Massachusetts · 2025 pay
How much do Worcester State University (Massachusetts) employees make?
$38,219typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$7,556 – $80,290what 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: Msca Day-AdjunctProfessorDay Adjunct Non-Unit
✓ 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.
$7,599
$37,703
$79,916
$333,412
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 $26,969 in 2016 to $38,219 in 2025 (+42%).
What changed since 2024
- −1.1%Typical pay went down from $38,630 to $38,219.
- +4.5%Typical raise for the 957 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 31% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 213 new213 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 176 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +42%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $26,969 to $38,219, while the number of people paid went down from 1,195 to 1,170.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Worcester State University (Massachusetts)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $36,654 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $345 |
| Extra pay | $704 |
| Total for the year | $37,703 |
Average of the 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msca Day-Adjunct | 129 | $19,706 | $10k – $33k | ▼ 0.9% |
| Professor | 93 | $131,544 | $111k – $146k | ▼ 1.0% |
| Day Adjunct Non-Unit | 64 | $3,300 | $2k – $7k | ▼ 33.7% |
| Associate Professor | 53 | $97,788 | $82k – $111k | ▲ 3.5% |
| Assistant Professor | 46 | $72,552 | $61k – $88k | ▼ 4.9% |
| Custodial Associate | 38 | $50,315 | $29k – $57k | ▲ 9.3% |
| Gce Visiting Instructor - Ug | 32 | $5,720 | $1k – $12k | ▼ 51.0% |
| Staff Associate | 29 | $76,814 | $68k – $88k | ▲ 11.7% |
| Gce Visiting Assistant Prof - Ug | 27 | $5,826 | $1k – $16k | ▼ 40.7% |
| Director | 25 | $99,556 | $94k – $114k | ▲ 6.3% |
| Assistant Director | 23 | $75,319 | $71k – $81k | ▲ 1.7% |
| Gce Visiting Instructor - Grad | 21 | $4,829 | $2k – $9k | ▲ 0.1% |
| Staff Assistant | 20 | $59,612 | $56k – $63k | ▲ 2.2% |
| Gce Visiting Assistant Prof Aop/G | 17 | $13,902 | $10k – $33k | ▼ 7.1% |
| Clerk IV | 16 | $52,139 | $47k – $62k | ▲ 1.8% |
| Campus Police Officer II | 16 | $35,650 | $11k – $80k | ▼ 55.6% |
| Gce Visiting Senior Instrctr Aop/G | 16 | $15,117 | $11k – $23k | ▲ 18.2% |
| Clerk V | 15 | $59,255 | $50k – $68k | ▼ 18.2% |
| Associate Director | 14 | $93,491 | $88k – $95k | ▼ 3.7% |
| Administrative Assistant I | 12 | $57,733 | $57k – $66k | ▼ 6.1% |
| Administrative Assistant II | 10 | $69,862 | $63k – $71k | ▲ 3.2% |
| Director Nonunit | 7 | $113,817 | $103k – $116k | new |
| Instructor | 7 | $62,275 | $56k – $74k | ▲ 10.1% |
| Gce Visiting Assct Prof - Ug | 7 | $10,996 | $1k – $12k | ▼ 23.0% |
| Gce Visiting Instructor Aop/G | 7 | $7,779 | $6k – $12k | ▼ 13.2% |
| Assistant Coach - Football | 7 | $5,500 | $5k – $6k | ▲ 14.6% |
| Gce Visiting Assistant Prof - Grad | 7 | $4,756 | $3k – $21k | ▲ 17.2% |
| Lei Health Promoter Gfr 133 | 7 | $4,200 | $3k – $9k | new |
| Group Exercise Instructor | 7 | $1,420 | $1k – $2k | ▲ 57.8% |
| Technical Assistant II | 6 | $56,182 | $16k – $65k | ▲ 4.2% |
| Comm Dispatcher II | 6 | $33,190 | $16k – $64k | ▲ 12.4% |
| Gce Visiting Senior Instrctr - Ug | 6 | $5,121 | $1k – $10k | ▼ 16.9% |
| Athletic Trainer Per Diem | 6 | $2,265 | $1k – $3k | new |
| Summer Camp Workshop Presenter | 6 | $2,250 | $2k – $3k | ▼ 10.0% |
| Associate Dean | 5 | $134,733 | $128k – $138k | new |
| Staff Associate Nonunit | 5 | $62,589 | $61k – $65k | new |
| Lei Instructor Gfr 140 | 5 | $2,868 | $3k – $4k | new |
| Assistant Coach Baseball | 5 | $2,080 | $1k – $4k | ▼ 11.9% |
| Student Mentor Summer Wps | 5 | $900 | $1k – $1k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k338
- $10k – $30k201
- $30k – $50k111
- $50k – $70k147
- $70k – $90k133
- $90k – $110k91
- $110k – $150k105
- $150k or more44
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Worcester State University in 2025
- 1Barry MaloneyPresident$333,412▲ $25,738 vs 2024
- 2Anthony AdadeChief Information Officer$301,465▲ $114,778 vs 2024
- 3Vincent PedoneExecutive Director Cop$251,952▲ $9,570 vs 2024
- 4Kathleen EichelrothVice President$246,553▲ $20,866 vs 2024
- 5Lois WimsProvost/Vice President$242,068▲ $9,195 vs 2024
- 6Thomas McnamaraVice President$234,598▲ $8,911 vs 2024
- 7Sandra OlsonAssistant Vice President$212,702▲ $13,072 vs 2024
- 8Ryan ForsytheVice President$202,761▲ $7,702 vs 2024
- 9Julie FrechetteProfessor$200,366▲ $13,477 vs 2024
- 10Eihab JaberProfessor$195,858▲ $6,731 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Worcester State University (Massachusetts) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $38,219 in 2025: half of the 1,170 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $7,556 and $80,290.
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. 338 people (28.9%) 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 (96.3% of all pay), overtime (1.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.4%).
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; 3 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals