WORCESTER - Worcester paid wages in excess of $100,000 to nearly 400 people in 2015 - once overtime and longevity pays are factored in - that from a list of the city's top wage earners that will be presented to City Council tomorrow night.

The city side of government had 250 employees gross more than $100,000 in 2015, many boosted by overtime. The School Department had 145 of its top wage earners earn in excess of $100,000, with many receiving longevity pay and other benefits.

Worcester's top two earners both take in more than $200,000 from the city side of government; they are City Manger Edward Augustus Jr. who grossed 226,084 in 2015, and Police Chief Gary Gemme, who grossed $216,009 in 2015.

Without factoring in private pay details to police officers, former School Superintendent Dr. Melinda Boone, who officially left the district at the end of November, grossed $194,692 in 2015. That made Boone the third highest paid employee of 2015, before adjustments.

Boone is followed by: Commissioner of Public Works and Parks Paul Moosey, who grossed $165,172; City Solicitor David Moore, who grossed $163,682 and City Clerk David Rushford, who grossed $159,267.

Three more school officials, Michael O'Neil, Brian Allen and Marco Rodrigues, all earned over $157,000.

Rounding out the top 10 was Fire Chief Geoffrey Gardell, who was sworn in as chief in mid-August of that year. His predecessor, Gerard Dio, grossed $155,875 in 2015.

Of the top 250 city employees, 211 received boosts to their 2015 pay with overtime, ranging from as much as $46,000 to just under $2,000.

Add in privately paid police details and the list of the top 250 employees changes complexion to include mostly police officers. Some details added as much as $81,000 to base pay, with at least one officer's detail payments exceeding his base pay.

Augustus and Gemme still top a list that includes detail pay, but Boone drops to ninth place, with everyone in between Gemme and Boone on the police payroll.

Factor in overtime and details, and four more Police Department employees earned over $200,000: Deputy Chief Mark Roche; Captain John Harrington; Lieutenant Lawrence Sullivan and Deputy Chief Steven Sargent. Fifteen more police officers made over $180,000 when private pay details were factored in.