Top-paid state workers

Not all state workers make more than a million bucks — only the University of Washington’s head football and head basketball coaches do. Setting aside those employed in colleges, the median annual salary of the state’s full-time workers in June 2010 was a tick above $50,000.

You can find out

what each individual employee pocketed last year by sorting and searching the state’s own database at fiscal.wa.gov. (Editor’s note: The state database apparently does not support all browsers.)

Meanwhile, here are some

top-line numbers and, below, an interactive chart to give you an idea how salaries are distributed across agencies.

$6,802,348,871: total state employee payroll in 2010.
169,624: full- and part-time state payroll accounts in 2010.
5,948: state employees who earned more than $100,000 in 2010.

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Big caveat

While higher education accounts for a big slice of the state payroll, including most of the highest-paid workers, it’s important to remember that universities and community colleges have sources of revenue other than taxpayer dollars, including tuition paid by students, grants for research and revenue from sports.

Top 50 state-employed earners in 2010

Rank	Agency name	Name	Job title	2010 gross earnings
1	University of Washington	SARKISIAN, STEPHEN A	COACH-FOOTBALL	$1,982,918.28
2	University of Washington	ROMAR, LORENZO	COACH-BASKETBALL	$1,147,050.22
3	Washington State University	BONE, KEN	HEAD BASKETBALL COACH	$746,415.70
4	University of Washington	HOLT V, NICHOLAS	ASSISTANT COACH-FOOTBALL	$652,228.78
5	Washington State University	FLOYD, ELSON	PRESIDENT	$625,000.08
6	Washington State University	WULFF, PAUL L	HEAD FOOTBALL COACH	$551,669.81
7	University of Washington	WOODWARD, DAVID SCOTT	ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT	$550,008.00
8	University of Washington	SEKHAR, LALIGAM N	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$547,980.00
9	University of Washington	REYES, JORGE DIONISIO	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$521,303.88
10	University of Washington	MILLER, DONALD W	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$516,552.00
11	University of Washington	SPISSO, JOHNESE M.	VICE PRESIDENT	$515,196.00
12	University of Washington	EMMERT, MARK A	PRESIDENT	$492,177.90
13	University of Washington	FERGUSON, KEITH R	PROFESSIONAL STAFF – CONTRACT P3	$473,000.00
14	University of Washington	REISTAD, GARTH K	PROFESSIONAL STAFF – CONTRACT P3	$441,750.00
15	University of Washington	MURRAY, CHRISTOPHER J	PROFESSOR	$441,192.18
16	University of Washington	JIAMBALVO, JAMES	DEAN	$436,248.00
17	University of Washington	PELLEGRINI, CARLOS A.	CHAIR	$429,912.01
18	University of Washington	MAIER, RONALD V	PROFESSOR	$421,392.00
19	Washington State University	BAYLY, WARWICK M	PROVOST & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	$382,056.99
20	University of Washington	VERRIER, EDWARD D.	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$381,120.00
21	University of Washington	NELIGAN, PETER CAMILLUS	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$378,636.00
22	University of Washington	JURKOVICH, GREGORY J.	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$376,680.02
23	University of Washington	FERGUSON, BRUCE	ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT/PROVOST	$373,632.00
24	University of Washington	MORTON, THOMAS H	PROFESSOR	$372,330.86
25	University of Washington	MAHAN, RUTH M.	DIRECTOR	$370,272.00
26	University of Washington	HOLMES, KING K.	PROFESSOR	$369,756.02
27	University of Washington	ODA, DOLPHINE	PROFESSOR	$366,618.86
28	University of Washington	ZIENIEWICZ, STEPHEN P	DIRECTOR	$359,436.00
29	University of Washington	KRAVAS, CONSTANCE	VICE PRESIDENT	$353,064.00
30	University of Washington	TESTY, KELLYE	DEAN	$352,008.00
31	University of Washington	WHALEN, EILEEN	DIRECTOR	$352,008.00
32	University of Washington	SALMON, MARLA E	DEAN	$337,008.00
33	University of Washington	O’DONNELL, MATTHEW	DEAN	$336,768.00
34	University of Washington	BURGSTAHLER, DAVID C	PROFESSOR	$336,733.53
35	University of Washington	MULLIGAN, MICHAEL S	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$335,940.20
36	University of Washington	VEDDER, NICHOLAS	PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$335,003.78
37	University of Washington	SOMERMAN, MARTHA J	DEAN	$330,948.00
38	Washington State University	BOSE, ANJAN	REGENTS’ PROFESSOR	$329,907.60
39	University of Washington	HUNTSMAN, LEE L	PROFESSOR	$329,171.92
40	University of Washington	KLEIN, MATTHEW B.	ASSOC PROFESSOR WITHOUT TENURE	$323,903.88
41	The Evergreen State College	PURCE, THOMAS LESLIE	PRESIDENT	$318,532.50
42	University of Washington	HARFORD, JARRAD	PROFESSOR	$318,033.08
43	University of Washington	AVOLIO, BRUCE	PROFESSOR	$316,444.48
44	University of Washington	WISE, PHYLLIS M	PROVOST	$316,422.00
45	University of Washington	ROBINSON, LAWRENCE R.	ASSOCIATE DEAN	$316,284.00
46	University of Washington	BRANSFORD, JOHN D	PROFESSOR	$315,984.00
47	University of Washington	KUHL, PATRICIA K	PROFESSOR	$315,966.71
48	University of Washington	MITCHELL, LORI	HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR SENIOR	$315,722.00
49	University of Washington	CAUCE, ANA MARI	DEAN	$315,000.00
50	University of Washington	WARREN, V’ELLA A.	SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT	$313,500.00