This table shows the top-earning Federal employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020, based on OPM data (base salary + bonuses).
The majority of these top-earning employees work as Medical Officer. The majority of these top-earning employees work in Georgia.
Some employee names may be withheld by the OPM or individual agencies.
	
		
			
			
			
			
			
		
	
	
		
			| 1 | Deborah L. Birx | Medical Officer | $324,330 | DC | 
		
			| 2 | Rima F. Khabbaz | Medical Officer | $309,338 | GA | 
		
			| 3 | James L. Pirkle | Medical Officer | $303,807 | GA | 
		
			| 4 | Debra Elaine Houry | Medical Officer | $293,384 | GA | 
		
			| 5 | Janet S. Wright | Medical Officer | $289,615 | MD | 
		
			| 6 | Patricia M. Griffin | Medical Officer | $286,320 | GA | 
		
			| 7 | Christopher R. Braden | Medical Officer | $286,000 | GA | 
		
			| 8 | David N. Weissman | Medical Officer | $285,818 | WV | 
		
			| 9 | Sherif R. Zaki | Medical Officer | $283,802 | GA | 
		
			| 10 | Muin J. Khoury | Medical Officer | $283,525 | GA | 
		
			| 11 | Lyle R. Petersen | Medical Officer | $281,856 | CO | 
		
			| 12 | Nancy Ellen Messonnier | Medical Officer | $281,725 | GA | 
		
			| 13 | John J. Howard | Medical Officer | $279,750 | DC | 
		
			| 14 | Daniel A. Pollock | Medical Officer | $279,436 | GA | 
		
			| 15 | William C. Levine | Medical Officer | $278,480 | GA | 
		
			| 16 | Martin S. Cetron | Medical Officer | $277,181 | GA | 
		
			| 17 | Richard W. Steketee | Medical Officer | $276,695 | DC | 
		
			| 18 | Patricia M. Simone | Medical Officer | $272,891 | GA | 
		
			| 19 | Inger Kristina Damon | Medical Officer | $271,270 | GA | 
		
			| 20 | Brian Curtis Moyer | General Health Science | $270,000 | MD | 
		
			| 21 | D Peter Drotman | Medical Officer | $268,261 | GA | 
		
			| 22 | Vikas Kapil | Medical Officer | $267,654 | GA | 
		
			| 23 | Dahna Lynn Batts | Medical Officer | $266,876 | GA | 
		
			| 24 | Peter A. Briss | Medical Officer | $266,459 | GA | 
		
			| 25 | Anne Schuchat | Medical Officer | $265,855 | GA | 
		
			| 26 | Lisa C. Richardson | Medical Officer | $263,469 | GA | 
		
			| 27 | Jose Montero | General Health Science | $262,988 | GA | 
		
			| 28 | Ileana Arias | General Health Science | $262,911 | GA | 
		
			| 29 | Terence L. Chorba | Medical Officer | $262,240 | GA | 
		
			| 30 | Tedd V. Ellerbrock | Medical Officer | $261,672 | GA | 
		
			| 31 | Stephan S. Monroe | General Health Science | $261,313 | GA | 
		
			| 32 | Robert James Simonds | Medical Officer | $261,272 |  | 
		
			| 33 | Karen Ann Hacker | Medical Officer | $260,159 | GA | 
		
			| 34 | Jay C. Butler | Medical Officer | $260,100 | GA | 
		
			| 35 | Karen Remley Onufer | Medical Officer | $260,000 | GA | 
		
			| 36 | Louis Michael St. | Medical Officer | $257,939 | GA | 
		
			| 37 | Robert V. Tauxe | Medical Officer | $257,294 | GA | 
		
			| 38 | Geoffrey M. Calvert | Medical Officer | $257,279 | OH | 
		
			| 39 | Gail A. Bolan | Medical Officer | $257,138 | GA | 
		
			| 40 | John T. Brooks | Medical Officer | $257,022 | GA | 
		
			| 41 | Wanda Denise Barfield | Medical Officer | $256,584 | GA | 
		
			| 42 | Kevin P. Cain | Medical Officer | $256,073 | GA | 
		
			| 43 | Leonard Jack | General Health Science | $255,420 | GA | 
		
			| 44 | Patrick N. Breysse | General Health Science | $255,401 | GA | 
		
			| 45 | John J. Dreyzehner | Medical Officer | $255,000 | GA | 
		
			| 46 | Daniel B. Jernigan | Medical Officer | $255,000 | GA | 
		
			| 47 | Celeste Moria Philip | Medical Officer | $255,000 | GA | 
		
			| 48 | Nathaniel Hazen Smith | Medical Officer | $255,000 | GA | 
		
