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Your friends and neighbors and the money they earn By Charlene Arsenault Every year around this time, we check in with Walter Marshall, who is the regional economist for The Bureau of Labor Statistics in Boston, for a detailed overview of our community's economic position. Using comparable cities, we chat about the unemployment rate, our ranking in the job market, and where the hot jobs are. The findings this time around show that Worcester is in fair shape. We're a little better off than Providence and Springfield, but we trail Boston and Hartford; that's in terms of how Worcester ranked among areas with a mean wage of $41,500. The Bureau's data is based on 2005, which was reported in 2006. "Regarding job growth using 2005 and 2006 annual averages," says Marshall, "Worcester had the highest growth rate for employment among the five areas, with a rate of 1.3%. Boston and Hartford tied for the second position with a 1.1% increase. Springfield rose 0.6% and Providence was essentially unchanged with an increase of 0.2%." Numbers, numbers. What we really want to know is, what did that mean for Worcester in the past year? Well, it meant that Worcester created 3,100 new jobs (based on averages for 2005 and 2006). These drivers for growth include health care, where 900 new jobs popped up; and business services, which gave 800 new people paychecks. "Professional and business service includes engineering firms, law offices, computer system design firms and company headquarters, among others," says Marshall. "Manufacturing reported the only decline among major industries with a drop of 300 jobs over the year." The government, though, made room for 600 jobs. For most areas in New England, health care remains the No. 1 strong field. They, as well as professional and business services, are not only the fastest growing but they traditionally pay better, as well. In terms of unemployment, rates have bounced around a lot in the past year. Between January 2006 and January 2007, Worcester's unemployment increase of 0.8% was the highest among the areas studied. Springfield followed close behind. In terms of an overall ranking, Worcester and Providence tie for the second—highest unemployment rate, at 6.1%, landing in between Springfield (6.7%) and Boston and Hartford (each at 5.2%). So let's see what we're making, and where. 
They're the ones with the big offices with the window views. Every year, our former sister publication, The Worcester Business Journal, does its "Book of Lists," compiling hundreds of stats and figures on the business world. Lucky for us, they share, and we share with you the highest—paid executive officers, CEOs and chairs, focusing on Worcester and the surrounding communities (and in this case, we included Framingham to avoid a two—person list). Top Executives Carol Meyrowitz, Former Senior EVP, Former Senior Executive CP, President, TJX, Framingham —— $890,770 Alexander Smith, Senior EVP, Group President, Senior Executive Vice President, TJX, Framingham —— $887.641 Edward Parry, CFO, EVP, CFO, VP, Hanover Insurance Group, Worcester —— $800,000 Donald Campbell, Senior EVP, Chief Administrative and Business Development Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, TJX, Framingham — $791,827 Peter Maich, Former Senior EVP, Group President, Senior Executive Vice President, TJX, Framingham — $753,846 Russell Artzt, EVP, Computer Associates, Framingham — $750,000 Arnold Barron, Senior EVP, Group President, Senior Executive Vice President, TJX, Framingham — $668,077 John Mahoney, CFO, Executive Vice President, CAO, Vice Chairman, Staples, Framingham — $590,883 Michael Miles, COO, President, Staples, Framingham — $578,517 Basil Anderson, Vice Chairman, Staples, Framingham — $504,433 Marita Zuraitis, President, Hanover Insurance, Worcester — $500,000 Joseph Doody, President, North American Delivery, Staples — $485,192 Craig Shaw, President, Perini Corp., Framingham — $425,000 Robert Band, COO, President, Perini Corp., Framingham — $425,000 Top CEOs Ronald Sargent, CEO, Chairman, Staples, Framingham — $1,033,000 Arthur Remillard, CEO, Chairman, President, Commerce Group, Webster — $882,832 Bruce Claflin, CEO, President, 3Com Corp., Marlboro — $825,000 Ronald Tutor, CEO, Chairman, Perini, Framingham — $800,000 Frederick Eppinger, CEO, President, Hanover, Worcester — $800,000 Bernard Cammarata, CEO, Chairman, TJX, Framingham — $630,769 William Rainville, CEO, Kadant, Acton — $550,000 Timothy Barberich, CEO, Sepracor, Marlboro — $547,194 Geoffrey Cox, CEO, Chairman, President, GTC Biotherapeutics, Framingham — $436,800 Don Hardison, CEO, President, Exact Sciences, Maynard — $355,000 Henry Nelson, CEO, President, ClearStory Systems, Westboro — $350,000 David Mahoney, CEO, Applix, Westboro — $275,000 Richard Feldt, CEO, President, Evergreen, Marlboro — $267,937 
In the city If you don't include the money the cops make doing special details, the "top paid" list looks a lot different. If we were to include what some cops make working those details, more than half the names on the top 25 list would be WPD officers (each making more than $130,000). Here's what it looks like without all the blue uniforms.
