College Coaches Dominate Highest-Paid State Employees List

80% Of The Highest-Earning Public Employees Are College Head Coaches; Alabama’s Nick Saban Makes $11.7m Per Year

As reported by The Sports Daily, College Head Coaches Dominated the list of highest-earning public employees across the country.

The data analysts at The Sports Daily have undertaken research into the complex landscape of public sector compensation, to find a surprising group stands out at the top of the earnings list: College Coaches.

Highlights from the data:

• 31 of the 50 Highest-Paid State Employees are College Football Coaches
• Alabama’s Nick Saban Makes $11.7m Per Year
• 80% of the Highest-Earning Public Employees are College Head Coaches
• Top Ten Highest-Earning State Employees All College Coaches Earning Average of $9.8 Million
• States’ Highest-Paid Employees Earn Over $5.5 Million More if They are College Head Coaches
• Just 2 of the States’ Highest-Paid State Employees are Female

 

College Coaches Dominate Highest-Paid State Employees List

Names like Nick Saban and Kirby Smart will be familiar to college football fans. They often highlight highest-paid college coaches lists, but this time, they’re heading another list – the highest-earning state employees.

The list is dominated by college coaches with 40 of the 50 states’ top-earners in the public sector holding the job title of “College Football Head Coach” or “College Basketball Head Coach.”

Top Ten Highest-Earning State Employees All College Coaches Earning Average Of $9.8 Million

The entire top-ten of the highest-earning state employees is made up of college coaches. In fact, the first 37 names on the list are college coaches.

However, to reach the top, a salary of a staggering $8.7 million was required. The top-ten highest-paid state employees averaged a whopping salary of $9.8 million. A touch more than the average national salary of $74, 738.

Just Two Women Are The Top Public Sector Earners In Their States

One of the more startling facts that was brought to light when looking at the data was the fact that just two women are the highest-paid state employees in the 50 US states. Obviously, this can be attributed in part to the fact so many college coaches make up the list, and that is a very male-dominated environment.

However, even among the ten non-coaches on the list, the women rank bottom in terms of salary.

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