The 100 Highest-Paid City of Philadelphia Employees

Ah, tax season. It’s that time of year when you’re reminded of how much (or how little) you make and how much of it you give away to the government. Well, with the per capita income in Philadelphia at just over $20,000 and the median household income at a paltry $36,000, I thought it would be a good time to see just how much money our local government officials and workers earn for the work that they do (or don’t do, in rare cases.)

Here, the 100 highest-paid employees in the City of Philadelphia, who collectively account for $14,790,649 of your tax dollars each year, assuming that you’re not one of those Philadelphians who cheat on their taxes. (Consider that if the city collected what people owe in Business Privilege Taxes alone, it would pay all of these people for 26 years.) No, District Attorney Seth Williams’s $75,000 party planner Monique Wescott didn’t make the cut, but guess whose department is the single biggest salary sucker on this list? Yep, the District Attorney’s. DA Williams has more people (and cash) on here than any other branch of Philadelphia government by far.

1. Charles Ramsey, Police Commissioner, $255,000
2. Sam Gulino, Medical Examiner, $239,200
3. Michael Nutter, Mayor, $202,433
4. Mark Gale, CEO of Aviation, $200,000
5. Siobhan Reardon, Library President, $192,500
6. Everett Gillison, Managing Dir.’s Chief Of Staff, $178,650
7. Gary Collins, Dep. Medical Examiner, $176,341
8. Shelley Smith, City Solicitor, $174,464
9. Richard Negrin, Dep. Mayor/Managing Dir., $171,000
10. Adel Ebeid, Chief Innovation Officer, $170,000
11. Seth Williams, District Attorney, $168,541
12. Robert Dubow, Finance Dir., $165,741
13. Edward McCann, Dep. DA, $163,602
14. Nola Joyce, Dep. Managing Dir., $160,680
15. Alan Greenberger, Dep. Mayor Econ. Dev., $160,000
16. Francis Bielli, Pensions Dir., $160,000
17. Rina Cutler, Dep. Mayor Transportation, $160,000
18. George Mosee, Dep. DA, $157,960
19. Ann Ponterio, Asst. DA, $157,960
20. John Delaney, Dep. DA, $157,960
21. Ronald Eisenberg, Dep. DA, $157,960
22. Curtis Douglas, Dep. DA, $157,960
23. Jodi Lobel, Dep. DA, $157,960
24. Sarah Hart, Asst. DA, $156,960
25. Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer, $156,750
26. Richard Ross, Dep. Police Commissioner, $156,604
27. Patricia Giorgio-Fox, Dep. Police Commissioner, $156,604
28. Cameron Snider, Asst. Medical Examiner, $155,717
29. Michael Garvey, Dep. Managing Dir., $155,000
30. Teresa Gillen, Mayor’s Senior Advisor Econ. Dev., $155,000
31. Donna Mouzayck, First Dep. City Solicitor, $153,645
32. David Wilson, Dep. Managing Dir., $152,000
33. Donald Schwarz, Health Commissioner, $152,000
34. Michael Di Berardinis, Special Adv. Parks & Rec,$152,000
35. Suzanne Biemiller, Mayor’s First Dep. Chief Of Staff, $152,000
36. Darrell Clarke, President Of City Council, $150,904
37. Kevin Bethel, Dep. Police Commissioner, $150,582
38. John Gaittens, Dep. Police Commissioner, $150,582
39. Charlotte Council, Dep. Police Commissioner, $150,582
40. Thomas Wright, Dep. Police Commissioner, $150,582
41. William Blackburn, Dep. Police Commissioner, $150,582
