Massachusetts · 2025 pay
How much do Massachusetts Gaming Commission employees make?
$80,427typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$40,823 – $111,766what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Gaming Agent II MgcVeterinarian Assistant MgcSupervising Gaming Agent Mgc
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU)Matches the agency's latest releasemacomptroller.org ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$40,150
$80,237
$111,669
$212,000
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $60,361 in 2016 to $80,427 in 2025 (+33%).
What changed since 2024
- +0.1%Typical pay went up from $80,363 to $80,427.
- +5.9%Typical raise for the 156 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 35% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 30 new30 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 19 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +33%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $60,361 to $80,427, while the number of people paid went up from 100 to 186.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Massachusetts Gaming Commission
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $77,644 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $788 |
| Extra pay | $1,805 |
| Total for the year | $80,237 |
Average of the 9 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaming Agent II Mgc | 13 | $75,248 | $74k – $82k | ▲ 9.7% |
| Veterinarian Assistant Mgc | 12 | $5,109 | $4k – $7k | ▲ 9.4% |
| Supervising Gaming Agent Mgc | 11 | $107,594 | $97k – $112k | ▲ 6.7% |
| Intern Mgc | 8 | $16,459 | $15k – $17k | new |
| Civilian Investigator Mgc | 6 | $43,712 | $17k – $80k | ▼ 19.8% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k22
- $10k – $30k18
- $30k – $50k11
- $50k – $70k20
- $70k – $90k34
- $90k – $110k30
- $110k – $150k33
- $150k or more18
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Massachusetts Gaming Commission in 2025
- 1Dean SerpaExecutive Director Mgc$212,000▲ $61,154 vs 2024
- 2Jordan MaynardChair Mgc$203,667▲ $18,072 vs 2024
- 3Derek LennonChief Fin and Acct Officer Mgc$196,583▲ $26,172 vs 2024
- 4Caitlin MonahanDirector of Ieb Mgc$180,516▲ $11,726 vs 2024
- 5Mark Vander LindenDirector Resrch and Prob Gambling Mgc$180,512▲ $11,767 vs 2024
- 6Alexandra LightbownDirector of Racing Mgc$180,448▲ $4,418 vs 2024
- 7Thomas MillsDivision Chief Communications$167,081▲ $9,293 vs 2024
- 8Caroline TorrisiDivision Chief Sport Wagering$166,908▲ $32,796 vs 2024
- 9Kathleen KramerChief Enf Counsel/Assistant Director Ieb$162,868▲ $23,188 vs 2024
- 10Joseph DelaneyDivision Chief Community Aff$159,039▲ $8,866 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Massachusetts Gaming Commission employee make?
The typical employee was paid $80,427 in 2025: half of the 186 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $40,823 and $111,766.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 22 people (11.8%) were paid under $10,000.
Who counts as a full-year employee?
"Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (97.8% of all pay), overtime (0.7%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.5%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller (macomptroller.org). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals