Here is the List of the Top 100 VA Employee Salaries

VA Employee Salaries

VA is always quite secretive about VA employee salaries. That is, until now.

We have been scouring the web looking for data on VA employees and finally found a resource on fedsdatacenter.com, brought to us by FedSmith. This article falls into my, “If the Fed will not hold you accountable, I will,” category. Smile, 100 VHA employees are about to become “veteran famous”.

I’d like to thank my good friend Ron Nesler for the reference note. Mr. Nesler is founder of the fastest growing veteran group on Facebook right now, called VA is Lying. If you want to keep current on things VA is lying about at any given moment, that is the first place to look.

Fedsdatacenter.com allows you to find the salary and bonus amount of any federal employee including VA employees on the VHA and VBA sides of the house. Mr. Nesler sent us a link to this tool two days ago and I decided to run a little analysis of my own to see how much our scandal plagued VHA employees are being paid.

Keep in mind, VHA employees are the highest paid VA employees across the board, so that is why I titled this, “Top 100 VA Employee Salaries”.

Come to find out, VHA employees are among the most well paid federal employees of all agencies. VHA houses 1,274 employees earning at least $300,000 per year, as of 2013. The top earner, from the infamous Pittsburg VHA, falls within the top 1 percent of earners within the United States, at $401,589. At that price tag, he makes more than the President of the United States.

All the high earners, $300,000+, are classified as “medical officers” within the database, in case you would like to replicate my search. We will call these doctors “highly paid doctors” through the rest of this analysis.

To provide context, some of these doctors in the list are Internists. According to O*Net, the national salary average for an Internist is $186,000 in the private sector. Many of these doctors also have concurrent research positions with universities in the community. Many of the doctors listed are also foreign-trained doctors.

The wait list scandal-linked Durham VHA has the highest number of these highly paid doctors of any VHA facility. Richmand VHA is a distant second, with Minneapolis VHA close on its heals in third place.

Here is how the top 10 facilities size up against each other by total salary and # of doctors who are highly paid:

 

Top 10 VHA Highly Paid Employee List

Location Sum Salary Sum Bonus # Doctors
DURHAM $21,936,153 $0 66
RICHMOND $14,605,240 $0 44
MINNEAPOLIS $14,290,742 $77 43
HOUSTON $12,529,005 $3,500 39
TAMPA $10,186,430 $5,000 32
PALO ALTO $9,239,292 $6,000 28
SAN DIEGO $8,879,671 $15,000 28
DALLAS $8,056,223 $0 25
PITTSBURGH $8,408,423 $10,000 25
PORTLAND $8,032,825 $3,000 25

 

Durham VHA was recently linked to the wait list scandal where two employees were placed on administrative leave prior to the Shinseki-inspired audit. Based on these numbers, I am troubled that Durham would have any problem scheduling veterans for appointments. In fact, I am outraged.

 

Top 100 VA Employee Salaries

Below is the full listing of all employees paid over $300,000 by VA cut off at the Top 100. As previously mentioned, this is also the top paid employee list for VHA. While the numbers might be popular in Forbes, after this current wait list scandal, being a high paid VA employee may be less popular than previously thought.

NOTE: I organized this with the location column arranged in second order to highlight possible payment schemes that may be in place. You will notice a few location have numerous employees pegged at exactly the same salary meaning they may be part of the same research program or a facility head of some kind. You will notice a pattern with Durham and Minneapolis. On the full list of 1,274 employees, the pattern pops up numerous times.

Type Cont + F to see if your VA doctor made the list below.

[Download the list of 1,274 Top Paid VA Employees spreadsheet here.]

 

