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2 Secretary of State employees earn $150,000 or more annually in Ohio in 2019

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Two Secretary of State employees earned $150,000 or more annually in Ohio in 2019, according to data provided by the Ohio Treasurer.

The highest annual salary earned among Secretary of State employees in Ohio was $179,357.28 to Spencer Wood.

Secretary of State paid $1,788.92 as overtime in 2019.

The highest salary was $153,195.26 in 2018.

A report from members of the Federal Salary Council published on May 2, 2019 argued the pay structures within the U.S. government are skewed and federal workers are overpaid.

Downsizing the Federal Government, a project advocating for smaller government in the face of rising deficits, argued over 2 million federal employees earned on average $30,000 more than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

Highest paid Ohio employees with Secretary of State in 2019

Ohio employeeAnnual salary
Spencer Wood179,357.28
Kimberly Burns160,756.43
Merle Madrid136,048.49
Allison Desantis133,196.26
Jonathan Keeling127,960.72
Lee Campanelli125,532.48
Amanda Grandjean122,764.46
Patrick Piccininni122,512.53
Grant Shaffer122,239.19
Ravi Rudra119,192.26
Parvinder Singh114,488.86
Bryan Ferguson113,251.32
Todd Gibson109,354.56
Eric James106,452.48
Frank Larose102,596.44

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