Strickland earned $141,708 last year — down $3,123 from 2008.
A combination of layoffs and unpaid furlough days helped the state shave $48 million off its 2009 payroll costs over 2008, a state report released Wednesday, Feb. 24, shows.
The number of employees was also trimmed, from 68,262 in 2008 to 65,781 last year.
On average, state employees made $49,300 last year, compared with $48,225 in 2008.
Some workers made considerably more than that. For example:
• 1,804 workers made more than $100,000 in 2009, compared with 1,767 employees in that category in 2008. Those numbers include elected officials and more than 400 judges.
• 21 state employees made $200,000 or more last year compared with 18 in that club in 2008.
• Three employees, including Goubar, made more than $250,000.
Goubar and the 20 others in the $200,000 club are all psychiatrists or physician specialists in the state Department of Mental Health.
Mental health spokeswoman Trudy Sharp said the state must have a medical officer on duty 24 hours a day at the seven hospitals. Psychiatrists, who are represented by the Service Employees International Union 1199, are paid $60 an hour for after-hours coverage.
Overall, the state spent $3.24 billion on employee pay in 2009, compared with $3.29 billion in 2008.
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