Deputy Commissioners' Salaries

OLR Research Report


November 26, 2002		2002-R-0968
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS' SALARIES

By: John Moran, OLR Associate Analyst, Christopher Perillo, OFA Budget Analyst

You asked for the names, salaries, and appointment dates of all deputy commissioners and equivalent positions in state government.

Based on information provided by the Department of Administrative Services (DAS), the state executive agencies and constitutional offices have 42 deputy commissioner or equivalent positions as of November 22, 2002. The average salary for these positions is $ 114,303, with a range of $ 86,989 to $ 140,272 (see Table 1).

The table includes acting deputy commissioners; Office of Policy and Management under secretaries; deputies to the constitutional officers (attorney general, comptroller, secretary of the state, and treasurer); and the assistant adjutant general in the Military Department. These figures do not include executive directors, deputy or assistant executive directors.

The table does not include upper level education and higher education positions as they are governed by separate boards and handled outside the DAS payroll system. These include deputy or associate commissioners in the departments of education and higher education and vice presidents at the University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University system.

Table 1. Deputy Commissioners, Salaries, and Appointment Dates

*State Agency*	*Name*	*Salary*	*Date Appointed*
Administrative Services, Dept. of	Mazzola	$ 123,961	4/1/96
Agriculture, Dept. of	Gresczyk	$ 86,989	1/8/99
Attorney General, Office of	Querijero	$ 119,722	5/19/00
Banking, Dept. of	Cicchetti	$ 86,990	1/13/99
Children and Families, Dept. of	Gerber	$ 123,961	8/22/97
Children and Families, Dept. of	Gilman	$ 123,961	12/5/97
Comptroller, Office of	Ojakian	$ 132,046	1/5/95
Consumer Protection, Dept. of	Rodriguez	$ 86,990	1/5/98
Correction, Dept. of	Matos	$ 123,961	1/27/95
	Tokarz	$ 123,961	1/27/95
	Coyle	$ 123,961	12/18/98
	Lantz	$ 123,961	7/25/00
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of	Zangari	$ 110,913	10/24/97
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of	Coppage	$ 110,913	2/1/99
Environmental Protection, Dept. of	Leff	$ 110,913	3/12/99
Environmental Protection, Dept. of	Stahl	$ 110,913	3/12/99
Insurance, Dept. of	Krawiecki	$ 86,990	8/9/99
Labor, Dept. of	Hutton	$ 110,913	3/23/01
Mental Health and Addiction Services, Dept. of	Evans	$ 123,961	6/30/00
Mental Retardation, Dept. of	Dupree	$ 123,961	1/26/00
Military Department	Zembruski	$ 123,961	3/23/01
Motor Vehicles, Dept. of	Portanova	$ 110,913	7/2/99
Motor Vehicles, Dept. of	Ramirez	$ 110,913	3/9/01
Policy and Management, Office of	Law	$ 140,272	12/4/98
	Cicchetti	$ 102,500	12/11/98
	Levasseur	$ 90,000	9/7/01
	Mattiello	$ 105,000	1/4/01
	Mengacci	$ 97,550	12/4/98
Public Health, Dept. of	Gyle	$ 123,961	1/6/99
Public Safety, Dept. of	Barry	$ 123,961	7/1/01
	Luther	$ 123,961	3/2/92
	DeRosa	$ 123,961	8/9/01
Public Works, Dept. of	Delahunty	$ 110,913	12/12/95
	Sheehan	$ 110,913	4/16/99
	Nesteriak	$ 100,000	9/15/00
Social Services, Dept. of	Pacheco	$ 123,961	1/8/99
Social Services, Dept. of	Starkowski	$ 123,961	8/15/94
Transportation, Dept. of	Adams	$ 123,961	8/15/97
Transportation, Dept. of	Cutillo	$ 123,961	1/7/99
Treasurer's Office	Rifkin	$ 130,159	1/28/91
Veterans' Affairs, Dept. of	Vriga	$ 86,990	1/15/99
Secretary of the State	Greenslade	$ 119,000	1/6/99
Total		$ 4,800,713
Average Salary		$ 114,303

JM/CP/eh