7 of the top ten highest paid state employees in Maine work for the Department of Health and Human Services, according to data compiled by the Maine Heritage Policy Center's Open Government Project. The state's Chief Medical Examiner, Margaret Greenwald, who works in the Attorney General's office, is also in the top ten.
For comparison's sake, Governor John Baldacci took home $107,330 in total compensation last year.
The number of state employees in the Executive and Judicial branches who make more than $....