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Friday, May 08, 2015

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The Commonwealth currently pays out more than $1.5 billion in annual pension payments. The 50 highest paid pensions to retired Massachusetts state employees total to more than $8 million.

SEE BELOW: Retired State Employees with Top 50 Highest Pensions

Among the list of the fifty highest pensions, the vast majority of individuals consist of former University presidents and doctors that worked at UMass Medical School.

The highest earner on the list receives more than $300,000 annually, while another six members on the list earn more than $200,000. 20 individuals receive more than $150,000 annually.

Here are the 50 Highest Paid Pensions to MA State Employees:

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#50

Name: Matthew P Dumont

Retirement Date: 9/30/2003

Last Employer: Dept. of Mental Health - MetroWest

Annual Pension Amount: $132,507

#49

Name: William Adrion

Retirement Date: 5/31/2011

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $132,616

#48

Name: Joseph Carter

Retirement Date: 9/24/2012

Last Employer: Adjutant General

Annual Pension Amount: $132,739

#47

Name: Janet Rifkin

Retirement Date: 6/30/2009

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $133,822

#46

Name: Diane Lapkin

Retirement Date: 1/9/2009

Last Employer: Salem State University

Annual Pension Amount: $134,173

#45

Name: Daniel Clapp

Retirement Date: 6/30/2002

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $$135,053

#44

Name: John Mullin

Retirement Date: 8/31/2012

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $137,083

#43

Name: H.M. Goodman, PHD

Retirement Date: 10/31/2006

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $137,175

#42

Name: Susan Skea, MD

Retirement Date: 1/5/2013

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $139,207

#41

Name: Sharon Livingston

Retirement Date: 12/31/2012

Last Employer: UMass Boston

Annual Pension Amount: $139,634

#40

Name: H.B.Wheeler, MD

Retirement Date: 10/5/1998

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $141,461

#39

Name: Frederick Byron, Jr.

Retirement Date: 6/30/2003

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $143,873

#38

Name: David Osser

Retirement Date: 11/5/2011

Last Employer: Taunton State Hospital

Annual Pension Amount: $144,180

#37

Name: Linda Slakey

Retirement Date: 8/31/2006

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $144,287

#36

Name: Thomas O'Brien

Retirement Date: 6/30/2010

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $145,002

#35

Name: William Hogan

Retirement Date: 8/5/2012

Last Employer: UMass Dartmouth

Annual Pension Amount: $145,281

#34

Name: Helen Heineman

Retirement Date: 1/31/2006

Last Employer: Framingham State University

Annual Pension Amount: $145,541

#33

Name: David McKenzie

Retirement Date: 11/5/2011

Last Employer: UMass President's Office

Annual Pension Amount: $147,022

#32

Name: Neil Aronin, MD

Retirement Date: 4/30/2011

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $147,072

#31

Name: Lee Edwards

Retirement Date: 8/31/2006

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $147,343

#30

Name: Michael King, PHD

Retirement Date: 6/28/2013

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $148,379

#29

Name: David Driscoll

Retirement Date: 8/31/2007

Last Employer: Dept. of Secondary and Elementary Ed.

Annual Pension Amount: $148,813

#28

Name: Richard Rubin

Retirement Date: 7/31/2013

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $149,856

#27

Name: David Wegman

Retirement Date: 12/31/2009

Last Employer: UMass Lowell

Annual Pension Amount: $150,903

#26

Name: Andrew Barto

Retirement Date: 7/3/2012

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $153,443

#25

Name: Andrew Scibelli

Retirement Date: 6/30/2004

Last Employer: Springfield Technical Community College

Annual Pension Amount: $153,502

#24

Name: David Butterfield

Retirement Date: 12/31/2010

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $153,721

#23

Name: David Bartley

Retirement Date: 1/1/2004

Last Employer: Holyoke Community College

Annual Pension Amount: $154,546

#22

Name: Terrence Gomes

Retirement Date: 6/30/2012

Last Employer: Roxbury Community College

Annual Pension Amount: $154,737

#21

Name: Susan Pearson

Retirement Date: 7/5/2012

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $$154,814

#20

Name: Prudence Baxter

Retirement Date: 8/3/2013

Last Employer: Mental Health - Central Office

Annual Pension Amount: $156,419

#19

Name: Janice Carbone Motta

Retirement Date: 9/30/2009

Last Employer: Middlesex Community College

Annual Pension Amount: $156,642

#18

Name: Katherine H Sloan

Retirement Date: 7/29/2011

Last Employer: Mass College of Art and Design

Annual Pension Amount: $156,846

#17

Name: Alan James Calhoun

Retirement Date: 6/30/2013

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $157,544

#16

Name: Frank Karasz

Retirement Date: 5/31/2004

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $159,879

#15

Name: Esther Terry

Retirement Date: 6/30/2009

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $162,654

#14

Name: Nancy Harrington

Retirement Date: 7/31/2007

Last Employer: Salem State University

Annual Pension Amount: $163,560

#13

Name: Gary S Stein, PHD

Retirement Date: 6/30/2012

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $185,712

#12

Name: Joyce M Hatch

Retirement Date: 6/30/2011

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $189,473

#11

Name: Gerald Steinberg, MD

Retirement Date: 5/30/2002

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $191,169

#10

Name: Charlena Seymour

Retirement Date: 6/30/2009

Last Employer: UMass Amherst

Annual Pension Amount: $191,731

#9

Name: William Hogan

Retirement Date: 7/7/2006

Last Employer: UMass Lowell

Annual Pension Amount: $197,308

#8

Name: William Bulger

Retirement Date: 9/2/2003

Last Employer: UMass President's Office

Annual Pension Amount: $199,706

#7

Name: Frederick Sperounis

Retirement Date: 12/31/2009

Last Employer: UMass Lowell

Annual Pension Amount: $203,298

#6

Name: Aldo Rossini, MD

Retirement Date: 12/5/2008

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $203,918

#5

Name: John L Sullivan, MD

Retirement Date: 6/30/2012

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $205.236

#4

Name: Jean Maccormack

Retirement Date: 6/30/2012

Last Employer: UMass Dartmouth

Annual Pension Amount: $233,485

#3

Name: Arthur Pappas, MD

Retirement Date: 6/30/1999

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $234,218

#2

Name: Aaron Lazare, MD

Retirement Date: 3/31/2010

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $243,581

#1

Name: Thomas D. Manning

Retirement Date: 6/30/2012

Last Employer: UMass Medical School

Annual Pension Amount: $344,966

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