New Jersey's Highest, Lowest Paying State Jobs: Christie To Coaches, Confidential Aides

You may be surprised to see who gets paid the most in New Jersey state government.

And, no, it's not Chris Christie. Indeed, about 218 people are ahead of him (and, Sen. Richard Codey, the former acting governor from 2004-2006, is tied with him at $175,000 a year).

Patch outlined who gets paid the most and the least as a "state employee" by department, all coming from the state's payroll data base.

The typical department head gets about $141,000 a year. But some of the highest and lowest paid people have nondescript, vague titles. For instance, the state government has a "Miscellaneous Executive Commission" and it's highest paid staffer is a confidential secretary.

The state's highest paid people are Rutgers Football Coach Chris Ash, who makes $2 million a year; Rutgers Woman's Basketball Coach Vivian Stringer, who makes around $1 million or more a year; and Rutgers President Robert Barchi, who makes $676,260 a year, as well as other college presidents who also make six-figures. But the list below comes from the state's payroll data base, which does not include the contractual figures such as Ash, Stringer and Barchi.

The best place to work in the state? Probably the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, where the executive director gets $225,000 a year and the lowest paid person, an intern, gets $27,000 a year.

Or, another good opportunity would be the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, where the lowest paid person gets $42,278.13.

Here is the list, with the highest and lowest paid person in each department, not including people who work on a very limited part-time basis:

Agriculture

• FISHER, DOUGLAS H $141,000.00 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
• LoPARADY, KAYLEN, $24,715.54 CLERK

Banking and Insurance

• BADOLATO, RICHARD, $140,000.00 ASSISTANT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
• GELLER-HAUCK, SYLVIA, $27,824.86 CLERK
• YEBOAH, BRUCE B, $27,824.86 CLERK

Board of Public Utilities

• MROZ, RICHARD S, $141,000.00 PRESIDENT BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS
• REED, ALJAWANN, $30,934.18 CLERK

Casino Control Commission

• LEVINSON, MATTHEW B, $141,000.00 CHAIRMAN
• FIEL, DALE A, $45,881.31 PROGRAM, COMPLIANCE & SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1

Catastrophic Illness In Children

• MARCHESE, CLAUDIA L, $118,500.00, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• JARDINE, DOROTHY A $48,398.13 PRINCIPAL AUDIT ACCOUNT CLERK

Chief Executive

• CHRISTIE, CHRISTOPHER, $175,000.00 GOVERNOR
• EGEA, REGINA M, $141,000.00 AIDE TO THE GOVERNOR
• WITCHER, SUSAN A, $30,336.54AIDE TO THE GOVERNOR

Children and Families

• BLAKE, ALLISON M, $141,000.00 COMMISSIONER
• DURAN, MARIA, $10,478.41 BUS DRIVER

Civil Service Commission:

• CZECH, ROBERT M$, 141,000.00 CHAIR
• MORGAN, KENNETH C, $26,841.51 AGENCY SERVICES REP.

Commission on Higher Education

• HENDRICKS, ROCHELLE R, $141,000.00 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• BANKS, LAUREN A, $30,000.00 SECRETARY

Community Affairs

• RICHMAN, CHARLES A, $141,000.00 COMMISSIONER
• LOMAX, LASHANDA M, $26,788.42 CLERK

Corrections

• KALDANY, HERBERT A$218,842.78 CLINICAL PSYCHTRST
• KNOX, EDWARD, $25,428.47 CLERK DRIVER

Division of Elderly Advocacy

• MCCRACKEN, JAMES W, $110,000.00 OMBUDSMAN FOR THE INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY
• HAYES, KIMBERLY A, $34,248.41 SENIOR CLERK TYPIST
• MINNEY, SHARIA A, $34,248.41 SENIOR CLERK TYPIST

Division of Rate Counsel

• BRAND, STEFANIE A, $130,000.00 DIRECTOR
• COTTO, CARMEN J, $34,043.50 CLERK

Education

• HESPE, DAVID C, $141,000.00 COMMISSIONER
• DOHERTY, BRIANNA S, $27,824.86 CLERK
• RAY, CHRISHAWN L, $27,824.86 CLERK

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

• BROWN, MICHELE A, $225,000.10 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
• PLOUMITSAKOS, SANTINO K, $27,300.00 INTERN

N.J. Election Law Enforcement

• BRINDLE, JEFFREY M, $130,168.91 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• DELEON, JELITZA O, $26,841.51 AGENCY SERVICES REP.
• DALY, VALENCIA J $26,841.51AGENCY SERVICES REP.

New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority

• KARROW, MARCIA, $148,000.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• CASTANEDA, JOSHUA, $7,500.00 304 PARK ATTENDANT

New Jersey Turnpike Authority

• MROZEK, JOSEPH, $174, 000.00 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• Part-time toll collector on Interchange 5 on Turnpike $9,984.00

New Jersey Transit

• HAKIM ALBERT, VERONIQUE, $261,324.00 EXEC DIR
• FULLAM, PARTICIA $14,768.00 BUS COMP/DISABILITY
• NIEVES, DOMITILA $13,364.00 BUS COMP/DISABILITY
• KENNEDY, GUDELIA $11,752.00 BUS COMP/DISABILITY

