How IT Execs Stack Up Among Top Federal Earners

Some IT managers are among the highest paid employees in the federal government, with a few making more than $200,000 per year, according to an analysis by WikiOrgCharts.com.

The analysis found that the top 1,000 federal salaries in 2011 ranged from $216,345 to $350,000, with the list topped mostly by professionals in the medical or legal fields. Only five federal IT managers made the top 1,000 list.

The highest federal earner in IT was Glenn Valcour, an IT manager at the Farm Credit Administration, who made $241,583 in 2011, earning him a spot at number 279. Three IT managers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation made the top 1,000 list, with salaries ranging from $216,680 to $238,325. Charles Boucher, an IT manager at the Securities and Exchange Commission, took the 510th spot, with a salary of $230,700 in 2011.

Topping the 2011 list of top earners was Dr. Electron Kebebew, a medical officer at the National Institutes of Health, who earned $350,000 this year. The top 50 federal earners were all in the medical field, mostly working at NIH. Other top earners included employees at the Farm Credit Administration, FDIC and SEC.

WikiOrgCharts, which is a cloud-based tool for business networking, sought the salary information through a Freedom of Information Act request and developed a crowdsourced database that contains profiles of 1.2 million federal employees.

What are your thoughts on the top earners list? Should IT managers have held more of the top spots, particularly given the high salaries and steep competition with the private sector?