Delaware News Journal
Fifty-one state employees made more than $200,000 in 2020, nearly double the number of people who made that sum the year before.
That s according to a database of state employee salaries provided by the state Office of Management and Budget.
The plethora of high earners is due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic demanding more hours of top health officials and Black Lives Matter protests prompting police to clock in an unrivaled amount of overtime.
Dr. Rick Hong, the medical director of the Division of Public Health, was the highest-paid employee last year – and the only employee to make above $300,000. His total earnings amounted to $301,321, which includes overtime and other earnings.