Forget Biglaw: You Want To Make Real Money?

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Last name


First name



Title


Base earnings


Overtime




Total earnings











Turk


Robert M



Pol Capt-Chf Of Dist


$185,045.06


$24,346.30




$876,078.35


Mcguigan


Robert W



Pol Capt-Dp Commr


$199,192.71


$10,062.85




$865,555.92


Ocallaghan


Karen E



Pol Capt-Chf Of Opts


$193,820.58


$18,135.02




$795,346.82


Vanwallendael Jr


Wesley E



Pol Capt-Inspector


$137,520.61


$22,657.80




$735,124.72


Essex


Thomas J



Police Lieutenant


$123,876.80


$57,883.59




$716,864.36


Miller


Alan D



Pol Capt-Dep Insptr


$126,679.98


$12,851.03




$715,861.29


Allen


Joseph E



Pol Capt-Inspector


$133,944.60


$18,920.04




$696,669.77


Lowry


Kevin



Pol Capt-Det Assistant Chief


$145,471.42


$10,248.48




$694,074.89


Fallon


John G



Police Lieutenant


$147,309.01


$36,637.30




$689,228.28


Williams


Steven G



Pol Capt-Inspector


$136,860.68


$1,059.05




$684,668.12


Green


Barbara



Pol Capt-Inspector


$146,185.42


$10,087.16




$670,841.51


Walsh


Michael R



Dai Bd Of Governors 2nd Vp


$130,546.35


$2,476.96




$667,167.72


Gambino


Anthony A



Soa Recording Secretary


$142,571.58


$3,967.76




$662,548.47


Ward


James B



Soa Second Vp


$121,706.40


$12,495.14




$656,028.47


Allen


John R



Pol Lieut-Detective


$113,295.46


$21,141.86




$652,296.16


Odonnell


Sean M



Pol Capt-Inspector


$124,278.09


$11,564.99




$648,930.24


Laursen


Richard T



Pol Serg-Detective


$109,032.26


$47,953.50




$648,924.74


Fleming


Michael J



Pol Lieut-Detective


$107,207.31


$28,341.65




$646,396.56


Cunningham


Lewis W



Police Lieutenant


$147,585.01


$25,056.45




$644,009.84


Mulrain


Andrew M



Pol Lieut-Detective


$116,354.98


$19,382.33




$643,590.56


Macewen


John H



Pol Lieut-Detective


$134,652.68


$8,936.10




$625,116.12


Dorsi


Richard S



Pol Serg-Detective


$97,655.63


$22,797.50




$623,196.83


Anderson Jr


Albert V



Pol Lieut-Detective


$107,156.23


$7,272.54




$620,930.59


Young


Robert



Police Officer-Det


$123,733.85


$20,432.16




$618,608.93


Messe


Donald F



Police Officer-Det


$98,632.37


$62,917.10




$613,659.29


Atchison


Robert C



Pol Serg-Detective


$97,655.63


$35,418.10




$604,816.63


Gans


Jeanne



Pol Serg-Detective


$102,484.48


$21,278.52




$602,309.62


Caslin


Kevin T



Police Lieutenant


$121,763.79


$48,804.03




$601,884.01


Famulari


Anthony



Police Officer


$93,911.06


$58,069.22




$598,776.09


Anderson


Walter S



Pol Capt-Dep Insptr


$128,299.94


$3,046.23




$597,858.38


Murray


Steven T



Police Sergeant


$95,898.10


$8,727.31




$588,340.10


Giambrone


Samuel M



Police Sergeant


$105,037.27


$9,139.43




$585,042.00


Mcgrath


Patrick



Police Sergeant


$95,796.26


$33,573.11




$581,519.85


Schmidt


Stephen J



Police Officer


$96,400.60


$33,563.33




$571,144.05


Hill


John T



Police Sergeant


$108,318.46


$14,231.14




$570,054.04


Obrien


Terrence G



Police Sergeant


$114,778.30


$24,145.68




$569,881.93


Goller


Edward J



Police Officer-Det


$98,167.41


$30,079.90




$569,534.77


Wallace


James J



Police Lieutenant


$102,019.17


$25,532.42




$563,627.89


Dunn


Robert J



Police Officer-Det


$86,474.19


$18,099.41




$558,186.32


Keteltas


Thomas F



Police Officer-Det


$94,261.11


$35,109.81




$558,064.62


Onsavage


Edward P



Police Sergeant


$113,881.66


