Over the past few weeks there's been discussion about raising City Manager's O'Brien's salary so that it exceeds School Superintendent James Caradonio's salary. City Treasurer Tom Zidelis recently announced his departure, apparently for higher future retirement earnings. Earlier this summer the focus was on how much in teachers' salaries (i.e. teacher cuts) would need to be eliminated with the projected school budget deficit. Alot of talk about salaries and earnings ... so who are Worcester's top 100 wage earners? The facts might surprise you.

• 73 of the top wage earners are Worcester Police Officers
• Only 19 are school employees, most of these are administrators, few teach
• 92 are male!
• Of the 8 women, none are Police Officers

Here's the list of wages with overtime omitted.
Here's the list of wages with overtime included.

(PDF of follow-up stats.)