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What Union Execs Make

April 25, 1997

According to a salary survey of association executives' salaries published this week in , John Sturdivant, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal union, makes more than $115,700 per year. He is outdrawn, however, by Robert Tobias, head of the second largest union, the National Treasury Employees Union. Tobias makes more than $120,000.

April 25, 1997

THE DAILY FED

What Union Execs Make

National Journal

Both Sturdivant's and Tobias' salaries are peanuts compared to the heaviest hitters among Washington's association executives. Jason Berman, chairman of the Recording Industry Association of America, makes $1,087,846, according to the survey. Motion Picture Association of America President Jack Valenti makes $921,377 and Eugene Upshaw, Jr., executive director of the National Football League Players Association, makes $894,101.

Below are some excerpts from the National Journal list. The information comes from the Labor Department. Compensation is the individual's base pay. Bonuses and other payments are included in footnotes. Benefits and allowances are the total of the individual's reported benefits and expense allowances. It could include anything from deferred compensation to country-club initiation fees. Salary rank (out of 413) for each compensated executive is shown in parentheses.

AFL-CIO
Revenue: $82,484,172
Top Officer: Lane Kirkland, pres. (311)
Compensation: $136,971
Benefits & Allowances: $8,777
Footnote: Retired. John J. Sweeney (see below) is president.

American Federation of Government Employees
Revenue: $29,936,131
Top Officer: John N. Sturdivant, natl. pres. (341)
Compensation: $115,700
Benefits & Allowances: $19,037

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Revenue: $98,764,289
Top Officer: Gerald McEntee, intl. pres. (85)
Compensation: $328,121
Benefits & Allowances: $29,604

National Association of Letter Carriers
Revenue: $90,931,883
Top Officer: Vincent R. Sombrotto, pres. (312)
Compensation: $136,103
Benefits & Allowances: $503
Footnote: Figures for fiscal year ended in 1996.

National Treasury Employees Union
Revenue: $15,549,985
Top Officer: Robert M. Tobias, natl. pres. (335)
Compensation: $120,541
Benefits & Allowances: $27,813

Service Employees International Union
Revenue: $78,420,338
Top Officer: John J. Sweeney, intl. pres. (190)
Compensation: $210,952
Benefits & Allowances: $15,349
Note: Sweeney resigned. Andy Stern is president.

To order a copy of National Journal's Washington Association Salary Survey issue, call 202-739-8531 or 800-424-2921, ext. 1. The cost is $24.95.

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