The Richmond Times-Dispatch had published a searchable database of all Virginia state employees who make over the statewide median of $47,500. They have also published a list of the 20 highest paid state employees. They are:
Top 20 state salaries:
Ronald Schmitz, chief investment officer, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $382,500
Total salary: $930,913
Charles Grant, managing director, internal asset management, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $317,370
Total salary: $741,630
Steven Peterson, managing director, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $282,067
Total salary: $608,211
Kenneth Howell, managing director-global investments, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $284,085
Total salary: $597,604
John Grier, director, internal equity management, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $258,145
Total salary: $589,587
Stephen McClelland, program director, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $258,015
Total salary: $563,325
Field Griffith, program director, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $257,560
Total salary: $563,226
Irving L. Kron, professor, University of Virginia Health Systems
Base salary: $91,683
Total salary: $561,099
Angel Cabrera, president, George Mason University
Base salary: $151,273
Total salary: $536,714
Robert Cofield, associate vice president for hospital and clinic operations, University of Virginia Medical Center
Base salary: $524.345
Total salary: $524,345
Robert Bruner, dean of Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Base salary: $518,900
Total salary: $518,900
Bryan Gardiner, director, fixed income management, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $234,380
Total salary: $515,387
Michael Rao, president, Virginia Commonwealth University
Base salary: $181,387
Total salary: $503,154
Timothy Sands, president, Virginia Tech
Base salary: $184,919
Total salary: $500,000
Pamela Sutton-Wallace, chief executive officer, UVa Medical Center
Base salary: $500,000
Total salary: $500,000
Paul Mahoney, dean, University of Virginia School of Law
Base salary: $495,000
Total salary: $495,000
Teresa Sullivan, president, University of Virginia
Base salary: $179,625
Total salary: $494,699
Daniel Whitlock, program director, Virginia Retirement System
Base salary: $221,837
Total salary: $482,993
Michael Friedlander, executive director, Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Tech
Base salary: $481,000
Total salary: $481,000
Thomas Loughran, director, University of Virginia Cancer Center
Base salary: $473,400
Total salary: $473,400
The RoanokeTimes does a good job of explaining why the investment officers of the Virginia Retirement System make so much money. They are responsible for generating investment income for the $68.1 billion retirement system. But the gap between their pay and other state employees continues to increase.
We previously published a list of the salaries for the Presidents of all of Virginia public universities here.
More links to Virginia state employee salaries here.