			| 49 | Belinda Ostrowsky | Medical Officer | $253,000 | NY | 
		
			| 50 | Frank Destefano | Medical Officer | $252,517 | GA | 
		
			| 51 | Elliot G. Raizes | Medical Officer | $252,254 | GA | 
		
			| 52 | Denise M. Cardo | Medical Officer | $252,099 | GA | 
		
			| 53 | Wayne Duffus | Medical Officer | $251,838 | GA | 
		
			| 54 | Mitchell I. Wolfe | Medical Officer | $250,000 | DC | 
		
			| 55 | Andrea L. Benin | Medical Officer | $249,181 | GA | 
		
			| 56 | Donald J. Sharp | Medical Officer | $248,217 | GA | 
		
			| 57 | Cindy R. Friedman | Medical Officer | $248,111 | GA | 
		
			| 58 | Arthur P. Liang | Medical Officer | $247,506 | GA | 
		
			| 59 | Paul Sherrill Mead | Medical Officer | $247,304 | CO | 
		
			| 60 | Susan I. Gerber | Medical Officer | $247,249 | GA | 
		
			| 61 | Nicolette T. Pesik | Medical Officer | $247,122 | GA | 
		
			| 62 | John Jernigan | Medical Officer | $246,697 | GA | 
		
			| 63 | Peter M. Strebel | Medical Officer | $246,632 |  | 
		
			| 64 | Joseph Sewell Bresee | Medical Officer | $246,623 | GA | 
		
			| 65 | Robert W. Pinner | Medical Officer | $245,308 | GA | 
		
			| 66 | Melinda Wharton | General Health Science | $245,283 | GA | 
		
			| 67 | Laura H. Bachmann | Medical Officer | $245,100 | GA | 
		
			| 68 | William Steven Paul | Medical Officer | $245,055 | DC | 
		
			| 69 | James A. Mercy | Social Science | $244,262 | GA | 
		
			| 70 | Michael Bell | Medical Officer | $244,222 | GA | 
		
			| 71 | Carol Ann Rauch | Medical Officer | $244,195 | TN | 
		
			| 72 | Henry T. Walke | Medical Officer | $244,185 | GA | 
		
			| 73 | Reynolds M. Salerno | General Health Science | $244,134 | GA | 
		
			| 74 | Eric E. Mast | Medical Officer | $243,945 | GA | 
		
			| 75 | Lauri E. Markowitz | Medical Officer | $243,534 | GA | 
		
			| 76 | Hazel D. Dean | General Health Science | $242,599 | GA | 
		
			| 77 | Dana Meaney-Delman | Medical Officer | $242,590 | GA | 
		
			| 78 | Rita F. Helfand | Medical Officer | $242,496 | GA | 
		
			| 79 | Charles G. Helmick | Medical Officer | $241,453 | GA | 
		
			| 80 | Cynthia A. Moore | Medical Officer | $240,926 | GA | 
		
			| 81 | Nancy Elizabeth Cornish | Medical Officer | $240,495 | GA | 
		
			| 82 | Susan A. Maloney | Medical Officer | $240,417 | GA | 
		
			| 83 | Thomas A. Peterman | Medical Officer | $240,090 | GA | 
		
			| 84 | Robin M. Ikeda | Medical Officer | $240,000 | GA | 
		
			| 85 | Jennifer Elaine Layden | General Health Science | $240,000 | GA | 
		
			| 86 | Jane Robin Zucker | Medical Officer | $240,000 | NY | 
		
			| 87 | Lisa D. Rotz | Medical Officer | $239,950 | GA | 
		
			| 88 | Jerome I. Tokars | Medical Officer | $239,440 | GA | 
		
			| 89 | Jonathan T. Weber | Medical Officer | $239,112 | GA | 
		
			| 90 | Beau Benjamin Bruce | Medical Officer | $238,564 | GA | 
		
			| 91 | Lawrence B. Schonberger | Medical Officer | $238,478 | GA | 
		
			| 92 | Goebel Georgina Peacock | Medical Officer | $238,191 | GA | 
		
			| 93 | Irma E. Arispe | Social Science | $237,844 | MD | 
		
			| 94 | Stephen L. Cochi | Medical Officer | $236,864 | GA | 
		
			| 95 | Eric J. Kasowski | Medical Officer | $236,771 | GA | 
		
			| 96 | Jeanne M. Santoli | Medical Officer | $236,536 | GA | 
		
			| 97 | Carolyn Negley Wester | Medical Officer | $236,535 | GA | 
		
			| 98 | Demetre C. Daskalakis | Medical Officer | $236,500 | GA | 
		
			| 99 | Cindy M. Weinbaum | Medical Officer | $236,300 | GA | 
		
			| 100 | Gregory L. Armstrong | Medical Officer | $236,235 | GA 
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