$39,702.77




$552,379.51


Geraghty


Christopher



Police Lieutenant


$99,978.08


$38,970.08




$549,743.64


Pate


Richard J



Police Officer-Det


$95,913.29


$34,128.65




$549,005.69


Maloney


Kevin W



Police Officer-Det


$102,018.54


$12,515.62




$546,843.72


Imbornone


Paul J



Police Officer


$85,394.62


$1,026.36




$544,800.11


Letterel Jr


Anthony



Police Officer-Det


$91,942.11


$21,990.15




$540,814.22


Huber


Bruce A



Police Officer


$87,225.85


$48,964.67




$539,013.64


Carpenter


Gary R



Police Sergeant


$113,582.97


$39,847.68




$538,795.20


Wong


Gatchull



Police Sergeant


$95,465.48


$9,165.65




$538,782.09


Blieka


Marjorie A



Pol Capt-Dep Insptr


$142,627.74


$2,732.14




$537,085.57


Bregenzer


Thomas E



Police Lieutenant


$104,117.08


$14,740.57




$531,412.73


Pendl


Clifford A



Police Officer


$89,888.64


$31,097.04




$530,518.00


Pappas


Douglas A



Police Officer


$116,873.52


$50,692.71




$530,167.46


Slevinski


Stanley



Police Officer


$82,830.84


$27,001.92




$526,748.22


Brock


Richard H



Police Officer-Det


$88,171.52


$19,033.63




$526,645.91


Leydon


Robert



Police Officer-Det


$107,506.64


$9,784.80




$526,327.86


Hof


Bruce L



Police Officer


$91,202.30


$67,074.53




$523,741.96


Connor


John C



Police Officer


$85,341.93


$23,249.45




$520,813.60


Danaher


Pamela M



Police Officer


$84,497.78


$16,546.62




$513,876.24


Hults


Katherine A



Police Sergeant


$105,652.94


$5,580.57




$510,389.18


Charney


Howard B



Police Officer


$88,684.33


$43,150.94




$508,109.22


Randlov


Robert D



Police Sergeant


$95,033.37


$24,198.51




$507,130.99


Jacobs


Barbara J



Police Officer-Det


$88,686.00


$17,802.22




$506,447.42


Macauley


Stephen H



Police Officer-Det


$88,150.36


$12,613.35




$506,414.61


Graham


James R



Police Officer


$85,145.78


$5,361.77




$502,638.16


Cresswell


Eileen A



Police Officer-Det


$97,428.36


$27,080.91




$501,938.48



The chart goes on. And on. I cut it off at the half mil mark.  No law school debt. Uniform and shoe allowance and more sick days per year than days per year.  Can you say “twenty and out?”

Maybe it’s not investment banker level, but then again, neither is Biglaw.


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9 thoughts on “Forget Biglaw: You Want To Make Real Money?

  1. Audrey White

    I am having a difficult time getting to the total. What am I missing? A bonus? Interest income on their investments?

  2. SHG

    As per the Newsday explanation of its chart:

    In some cases there is a significant difference between an employee’s base earnings and total earnings, which can include overtime and other contractual payments. For employees who retired in 2010, total earnings can include payouts for accrued sick and vacation time. In 2010, Nassau police were eligible for a onetime retirement incentive of $1,500 for each year of service.

    Accumulated sick and vacation time can be huge.

  3. Pete

    If you work the system right, or at least follow in the footsteps of those who did, freedom pays *you*!

  4. Audrey White

    Shocking really! These payments are large enough to support corruption. It seems there would be a real incentive to keep the job and do whatever they are told to do. You cannot make this kind of money at most jobs on this planet. I’m not saying all these people are corrupt, it just explains some of the behavior we read or hear about.

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