From The Fiscal Times
Basketball coach
Earnings: $1,200,000
Where: SUNY Binghamton, NY
Kevin Broadus
Kevin Broadus, who had a five-year $1 million contract, was let go from his job as head coach for little-known SUNY Binghamton men’s basketball team in 2009 over an ethics scandal. He sued the school for discrimination, and received a $1.2 million buyout to drop the suit. Taxpayers got to pick up all the legal bills too. In June, Broadus was hired as an assistant coach at Georgetown, where he has worked previously.
C. Kern Wildenthal
Hospital Rainmaker
Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa Photo: The University of Texas System
Chancellor
Earnings: $813,892
Where:University of Texas System
Even with budget cuts, Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa hasn’t given up his fat salary. The total cost to employ Cigarroa in 2009 was $813,892, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Prison Doctor
Earnings: $784,596
Where:High Desert State Prison, CA
Photo of a clinic inside a prison
Jeffrey W. Rohlfing works at an overcrowded, 4,000-plus inmate facility in the middle of the California desert. The $784,596 figure includes overtime, bonuses, and other compensation, in addition to salary, but it’s quite a jump from 2004 when Rohlfing earned a mere $132,854. The pay hike is especially surprising since Rohlfing was put on probation for five years in 1997 after being found guilty of unprofessional conduct and impairment due to mental illness.
Prison Psychiatrist
Earnings: $737,057
Where:Stockton, California
Joker from the movie “Dark Knight” Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
Even in prison, shrinks rake it in. Of the $737,057 that Fong Lai received in 2010, $594,976 was for more than 2 1/2 years worth of unused sick time when he left the job in 2010. Still, in the last full year he worked, his base salary was $224,306 in addition to overtime pay of $72,308.
Read the complete list from The Fiscal Times.