Jonathan Starkey

The News Journal

On Wednesday, outgoing DelTech President Orlando George appeared one last time before the General Assembly's Bond Bill committee ahead of his June retirement, requesting an additional $9 million for capital projects.

George, of course, has long held the distinction as the state's highest-paid employee, earning more than twice the total pay of the second highest-paid state worker. But plenty of state employees are taking home hefty salaries, with 1,061 making six figures in 2013.

These officials were the state's top-salaried employees in 2013, according to records from the Delaware Office of Management and Budget.

1. Orlando J. George Jr., President, Delaware Technical and Community College: $370,939.92, Total pay=$469,885.84

2. Dr. Vincent F. Carr, Medical Director, Department of Correction: $218,000.12

3. Dr. Gerard Gallucci, Medical Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health: $211,975.92

4. Tie: Medical Examiner employees: $201,400.42

- Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Adrienne Sekula-Perlman and Assistant Medical Examiners Edward McDonough and Jennie Vershvovsky earned the same salary.

5. Dr. Richard T. Callery, Chief Medical Examiner: $198,521.96

6. Myron T. Steele, Supreme Court, Chief Justice: $192,914.50,*now retired

7. Leo E. Strine Jr., Chancellor, Court of Chancery: $191,360,*now Delaware Chief Justice

8. James T. Vaughn Jr, President Judge, Superior Court: $191,359.73

9. Chandlee Johnson Kuhn, Chief Judge, Family Court: $191,268.45

10. Tie: Supreme Court Justices: $191,202.54

-The Justices are Carolyn Berger, Henry D. Ridgely, Randy J. Holland and Jack B. Jacobs.

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73. Jack A. Markell, Governor, State of Delaware: $170,999.92

UPDATE: That amounts above reflect 2013 regular earnings for those state officials, and may not, in some cases, track directly with salaries. Steele, for example, resigned in November and did not collect his full salary of $200,631. Supreme Court Justices also received a raise in July, and now earn a salary of $191,860.

Contact Jonathan Starkey at 983-6756, on Twitter @jwstarkey or at jstarkey@delawareonline.com.