10) Veterans Administration Doctor
Earnings: $401,589 a year
Where: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pennsylvania
Veterans Administration doctors were some of the highest-paid federal employees in 2014. Thomas Cacciarelli, a surgeon at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Pennsylvania, made $401,589 in 2014, while Thomas Burdon, a thoracic surgeon with the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in California made $402,462, more than President Barack Obama’s salary of $400,000, which doesn’t include benefits. Such high salaries can come as a shock when VA hospitals all over the country have been under scrutiny for delayed veteran care.
