Nick Saban is the highest-paid public employee in America: Here are numbers 2-10

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Nick Saban, head coach of the men’s football team at the University of Alabama, is paid more than $7 million annually. He is the highest paid employee of all U.S. workers employed by a local or state government.

To determine the highest-paid public employee in each state, 24/7 Wall St. considered reports of public salaries based on state government payrolls and public documents. All college football and basketball coach salaries are based on USA Today’s consolidated list of NCAA coach salaries, which includes pay for 2015 in the case of football and 2016 in the case of basketball. In the case where a coach received a raise or was recently hired, the more recent available information was used. All data are based on the most recent available information.

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Highest paid public employee in each state

Nick Saban, University of Alabama football coach, Alabama - $7.09 million
Jim Harbaugh, University of Michigan football coach, Michigan - $7 million
John Calipari, University of Kentucky basketball coach, Kentucky - $6.88 million
Urban Meyer, Ohio State University football coach, Ohio - $5.86 million
Bob Stoops, University of Oklahoma football coach, Oklahoma - $5.86 million
Charlie Strong, University of Texas football coach, Texas - $5.16 million
Jimbo Fisher, Florida State University football coach, Florida - $5.15 million
Sean Miller, University of Arizona basketball coach, Arizona - $4.95 million
Bill Self, Kansas University basketball coach, Kansas - $4.94 million
James Franklin, Penn State University football coach, Pennsylvania - $4.4 million

Highest-paid employees from states where a coach isn't the top wage earner

Kayvan Khiabani, professor of surgery, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada - $987,638
David Engle, neurosurgeon, Hawaii Health Systems Corp., Hawaii - $786,000
Joshua Wynn, Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Science, North Dakota - $674,587
Lewis Pasternak, anesthesiologist and CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital, New York - $673,596
Mary Nettleman, Dean of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, South Dakota - $577,650
Frederick Morin III, Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Vermont - $559,644
Keith Meyer, president Alaska Gasline Development Corp., Alaska - $550,000
Mark Huddleston, president, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire - $492,800
Clay Christian, Montana's Commissioner of Higher Education, Montana - $309,207
James Page, chancellor, University of Maine System, Maine - $277,500

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