(Figures for this section are for 2006) James Caradonio, Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools — $161,598.90 Gary Gemme, WPD Chief of Police — $157,901.67 Michael O'Brien, City Manager — $138,384.80 Mark Roche, WPD Deputy Chief of Police — $133,115.36 Stephen Mills, WPS Deputy Superintendent — $132,700.38 Nathan Reando, WPD Officer — $131,739.72 Robert Moylan, Commissioner of Public Works — $129,487.96 David Grady, Police Lieutenant — $127,472.22 James Delsignore, WPD City Auditor — $123,532.44 James Carmody, WPD Officer — $123,107.78 Gerard Dio, Fire Chief — $123,004.44 Helen Friel, WPS Assistant to the Superintendent — $122,812.74 David Moore, City Solicitor — $122,122.58 Giulio Fusaro, Deputy Chief of Police — $121, 259.54 Stephen Roche, Police Sergeant — $120,879.01 Stacey Deboise Luster, WPS Human Resource Manager — $120,807.68 John Bierfeldt, WPS Principal — $120,624.42 Roger Steele, Police Captain — $120,564.25 Michael O'Neil, WPS Coordinator for Alternative Schools — $118,893.44 John Pranckevicius, Chief Financial Officer — $118,072.44 Paul Campbell, Deputy Chief of Police — $118,072.06 Robert Sullivan, WPS Principal — $117,945.80 Timothy O'Connor, Police Lieutenant — $117,126.25 Charles Campbell, WPS Info Systems Officer — $116,934.44 Margaret Venditti, WPS Quadrant Manager — $116,766.04 What they're making at the non-profits Below is a smattering of the non-profit agencies that operate in Worcester, and the salaries that make them run. ARTS/SCIENCE Foothills Theatre Total Revenue: $2,029,408 Highest Paid Officials: None paid more than $50,000 Fiscal Year: 2003 Worcester Art Museum Total Revenue: $9,882,739 Highest Paid Officials: Honee Hess , Education Director — $69,366 Martin Richman, Director of Development — $75,584 Rita Albertson, Conservator — $64,653 Fiscal Year: 2004 Worcester Center for Crafts Total Revenue: $1,522,430 Highest Paid Officials: David Leach, Executive Director — $76,123 Fiscal Year: 2004 COMMUNITY and ENVIRONMENT Worcester East Side Community Development Corporation Total Revenue: $379,690 Highest Paid Officials: Dominick Marcigliano, Executive Director — $73,929 Fiscal Year: 2004 Greater Worcester Land Trust Total Revenue: $194,439 Highest Paid Officials: None more than $50,000 Fiscal Year: 2005 HEALTH CARE Fallon Community Health Plan Total Revenue: $739,565,338 Highest Paid Officials: Eric Schultz, President and CEO — $415,279 Dennis Batey, VP and CMO — $317,614 Charles Goheen, VP and CFO — $313,687 Richard Burke, VP, Corporate Compliance Officer — $225,517 Mark Fisher, VP and COO — $255,911 Fiscal Year: 2004 UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. (328 Shrewsbury St.) Total Revenue: $255,739,573 Highest Paid Officials: John O'Brien, President, CEO — $910,134 Wendy Warring, Executive VP — $523,377 Todd Keating, CFO, Treasurer — $391,206 Douglas Brown, General Counsel, Clerk — $284,844 Michael Aronson, MD, Director — $117,675 Fiscal Year: 2003 SOCIAL SERVICES AND CHARITABLE GIVING Abby Kelley Foster House Total Revenue: $948,069 None paid more than $50,000 Fiscal Year: 2005 Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Total Revenue: $1,306,381 Highest Paid Officials: Ronald Hadorn, Executive Director — $75,750 Fiscal Year: 2003 Why Me Total Revenue: $600,249 Highest Paid Officials: None paid more than $50,000 Fiscal Year: 2003 Worcester Youth Center Total Revenue: $930,088 None paid more than $50,000 Fiscal Year: 2005 Worcester County Food Bank Total Revenue: $8,247,663 Highest Paid Officials: Jean McMurray, Executive Director — $82,681 Fiscal Year: 2005 EDUCATION Worcester Polytechnic Institute Total Revenue: $160,426,867 Highest Paid Officials: Dennis Berkey, President — $479,990 Thomas Lynch, Vice President — $258,500 Stephen Hebert, Vice President — $201,500 John Heyl, Vice President — $190,000 Janet Richardson, Vice President — $131,842 Fiscal Year: 2004 Clark University Total Revenue: $75,737,312 Highest Paid Officials: John Bassett, President — $250,768 David Angel, Provost — $152,760 Deborah Bieri, VP Advancement — $152,000 Elaine Cinelli, VP of Public Affairs (though it lists her job title as "Hopkington" on the tax form) — $128,000 Andrea Michaels, VP — $127,600 Fiscal Year: 2004 o
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