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Which feds make the most money?

Feds who make more than $180,000 a year make up less than one percent of the federal workforce. Leading that pack are doctors, lawyers and dentists. Doctors hel...

Federal News Network Staff

May 3, 2011 1:50 pm

1 min read

By Suzanne Kubota
Senior Internet Editor
FederalNewsRadio.com

Doctors, lawyers, and dentists top the list of the highest paid feds in government.

USA Today analyzed federal workforce data from the Office of Personnel Management. They found feds who make more than $180,000 a year account for less than one percent of the workforce.

Doctors make up eight out of 10 of those top-salaried jobs. Attorneys accounted for 6 percent, followed by dentists, with almost 3 percent, and financial institution examiners, with nearly 2 percent.

The data used do not cover the White House, the federal judiciary, most employees of the legislative branch, federal contractors or some agencies, such as the CIA and National Security Agency, said the paper.

Top ten federal agencies and occupations with employees with annualized salaries of $180,000 or more in September 2010

Agency	Occupation	Jobs $180,000 or over
Veterans Health Admin. (VHA)	Medical officer (doctor)	12,708
SEC	General attorney	598
NIH	Medical officer (doctor)	579
FDA	Medical officer (doctor)	426
VHA	Dental officer	425
Indian Health Service	Medical officer (doctor)	303
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency	Financial institution examining	238
FDIC	General attorney	232
SEC	Accounting	203
U.S. Army Medical Command	Medical officer (doctor)	187

For the rest of the chart, see USAToday’s Chart: High-paying government jobs

For more on this topic, see Keyword: Pay Debate.

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