Massachusetts is no longer an outlier — its highest-paid public employee is once again a college coach, like nearly every other state.
For the first time since 2016, University of Massachusetts basketball coach Frank Martin tops the list of highest-paid Massachusetts employees. Donald Brown, football coach for UMass, comes in slightly below him, at number four.
In 2017, UMass Chan Medical School chancellor Michael Collins was the top-earning state employee, and remained in the top spot until this year.
Massachusetts payroll expenses are at $4.81 billion so far in 2023.
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Nine out of the 10 top-paid public employees in the state are part of the UMass system, which accounts for $808.44 million of payroll expenses and 16.81 percent of the state’s total payroll spending, according to the state's database.