Rank Last Name First Name Salary Bonus Location
1 CACCIARELLI THOMAS $401,589 $0 PITTSBURGH
2 BURDON THOMAS $398,055 $0 PALO ALTO
3 DAS MITHILESH $391,534 $0 INDIANAPOLIS
4 LEWIS NEIL $391,534 $0 RICHMOND
5 HARPOLE DAVID $388,267 $0 DURHAM
6 SONEL ALI $388,267 $2,000 PITTSBURGH
7 AGARWAL RAKESH $388,267 $0 RICHMOND
8 HOLLOWAY KATHRYN $388,267 $0 RICHMOND
9 MAQBOOL FEROZ $387,767 $0 OKLAHOMA CITY
10 ITANI KAMAL $386,267 $5,500 BOSTON
11 FANN JAMES $385,550 $0 PALO ALTO
12 SKIRBOLL STEPHEN $385,000 $0 PALO ALTO
13 HA JONATHAN $385,000 $0 RICHMOND
14 KHAN MUHAMMAD $385,000 $0 RICHMOND
15 ROBINSON HARRY $385,000 $0 SAINT CLOUD
16 JACOBS RICHARD $385,000 $0 SAINT LOUIS
17 LISTER JAMES $383,534 $0 GAINESVILLE
18 TRACHIOTIS GREGORY $380,000 $5,000 WASHINGTON
19 SALLOUM JOSEPH $379,675 $0 NASHVILLE
20 EHNI BRUCE $378,821 $0 HOUSTON
21 VALDIVIA VALDIVIA $378,267 $500 ANN ARBOR
22 CARSON WILLIAM $378,267 $0 BECKLEY
23 GLOWER DONALD $378,267 $0 DURHAM
24 WEKSLER BENNY $378,267 $0 PITTSBURGH
25 BROADDUS WILLIAM $378,267 $0 RICHMOND
26 MALLOY PATRICK $377,257 $2,500 NEW YORK CITY
27 STAPLES EDWARD $375,058 $0 GAINESVILLE
28 KIM CHARLES $375,000 $0 DURHAM
29 MILLER MICHAEL $375,000 $0 DURHAM
30 PABON-RAMOS WALESKA $375,000 $0 DURHAM
31 SMITH PETER $375,000 $0 DURHAM
32 SMITH TONY $375,000 $0 DURHAM
33 SOPKO DAVID $375,000 $0 DURHAM
34 BARI NAVEED $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
35 BRAHMBHATT NAISHADH $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
36 ENKER MARK $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
37 JANJUA TARIQ $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
38 LONCHYNA VASSYL $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
39 MBEKEANI KAMANA $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
40 NARAYAN TAMARISA $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
41 PATEL SUBHASH $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
42 SRIRAM KRISHNAN $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
43 TOLINS JONATHAN $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
44 WOOD MAUREEN $375,000 $0 MINNEAPOLIS
45 THARIN SUZANNE $375,000 $0 PALO ALTO
46 SHAKIR AHMED $375,000 $0 SAN ANTONIO
47 KIM SAMUEL $375,000 $0 TUCSON
48 SUBRAMANIAN SREEKUMAR $375,000 $0 TUCSON
49 THOMPSON JESS $375,000 $0 TUCSON
50 DEMARCO JAMES $374,400 $0 CLARKSBURG
51 WERA GLENN $373,267 $5,000 CLEVELAND
52 ZHOU WEI $373,267 $0 PALO ALTO
53 KANG PREET $373,129 $0 CLEVELAND
54 BANDI RUPAL $373,129 $3,000 PITTSBURGH
55 QUAGLIANO PETER $372,677 $0 RICHMOND
56 HOM MARK $372,466 $0 RICHMOND
57 FRAZEE JOHN $372,334 $0 LOS ANGELES
58 BANERJEE SUBHASH $371,943 $0 DALLAS
59 ROTTMAN JEFFREY $371,483 $0 NASHVILLE
60 YAW KENNETH $370,000 $0 ALBUQUERQUE
61 BHATIA SAMEER $370,000 $0 BIRMINGHAM
62 TURNER DENNIS $368,634 $0 DURHAM
63 CROSBY LYNN $368,628 $0 AUGUSTA
64 BREALL JEFFREY $368,617 $0 INDIANAPOLIS
65 HALL BRAD $368,570 $0 SAN ANTONIO
66 HAGAN MICHAEL $368,395 $0 RICHMOND
67 MCGUIRE PHILIP $367,982 $0 NASHVILLE
68 WUKICH DANE $367,788 $0 PITTSBURGH
69 GIORI NICHOLAS $367,281 $0 PALO ALTO
70 AMSTUTZ PAUL $366,258 $1,000 SALT LAKE CITY
71 JIMENEZ ERNESTO $366,067 $0 TAMPA
72 BRILAKIS EMMANOUIL $366,021 $0 DALLAS
73 OBEL OWEN $366,021 $0 DALLAS
74 SMITH JOSEPH $365,715 $82 BIRMINGHAM
75 YOUNG TIMOTHY $365,361 $0 AUGUSTA
76 MELDRUM RUSSELL $365,361 $0 INDIANAPOLIS
77 CHANSKY HOWARD $365,361 $0 SEATTLE
78 AMIDI MORTEZA $365,350 $0 PITTSBURGH
79 WHEELER GREG $365,000 $0 LEXINGTON
80 BARTH KLEMENS $363,390 $0 WASHINGTON
81 TYE GARY $363,348 $0 RICHMOND
82 CALLAHAN DENNIS $363,267 $0 SAINT CLOUD
83 KIM HUBERT $363,267 $0 SAN FRANCISCO
84 TOBLER HARMON $362,270 $0 LITTLE ROCK
85 GELFENBEYN MIKHAIL $362,267 $0 SEATTLE
86 CHRISTENSEN KEVIN $362,181 $0 HONOLULU
87 CORPE RAYMOND $362,094 $0 AUGUSTA
88 SHALABY ALAA $361,534 $0 PITTSBURGH
89 SWAMY NARAYANA $361,403 $0 MATHER AFB
90 SHERIGAR RATHNAKARA $361,322 $0 SALEM
91 MYERS SCOTT $361,267 $0 GAINESVILLE
92 SAWHNEY RAJIV $361,267 $0 SAN FRANCISCO
93 WEBSTER MARK $360,843 $0 INDIANAPOLIS
94 CETAS JUSTIN $360,767 $0 PORTLAND
95 MCCARRON JESSE $360,767 $0 PORTLAND
96 MONEIM MOHEB $360,258 $0 ALBUQUERQUE
97 LARSON PAUL $360,000 $0 SAN FRANCISCO
98 DUNTON ROBERT $360,000 $0 SYRACUSE
99 ADLER GRIT $360,000 $0 TAMPA
100 HOMAN EDWARD $360,000 $0 TAMPA

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30 Comments

  1. Look, these “internists” are more than likely internal medicine subspecialties, like cardiologists or gastroenterologists, who make more than $300,000/yr in the private sector.

  2. Here is the deal! There are only two kinds of people in all this whole country….. and ever been! Vets who protected this country and………those that didn’t!? Think about it! What happens to this country without the Vets.?????

  3. Maybe it has something to do with 8 of 10 VA employees are unionized. That is were they are getting the protection.

  4. WHAT DO i think? I think the Think Tanks the Federal Government uses to formulate ideas to keep masses of people in line and to deal with them in any way possible wins.
    The United States Government wants to hurt us. The VA wants to hurt their veterans.
    It is the order of the current times and has been for some time. I think it is intentional and I don’t know what to do about it.

  5. IT IS ALL “WELL/GOOD” TO HAVE “TOP-FLIGHT DOCTORS” RECEIVE TOP $$$$$$, BUT THE CONVERSE OF THE COROLLARY IS ALSO VERY TRUE; VETS DESERVE “TOP-FLIGHT” HEALTH CARE.
    WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO PAY FOR THE “BEST” AND NOT GET THE “BEST” ? BRAGGING RIGHTS ARE NOT HEALTH CARE.

  6. We are finding fault with the salaries with these medical professionals; however what about the Directors of the VA Regional Offices and the Service Enter Managers and their Bonuses?

    1. Exactly Right! I know M.O.H. member’s wife is on the staff at the Regional Office and he walked around the V.A. with a toolbelt on. He told me his job was to talk to troubled veterans. lol. I love this man and what he did, but I hate the system!

  7. Flood the media and the social media sites with information for the general public to see this unfairness. We need the American public behind us; let’s ask the people of the United States to give us what we have given to them. We have given them a better quality of life, now is their turn. I do not think it is a unreasonable request, people want to continue to be free and enjoy their freedom; cutting the military into pieces, kicking people out, lowering the pay, and denying service to our veterans. Who would want to serve as volunteers in the military with no benefits, might us well work for McDonalds. We also have to take responsibility; someone say we have to pay attention to who we elect. Electing official that support our cause or start running ourself to change the system. We have to change the laws to hold the current law makers and changed accountable; you don’t see them getting pay cuts.

  8. This list is chocked full of foreign names. How much do you think these folks care about OUR veterans? We have dealt with the Dallas VA quite a bit. The place is staffed almost completely by civilians, having never served a day in our military. Why would they care about the veteran? It’s a job for many inept minorities, not accustomed to work, to rake in a fine salary and not have to do too much for it. My solution is to kick their union bottoms out and replace with military men. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

    1. There are quite a few foreign trained docs on this list. Additionally, it is important to note that the national average for doctors is around $200k. Of course, this varies with specialty.

  9. Where is the list of salaries for medical doctors in positions at VA Central office?

  10. I searched a few names on this list and they were all physicians. These salaries don’t seem completely out of whack for physicians that are considered near the top in their fields. Correct me if I’m wrong here, but there are not paper pushers sitting behind a desk….these are physicians that paid a pretty penny to attend medical school and are now providing patient care, research, or medical training at VA facilities. What’s the big deal? Personally, as a veteran I hope the physicians are getting well compensated by the VA. I don’t want sub-par docs who couldn’t find a position elsewhere and took a lower paying VA position as a last resort evaluating and treating me when I have to go in for an appointment! At first I thought this was a list of bureaucrats and administrative managers sitting behind a desk and getting paid way too much for what they do….but this doesn’t seem to be the case. Please do correct me if I’m missing something here.

    1. There are too many people crying about lousy care who know little of how the VA works. in 1971 John Kerry interviewed many VIETNAM combat vets, concluding that most of us took part in atrocities. Problem is, most of these guys were frauds and some were not even veterans. I was medically retired from the Corps in 70 after 16 months in Naval hospitals. I have relied on the VA for my care these past 44 years and have no complaints. The recent instances of VA failing to provide timely treatment, leading to deaths, must be thoroughly investigated and people responsible punished. But there are similar occurrences in the private sector and there is zero reason to fire Secretary Shinseki. he has proven himself an effective leader at all levels, military and civilian. We need him to take charge of investigating the VA deaths. as far as there are foreign-born doctors in the VA, SO WHAT? The only negative that I have found is difficulty understanding them because of their accent. The VA provides healthcare that I think is superior to all other countries and yet some treat the VA like their enemy. The purpose of the VA was originally to treat the “bloody bandage” (combat injuries). Now? MAny vets who never served in a combat zone, let. alone in combat, demand care for everything. Ridiculous.

  11. I have to agree 100 percent with American Veteran. As individuals, we are at most an extremely minor mishap or inconvenience. If we link arms, we are undeniable and are capable of conquering any issue. Our political party system does not work. The republicans describe something as being black and the democrats call it ebony. The next time you begin to evaluate a political candidate, you better start looking at their public positions and voting record where it applies to veterans issues, regardless of their party affiliation. If we don’t vote on these lines our agenda will never have traction. If we don’t care enough to vote for veteran advocates, then why would anyone else care. Professional politicians don’t serve the public at large. They serve VOTERS. They know who votes, and they know who contributes to their campaigns.

  12. Once again, let us blame the black guy when the drunk before him caused all these problems and the current republicans voted down an increase in help for the VA just 3 months ago. With these salaries, I want to know why we have to suffer with so many foreign incompetent doctors that could care less if US veterans live or die and would prefer if they die and hate US veterans. I personally had the grandson of the chinese general that overran us in Korea dr. peng almost kill me.

  13. FREEDOM AIN’T “FREE”, BUT THE “DEFENSE” OF FREEDOM IS EVEN MORE “COSTLY”(HUMAN LIVES/WELL-BEING)

  14. How many of these government bureaucrat 1%ers are responsible for the poor treatment of us veterans?

    Will those VA thugs responsible for hurting veterans ever be punished?

    At least Congress yesterday passed the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act.

    This bill makes it easier for senior VA executives to be fired or demoted.

    Unbelievably (no, not really), 33 Congressional Democrats voted against this bill.

    More unbelievably (no, not really), the Senate Democrats refuse to vote on the bill.

    In fact, Democrat Senator Reid is once again playing death panel politics by refusing to immediately act to save veterans’ lives.

    Obama and Senate Democrats would rather continue the same stall and delay political strategy hoping that the American people with their short memories will forget about the pain and misery being performed upon veterans every time they visit a VA medical facility.

    If Obama as President and CINC continues to be a gutless coward, why continue to support him?

    Advocating for Obama to resign is the moral thing to do in order to save veterans lives.

    Fire Obama now!

    1. Ret Master Chief 69-95 and Vietnam Veteran. I agree 100%. Most of those in Wash. Have No HONOR and NO SOUL to go with it. They have to go,unfortunately the people without HONOR keep voting these asswipes into office

    2. @American Veteran. Since we all know firing Obama is not realistic, what are some secondary goals that could succeed? I think it is important to focus on what is realistic rather than ideological platforms.

      1. My number one goal is to wake people up to the fact that the representatives of their political party that they consistency vote for keep deceiving them with broken promises.

        Broken promises brought about by unpatriotic and un-American political ideologies.

        The ONLY SOLUTION is to mobilize the veteran constituency to vote against their traditional interests, whether democrat or RINO, and to vote en masse as a powerful special interest group for veterans in every single election, at the local, state, and federal levels.

        Right now, we are all witnessing the political power brokers from the Democratic and RINO ideological platforms use and abuse veterans for their own political gain.

        Sadly, your own well-written blog is a bloodied minefield of wounded warrior stories that endlessly repeat, year after year.

        If we as veterans do not loudly and persistently speak out against this vote slavery, Obama and the RINOS will continue to tell us to check our veteran privilege and to vote for politicians that do not have our veteran interests in mind.

        It’s not good enough that we volunteered to serve America, we now must not challenge the political status quo lest Obama and his political war machine single us out for death panels, delayed and denied SC claims, and inevitable cannon fodder for future non-declared banker-owned wars that kill us, maim us, and break our spirit when we do not receive the medical care we deserve.

        I WILL NOT CHECK MY VETERAN PRIVILEGE!

        Will you?

      2. Ben, what’s realistic is putting a few of the VA bureaucrats in jail. I believe I already gave you evidence of hundreds of millions of dollars of fraudulent contracts that could put VA procurement officials in jail. Coverup by Shinseki and the VA OIG makes the crimes even worse – they too could go to jail. How many more veterans have to die waiting for care they have earned?

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