Several Public Medical Employees Earn More Than Governors
Many public medical employees earn more than most state governors, whose average salary was $130,595 in 2010, according to a report from Sunshine Review (pdf).For example, William Foley, former CEO of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, made $500,000 last year before leaving to take a job as president of Vanguard Health System's Chicago market.
Several other county surgeons and physicians throughout the United States had salaries higher than $400,000. Elaine Yang, MD, senior, senior physician at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, was one of the highest-paid public physicians, as she made more than $430,000 in 2009.
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