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Top 50 Earners in Reading in 2012

Check out the list of the top 50 earners in Reading in 2012.

The top earner from Reading in 2012 was Vincent Cameron from RMLD with a gross salary of $190,642.40. Superintendent John Doherty and Lieutenant Richard Robbins take the second and third spots with gross salaries of $161,661.62 and $159,689.49, respectively.

Twenty-six of the top 50 earners were from RMLD, and eight of those were in the top 10. Twelve were from the police department and eight from the school department.

Police Chief James Cormier is ranked number 15 with a gross salary of $137,253.66, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner is ranked 18 with a gross salary of $136,069.24 and Fire Chief Gregory Burns is ranked 44 with a gross salary of $114,233.94.

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Top 50 Earners in Reading in 2012

# Name Location   Gross   Base   OT   Details*   Other**  1 Vincent Cameron Light Department  190,642.40  177,868.22  -    -    12,774 2 John Doherty School Department  161,661.62  161,661.62  -    -    -   3 Richard Robbins Police Department  159,689.49  106,263.57  29,297.38  24,128.54  -   4 James Green Light Department  156,729.82  92,023.64  62,756.18  -    1,950 5 Stephen Deferrari Light Department  154,872.15  94,371.64  57,703.51  -    2,797 6 Steven Smith Light Department  152,121.38  86,967.78  62,566.60  -    2,587 7 Michael McDonough Light Department  151,040.33  92,734.00  55,706.33  -    2,600 8 David Ericson Light Department  147,825.97  86,465.00  58,773.97  -    2,587 9 Thomas Williamson Light Department  147,076.84  94,041.61  50,435.23  -    2,600 10 Peter Price Light Department  146,406.73  111,856.40  30,539.33  -    4,011 11 John McKenna Police Department  145,760.90  90,939.41  18,468.85  36,352.64  -   12 Mark O'Brien Police Department  144,323.65  85,792.20  20,128.00  38,403.45  -   13 Mark Segalla Police Department  140,533.59  96,370.53  26,569.78  17,593.28  -   14 Thomas O'Connor Light Department  140,420.71  101,674.20  35,031.51  -    3,715 15 James Cormier Police Department  137,253.66  137,253.66  -    -    -   16 Christopher Gray Light Department  137,159.27  86,565.00  48,007.27  -    2,587 17 Phillip Lafleur Light Department  136,868.89  93,866.60  42,352.29  -    650 18 Peter Hechenbleikner Town Manager  136,069.24  136,069.24  -    -    -   19 Richard Abate Police Department  135,742.59  89,342.65  16,103.07  30,296.87  -   20 Matthew Brown Light Department  134,343.29  86,465.00  45,291.29  -    2,587 21 Kevin Sullivan Light Department  133,692.40  128,613.40  657.00  -    4,422 22 Nicholas Dalleva Light Department  132,870.64  112,501.20  16,279.44  -    4,090 23 Paul Murphy Light Department  130,586.35  93,966.61  33,822.74  -    2,797 24 Jane Parenteau Light Department  128,616.83  124,941.83  -    -    3,675 25 Robert Fournier Light Department  128,616.83  124,941.83  -    -    3,675 26 Keith Hurley Police Department  127,747.02  71,781.94  7,095.18  48,869.90  -   27 Mark Uvanni Light Department  126,975.71  122,384.21  2,641.50  -    1,950 28 Joseph Donahoe Light Department  126,787.89  31,611.45  -    -    95,176 29 Michael Saunders Police Department  125,106.37  84,304.62  12,269.72  28,532.03  -   30 Kenneth Evans Light Department  123,916.56  104,906.20  15,189.36  -    3,821 31 Mary Delai School Department  122,879.21  122,879.21  -    -    -   32 Scott Williams Light Department  121,835.14  82,294.60  37,090.54  -    2,450 33 William Faller Light Department  120,533.75  66,526.82  54,006.93  -    -   34 Patricia Degaravilla School Department  120,461.00  120,461.00  -    -    -   35 Peter Garchinsky Police Department  119,614.86  98,867.15  12,397.62  8,350.09  -   36 Craig Martin School Department  118,384.08  117,691.80  -    -    -   37 Douglas Lyons School Department  117,691.80  117,691.80  -    -    -   38 Thomas Davis Light Department  116,748.38  64,307.92  49,897.46  -    2,543 39 Alison Elmer School Department  116,653.80  116,653.80  -    -    -   40 Matthew Edson Police Department  116,364.68  71,409.99  4,085.81  40,118.88  -   41 Christopher Voegelin Police Department  115,889.52  69,054.18  4,210.21  42,625.13  -   42 Paul Vartanian Light Department  115,679.34  80,565.42  33,813.92  -    1,300 43 William Seldon Light Department  114,235.80  109,985.81  971.99  -    3,278 44 Gregory Burns Fire Department  114,233.94  114,233.94  -    -    -   45 Karen Callan School Department  113,925.32  111,733.04  -    -    -   46 Phillip Boisvert Fire Department  113,428.85  95,764.07  17,664.78  -    -   47 Paul Guarino Fire Department  113,369.57  101,230.11  12,139.46  -    -   48 Kevin Brown Police Department  112,017.52  67,718.49  4,966.07  39,332.96  -   49 Catherine Giles School Department  111,699.65  109,565.06  -    -    -   50 Beth-Ellen Antonio Light Department  110,890.20  107,120.27  618.93  -    3,151

*Total for Town-paid and private sector paid amounts combined

**Vacation buyback, tuition reimbursement, retirement savings match, vehicle fringe benefits (these numbers have been rounded to the nearest dollar)

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Stipends are not included in this chart. Craig Martin received a stipend of $692.28, Matthew Edson received $750, Karen Callan received $2,192.28 and Catherine Giles received $2,134.59.

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