11 Insanely Overpaid Public Employees

11 Insanely Overpaid Public Employees

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5) Orthopedic Surgeon

Earnings: $1.27 million a year

Where: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

 

Walter Lowe, a professor who specializes in sports medicine and who has been the chair of orthopedic surgery at The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston since 2009, isn’t your average doctor. As the team physician to both the NBA Houston Rockets and NFL Houston Texans, he’s operated on athletes such as Dwight Howard. His total compensation from the University of Texas was $1.27 million for 2014.

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