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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