Who are the highest-paid state employees in North Carolina?

NORTH CAROLINA — The Charlotte Business Journal has compiled the annual salaries for more than 82,000 North Carolina state government employees, over 150 of whom make more than $200,000.

From psychiatrists to investment managers to transportation engineers, the state’s average salary was $53,708 in August. That average takes into account salary information for almost 69,000 employees whose annual salary is more than $25,000.

Of those, 160 made $200,000 or more, and the state’s highest-paid employee, Valerie Hillings, director of the N.C. Museum of Art, made over $316,000.

Over 80% of the state’s highest-paid employees who made more than $200,000 work in the medical and mental health fields.

Valerie Hillings, director of the State Museum of Art, part of the Natural and Cultural Resources agency, is the top-paid state government employee with a salary of $316,978.

Check out a searchable database here to find any state government employee’s salary except those in public school, the General Assembly, the UNC System or UNC Hospitals.

Hot job market making it hard for Charlotte companies to hold on to workers Hot job market making it hard for Charlotte companies to hold on to workers

Cox Media Group