Education Week collected this list of salaries for the top state education officials.
Annual Salary | |
| Alabama | $170,000 |
| Alaska | 85,000 |
| Arizona | 85,000 |
| Arkansas | 119,768 |
| California | 148,750 |
| Colorado | 162,000 |
| Connecticut | 140,000 |
| Delaware | 133,600 |
| Florida | 232,025 |
| Georgia | 112,776 |
| Hawaii | 150,000 |
| Idaho | 82,500 |
| Illinois | 225,000 |
| Indiana* | 79,400 |
| Iowa | 126,175 |
| Kansas | 137,281 |
| Kentucky | 190,000 |
| Louisiana | 180,000 |
| Maine | 95,000 |
| Maryland | 135,000 |
| Massachusetts | 164,767 |
| Michigan | 159,885 |
| Minnesota | 108,400 |
| Mississippi | 240,000 |
| Missouri | 147,924 |
| Montana | 80,425 |
| Nebraska | 125,013 |
| Nevada | 107,433 |
| New Hampshire | 96,461 |
| New Jersey | 137,165 |
| New Mexico | 96,437 |
| New York | 171,165 |
| North Carolina | 104,523 |
| North Dakota | 77,434 |
| Ohio | 201,406 |
| Oklahoma | 95,898 |
| Oregon | 76,300 |
| Pennsylvania | 115,000 |
| Rhode Island | 148,000 |
| South Carolina | 92,007 |
| South Dakota | 115,000 |
| Tennessee | 98,316 |
| Texas | 164,748 |
| Utah | 138,894 |
| Vermont | 108,000 |
| Virginia | 146,535 |
| Washington | 101,750 |
| West Virginia | 146,000 |
| Wisconsin | 107,431 |
| Wyoming | 92,000 |
* Also provides a $12,000 annual housing allowance
SOURCE: Education Week
