  10. Siobhan Reardon, President and Director, Free Library, $204,219
  11. Nola Joyce, Deputy Managing Director, Managing Director’s Office, $201,721
  12. Kieran Sheridan, CEO, Airport, $195,000
  13. George Hayes, Medical Services Director, Personnel Department, $191,921
  14. Caroline Johnson, Medical Services Director, Department of Public Health, $190,496
  15. Kevin Bethel, Deputy Police Commissioner, Police Department, $190,282
  16. Christine Coulter, Deputy Police Commissioner, Police Department, $190,282
  17. Myron Patterson, Deputy Police Commissioner, Police Department, $190,282
  18. Denise Turpin, Deputy Police Commissioner, Police Department, $190,282
  19. Lindsay Simon, Pathologist, Department of Public Health, $185,849
  20. Daniel Brown, Pathologist, Department of Public Health, $185,849
See the data
Companies: City of Philadelphia

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