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OPLINE Dr. Anthony Fauci made more than every other employee in the entire federal government. In the latest year available, his 2019 salary of $417,608, made him not only the highest paid doctor in the federal government, but the highest paid out of all four million federal employees. In fact, Dr. Fauci even made more than the $400,000 salary of the President of the United States. All salary data was collected by OpenTheBooks.com via Freedom of Information Act requests. Only federal employees funded by taxpayers were included in the study.BIG NUMBER $2.5 million. That’s how much Dr. Fauci, Director of...

Nick Saban isn't just Alabama's highest-paid public employee. A new ranking shows he's the highest-paid public employee - by far - in the country. GoBankingRates.com's ranking looked at the top-earning public employee in each state. In most cases, the person bringing home the biggest paycheck is a coach for a public university. The rankings are based on 2017 figures and there have been some changes since it was calculated. For example, California's highest-paid employee, Jim Mora, earned $3.57 million a year before he was let go last year after the Bruins lost their third consecutive game to rival USC.$11.1 million...

The average state worker now has a $56,800 compensation package, including about $12,700 in benefits -- excluding those in the legislature, judiciary, or university systems. Workers can accrue up to 16 weeks of annual leave -- that can eventually be cashed out, and they get 13 holidays a year, far more than most private-sector workers. And many state workers are paid more than private-sector employees who do similar work. The California Public Employees' Retirement System -- which provides an average $1,594 per month to 388,126 retired state workers -- has been in crisis as the stock market floundered, forcing the...