The top 50 highest salaries in Massachusetts are all at UMass: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/02/16/once-again-state-list-top-wage-earners-dominated-um

The top 50 highest salaries in Massachusetts are all at UMass: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/02/16/once-again-state-list-top-wage-earners-dominated-umass-employees/XMgv3K777DVH40yP2aPdiN/igraphic.html?p1=Article_Graphic http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/02/16/once-again-state... Here's the top 5 (from 2012) Collins, Michael F Chancellor & SVP Hlth Sciences $784,468 Flotte, Terence R Exec Dep Chanc Provost & Dean $712,041 Lovley, Derek R Associate Dean CNS $664,636 Kellogg, Derek W Head Basketball Coach $628,624 Murphy, Joyce A Exec VC, Commonwealth Medicine $590,320 Collins also got a $700k+ home to live in free. Meanwhile the governor of the state was making about $140k. I assume a $400k/yr professor must be bringing in some serious grant bucks, but wow, I had no idea you could make that much as a prof.