CDC Chief Asks For — And Gets — Cut To His Record $375K Pay

The government is paying Dr. Robert Redfield Jr. $375,000 a year to run the Atlanta-based CDC, U.S. officials confirmed in April 2018.

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The new head of the top U.S. public health agency has asked for — and will receive — a cut to his record-setting pay, federal officials said Monday.

Dr. Robert Redfield Jr.’s new salary was not revealed.

The 66-year-old HIV researcher, who was picked in March to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had been set to earn $375,000 a year.