Environmental Protection

• MARTIN, ROBERT T, $141,000.00 COMMISSIONER
• DERASMO, LEONARD V, $16,765.45WILDLIFE WORKER

Governor's Council on Alcoholism And Drug Abuse

• SULLIVAN, KEVIN P, $105,891.38 PROGRAM SPECIALIST
• MCCORD, TAMIRA L, $39,218.13 PRINCIPAL CLERK TYPIST

Health and Senior Services

• BRITO, ARTURO, $140,000.00 DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
• TAN, CHRISTINE G, $140,000.00 MANAGING PHYSICIAN/PSYCHIATRIST
• OGDEN, KATELYN M, $26,841.51CLERK TYPIST

Human Services

• (49 People) $218,842.78 CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIST
• SOUDER, TAMMIE, $10,960.63 PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT

Judiciary

• RABNER, STUART, $192,795.00 JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT
• ONEAL, BRIAN N, $24,772.24 JUDICIARY CLERK

Juvenile Justice Commission

• BROWN, KEVIN M, $135,000.00 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• PERELLI, DANA M, $18,580.28 CLERK TYPIST

Labor

• WOJTENKO, RUSSELL, $146,850.00 DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF WORKERS COMPENSATION
• HAYES, VANESSA T, $24,715.54 CLERK
• GRANT, MECCA, $24,715.54 CLERK

Law and Public Safety

• FALZON, ANDREW, $250,000.00 STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER
• WELLS, JOHN F, $16,952.31 CLERK DRIVER

Legislature

• CODEY, RICHARD, $175,000.00 SENATOR
• COCULA, ANDREA, $16,375.00 LEGISLATIVE AIDE - SENATE

Military and Veterans Affairs

• ANTHONY, MICHELE M, $187,013.87 PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST
• YOUSAF, JAVED, $187,013.87 PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST
• ESTRELLAS, BERNABE A, $187,013.87 PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST
• LIM, CARLITO, $187,013.87 PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST
• SAYO-LIM, CARINA P, $187,013.87 PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST
• PARADISO, MARY JO, $161,760.03 PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST
• KUZA, MALGORZATA W, $155,446.57 PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST
• FOWLER, CAROL, $12,357.77 CLERK
• BILBY, JOSEPH G, $12,357.77 CLERK
• THATCHER, AMELIA C, $12,357.77 CLERK

Miscellaneous Executive Commission

• SLAUGHTER, SHAWN D, $50,000.00 CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY
• BROWN, LEANNA Y, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• SALMAN, ROBERT R, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• SWEENEY, JOHN A, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• MCDONALD, VICTOR R, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• TARDITI, JACK, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• RAFFERTY, JOHN K, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• PIANESE, CHRISTOPHER J, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• ZIMMERMAN, EDWARD, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION
• PACICCO, ROBERT R, $100.00 MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION

Motor Vehicle Commission

• MARTINEZ, RAYMOND P, $141,000.00 CHR/CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR MVC
• JONES, DARRELL N, $17,514.94 CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION SPECIALIST
• GASH, ANGELA L, $17,514.94 CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION SPECIALIST
• PALAZZONE, TRICIA E, $17,514.94 CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION SPECIALIST
• TARTAGLIA, SHERRY L, $17,514.94 CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION SPECIALIST
• STANISCLAUS, MALISA F, $17,514.94 CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION SPECIALIST

Office of Administrative Law

• SANDERS, LAURA B, $146,850.00 CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT
• ORE, ANTHONY D, $42,380.78 POSTAL CLERK
• ROBINSON, DENISHIA, $40,569.46 SENIOR CLERK

Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness

• RODRIGUEZ, C R, $141,000.00 DIRECTOR
• GIBSON, SCOTT C, $45,000.00 GOVERNMENT REP
• BONGIORNO, C M, $42,278.13 TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

Office of Information Technology

• EMANUEL, E STEVEN, $140,000.00 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
• JOHNSON, SHARON, $31,427.75 CLERK TYPIST

Office of State Comptroller

• DEGNAN, PHILIP J, $141,000.00 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• THAKER, SANDHYA Y, $41,230.15 CLAIMS REVIEWER

Office of Public Defender

• KRAKORA, JOSEPH E, $140,000.00 PUBLIC DEFENDER
• RUTH, BERNARD L, $20,061.61 HELPER
• BENSON, FLORENCE D, $19,409.79 CLERK TRANSCRIBER

Public Advocate

• BLAKESLEE, JOHN, $110,979.19 ASSISTANT OMBUDSMAN, CORRECTIONS
• ANDUJAR, WILMARY, $31,719.99 SENIOR CLERK TYPIST

Department of State

• GUADAGNO, KIMBERLY M, $141,000.00 LT. GOVERNOR/SECRETARY OF STATE
• BORELLI, JOHN, $19,790.52 SENIOR CLERK

State Parole Board

• HASKELL, BRYAN D, $134,061.30 HRG OFCR
• SCHINDEWOLF, CRAIG W, $134,061.30 HRG OFCR
• RENAHAN, THOMAS R, $134,061.30
• DECHEN, SCOTT J , $134,061.30 HRG OFCR
• WOLFSGRUBER, DAVID M, $134,061.30 HRG OFCR
• LUPINETTI, LAUREN, $30,281.19 CLERK TYPIST
• TODD, TIMOTHY J, $27,824.86 CLERK
• WRIGHT, CHELSY, $27,824.86 CLERK

Transportation

• HAMMER, RICHARD, $141,000.00 ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
• FOX, JAMES P, $141,000.00 COMMISSIONER
• ANDRISANO, JOSEPH P, $26,487.07 MAINTENANCE WORKER

Treasury

• MCDONOUGH, CHRIS, $185,000.00 DIRECTOR DIVISION OF INVESTMENT
• (29 people) $15,750.00, MEMBER OF BOARD OR COMMISSION