New Bedford's 50 highest paid employees in 2023. Here's what they made.

Frank Mulligan, The Standard-Times
Updated ·3 min read
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NEW BEDFORD — Forty-one of New Bedford's 50 highest paid employees in 2023 were police officers, with seven firefighters and two School Dept. employees rounding out the list.

The list was compiled for the 2023 calendar year, and covers all compensation, including overtime, detail pay, base salary, and comp pay.

Unit C management positions got compensation upgrades in early 2023, but none of the 150 or so positions were paid enough in 2023 to make the top 50.

The top salary in 2022 was $225,413.60 and number 50 was $149,279.44.
The top salary in 2022 was $225,413.60 and number 50 was $149,279.44.

Thirty-six police officers on 2022 list

The top 50 list for the 2022 calendar year included 36 police officers, 10 firefighters and four members of the school department.

Former New Bedford Personnel Director Judith Keating, commenting on the 2022 list, said police and fire employees, and to a lesser extent school employees, usually account for all the top paid employees in lists of this type.

Something to think about: Should New Bedford employees be required to live in the city?

Retroactive pay from new police contract a factor

She said road construction and other police details, as well as overtime, were factors in the compensation level of police officers.

The new police contract, approved in July 2023, was also a factor in the increase in police officers on the list in 2023, said city spokesperson Jonathan Darling.

That agreement runs from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, and included retroactive pay increases.

The top salary in 2022 was $225,413.60 and number 50 was $149,279.44.

The top 50 list for 2023 is:

1) Jonathan Lagoa, $235,762.82, police, sergeant

2) Albert Farland, $227,133.81, police, sergeant

3) Kelly Botelho, $222,094.22, police, sergeant

4) Justin Kagan, $221,775.19, police, captain

5) Scott Carola, $214,011.17, police, assistant deputy chief

6) Barry Pacheco, $208,709.27, police, sergeant

7) Jason Gangi, $207,954.08, police, sergeant

8) Ronald Guerin, $202,638.85, police, officer

9) Paul Oliveira, $201,685.25, police, chief

10) Pedro Moco, $197,482.71, police, officer

11) Stanley Chaberek, $193,547.62, police, lieutenant

12) Derek Belong, $190,057.57, police, assistant deputy chief

13) Andrew O'Leary, $186,504.68, school, superintendent

14) Emanuel Cabral, $185,442.58, police, lieutenant

15) Nathaniel Rodriguez, $184,331.03, police, captain

16) Andrew Simmons, $183,756.56, police, sergeant

17) Adelino Sousa, $180,513.41, police, deputy chief

18) Raul Espinal, $179,162.79, police, sergeant

19) Alan Faber, $178,981.40, police, sergeant

20) Matthew Bolduc, $174,405.52, police, officer

21) Andrew Ryder, $173,455.67, police, sergeant

22) Eric Taylor, $173,228.26, police, officer

23) John Encarnacao, $170,975.39, police, detective

24) Scott Kruger, $170,421.48, fire, chief

25) Andy Pereira, $170,317.96, police, officer

26) Jonathan Plourde, $168,549.34, police, officer

27) Brian Medeiros, $167,535.77, fire, deputy chief

28) Trevor Sylvia, $166,307.55, police, sergeant

29) Sasha Vicente, $164,608.17, police, sergeant

30) Daniel Sweeney, $163,262.58, police, officer

31) Russell Marques, $163,236.60, police, sergeant

32) Steven Almeida, $162,962.03, police, officer

33) Steven Medeiros, $162,874.28, fire, district chief

34) Bernadette Coelho, $162,276.06, school, data & assessment manager

35) James Fortin, $161,818.05, fire, district chief

36) Paul DaCosta, $160,990.47, police, captain

37) Leo Ewaszko, $160,320.21, police, officer

38) David Cooper, $160,118.66, fire, district chief

39) Anthony Esteves, $159,410.06, police, officer

40) Michael Alers, $159,018.01, police, detective

41) Robert Ferreira, $158,861.11, fire, captain

42) Jenny Roman, $158,361.52, police, officer

43) Kurt Houghton, $157,215.72, fire, captain

44) Jason Gomes, $157,055.50, police, lieutenant

45) Lorenzo Gonzalez III, $156,416.34, police, officer

46) Keith Almeida, $156,321.03, police, officer

47) Paul Fonseca, $156,309.10, police, sergeant

48) Jesse Branagan, $154,970.09, police, officer

49) Carlos Depina, $154,690.82, police, officer

50) Jarrod Gracia, $154,613.15, police, sergeant

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