Posted on 11/11/2011 6:40:45 PM PST by NoLibZone
Top Salaries Revealed
Pennsylvania’s Right To Know Law, signed by Governor Rendell back in February 2008 has forced four Universities in the Commonwealth to divulge information about the 25 highest paid employees. The Universities that fall under this Act include Temple, Pitt, Lincoln and Penn State. According to Section 1503 of the law (I took out the irrelevant parts):
The report required under section 1502 shall include the following: (2) The salaries of all officers and directors of the State-related institution. (3) The highest 25 salaries paid to employees of the institution that are not included under paragraph (2).
Reports on salaries must be made available by May 30 of each year and be publicly available on each Universities’ website.
Below you’ll find the top 6 employees that earn the most directly from University funds:
Joe Paterno: $1,037,322 Robert Harbaugh (Neurosurgery Department Chairman): $789,492 Harold Paz (CEO of Hershey Medical Center): $755,996 Alan Brechbill (Executive Director of the Medical Center): $668,448 Ed DeChellis: $642,366 Graham Spanier: $590,004
I know some people had a problem with releasing the salaries of highly paid individuals for fear of them being stolen by other institutions or creating some negative feelings among other employees. Personally, I’m glad the information was finally released. If I were a tax paying resident of PA, I would want to know where my tax dollars are going. In my home State Commonwealth, it is easy to find salary information for Public Universities. One University Newspaper even has a database of several schools, including some from the Big 10.
Are Sandusky, Mike Mcqueary and Joe Paterno- Pennsylvania employees?
the motivation underlying the inaction of all those fired and who will be fired in the future is a desire to protect the college football revenue stream that enables the payment of a million dollars a year to the head coach.
It’s a state university, isn’t it? So, yeah. In my state the highest paid public employee is the head football coach of the state’s largest university. The second highest paid emmployee is the basketball coach at the same school, and the third highest paid employee is the defensive coordinator of the school’s football team, ranked 93rd in the nation in total defense.
Thanks NoLibZone.
Even on Rush he advised a young starting out lawyer to move to Penn.
If they are State employees, the war in Afghanistan will be less costly than what PA will have to pay out.
And ultimately we will payout when Pennsylvania gets their bailout from the Federal Government.
It’s the same at the University of California. Take a look:
http://www.sfgate.com/n/special/pages/2005/ucsalary/
and these data are six years old!
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People in PA don’t mind paying for “the best.” Has Arlen Specter spoke out on this? Or Rich Santorum? Haven’t read if they have
Compare to the much smaller state of Iowa:
Top 10 State Salaries for Fiscal 2010.:
-Kirk Ferentz, UI head football coach $3.29 million
-Todd Lickliter, former UI head men’s basketball coach $1.7 million
-Paul Rhoads, Iowa State University head football coach $1 million
-Greg McDermott, former ISU head men’s basketball coach $714,600
-Mark Lannettoni, UI professor and chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery $706,443
-Alan Reed, UI surgery professor and director of the Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery $685,929
-James Davis, UI professor, department of Cardiothoracic Surgery $651,312
-Gary Barta, UI Athletics Director $622,383
-Kirk Fridrich, UI professor and head of the Hospital Dentistry Institute $588,458
-Matthew Howard, UI professor and head of the Department of Neurosurgery $571,155
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/State-Releases-Employee-Salary-Database-106484169.html
Since we’re comparing salaries and I had just looked up Idaho employee salaries, here are Idaho’s top paid employees as of January 4, 2011 according to the State Controller’s Office:
1. Chris Petersen, Boise State University head football coach - $915,636.80
2. Leon Rice, Boise State University head basketball coach - $398,486.40
3. Don Graham, Boise State University former head basketball coach - $360,880.00
[Employees 4 through 298]
299. C.L. “Butch” Otter, Governor - $110,734.00
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