42. Sumit Handa, Pensions Chief Investment Officer, $150,000
43. Rochelle Cameron, Dep. Dir. Of Aviation, $150,000
44. Rebecca Rhynhart, Dep. Dir. Of Finance, $150,000
45. Catherine Paster, First Dep. Dir. Of Finance, $150,000
46. Anne Marie Ambrose, DHS Commissioner, $150,000
47. Arthur Evans, Dir Of Ofce Of Beh Hlth/Mental Retard Svs, $150,000
48. Joan Markman , Chief Integrity Officer, $150,000
49. Lloyd Ayers, Fire Commissioner, $149,968
50. George Hayes, Medical Services Dir., $148,732
51. Edwin Lieberman, Pathologist, $148,532
52. Stephen Johnson, Dep. Police Commissioner , $144,790
53. Clarena Tolson, Streets Commissioner, $144,612
54. Richie McKeithen, Chief Assessment Officer , $143,850
55. Amy Kurland, Inspector General, $142,500
56. Judith Cassel, Dep. Dir. Of Finance, $142,500
57. Desiree Peterkin Bell, Mayor’s Dir. Of Communications, $142,500
58. Lori Shorr, Mayor’s Chief Education Advisor, $142,500
59. Hugh Burns, Dep. DA, $142,000
60. Howard Neukrug, Water Commissioner, $141,398
61. Nancy Winkler, Dep. Dir. Of Finance, $140,000
62. Folasade Olanipekun-Lewis, City Council CFO, $140,000
63. Angela Dowd Burton, Exec. Dir. Office Econ. Opportunity, $135,000
64. Giridhar Mallya, Health Dir. Of Policy & Planning, $135,000
65. Barry Scott, Dep. Dir. Of Finance-Risk Mgmt., $133,900
66. Laurie Malone, Dep. DA, $132,000
67. Hal Fichandler, City Council Senior Legislative Advisor, $131,206
68. Alvin Powell, Medical Dir./Lab. Services, $131,117
69. Michael Covone, Behav. Health Mental Health Admin, $131,000
70. Vanessa Harley, DHS Dep. Commissioner, $130,510
71. Edward Cameron, Asst. DA, $130,400
72. Joan Schlotterbeck, Commissioner Of Public Property, $130,000
73. Patrick Blessington, Asst. DA., $130,000
74. Jeremiah Connors, Dep. Dir. Of Finance, $130,000
75. Deborah McColloch, Office of Housing Dir., $130,000
76. Lewis Rosman, Mayor’s Dir. Of Legislative Affairs, $130,000
77. Karen Brancheau Jordan, Asst. DA, $129,649
78. Rita Eburuoh, DoH Medical Care Clinical Dir., $129,375
79. Albert D. Attilio, Dir. Of Human Resources, $129,232
80. Stephanie Singer, City Commissioner, $128,821
81. Curtis Jones, City Council Member, $128,821
82. Daniel Hertzler, Chair, Corporate Group (Law), $128,544
83. Elizabeth Mattioni, Chair, Litigation Group (Law), $128,544
84. Duane Bumb, Dep. Dir. Of Commerce, $128,544
85. Louis Giorla, Acting Prisons Commissioner, $128,544
86. Mark Gilson, Asst. DA, $128,000
87. Daniel Heitzer, Dep. Chief Information Officer, $128,000
88. William Carter, City Council Gen. Counsel, $127,500
89. Gary Jastrzab, City Planning Executive Dir., $126,406
90. Brian O’Neill, City Council Member, $126,366
91. Blondell Reynolds Brown, City Council Member, $126,366
92. Anne Kelly, City Council Chief Of Staff, $125,795
93. Joseph Whitehead, Asst. DA, $125,660
94. Barbara Ash, DHS Chief Dep-City Solicitor-Litigation, $125,510
95. Frances Burns, L&I Commissioner, $125,000
96. Lawrence Saltzman, Information Technology Officer, $125,000
97. Keith Brune, Dep. Dir. Of Aviation, $124,997
98. Calvin Davenger, Dep. Dir. Of Aviation, $124,997
99. James Tyrrell, Dep. Dir. Of Aviation, $124,997
100. Shane Creamer, Exec. Dir. Board of Ethics, $124,800