
Here’s What the Highest-Paid Maine State Employees Made in 2024
It takes a special person to serve their community as a civil servant.
These men and women often give up their personal ambitions in order to support those in our communities. That being said, it does not mean they are not well compensated.
In addition to a great benefits package and plenty of PTO, they are often well-paid.
If you have only worked in the private sector you may not be aware that, as state government employees, their salaries are public information.
Each year, the Office of the State Controller releases the salaries of every Maine state employee.
The list of salaries, which is available as a spreadsheet, has over 16,000 employees listed on it. Employees on the list range from part-time janitorial staff to medical doctors.
It should not be a surprise that the majority of the highest-paid employees are in the medical field.
***NOTE: While many of the people on this list are doctors we did not note that on their entry on our list. This is not meant to disrespect these men and women. We have not included their title because it was not included in the government document that we are using as source material.
The Highest Paid State of Maine Employees in 2024
As you may have noticed, unlike years past, we have chosen not to include overtime that was paid out. One of the reasons we made this decision was because of the amount of overtime paid out to our Maine State Police. According to the Portland Press Herald, the state paid a record $8.5 million in overtime to members of the Maine State Police. Factoring in all of that overtime makes it unfairly appear that members of the Maine State Police are some of the highest-paid state employees.
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Instead, we placed people on our list based on their base salaries. In most cases, the people on the above list did not log any overtime. Of course, everyone on the above list is paid enough for them to be considered 'exempt' employees.
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