From PITTSBURGH-LIVE:
Two dozen state employees in education-related agencies earn $200,000 or more, and they are among nearly 3,600 state employees paid at least $100,000 annually, a Tribune-Review analysis of payroll records from the three branches of Pennsylvania government and various commissions and agencies shows.
Only 2.7 percent of Pennsylvania tax-filers reported incomes of $200,000 or more in 2008, the latest year available, according to the Internal Revenue Service…
State Department of Labor and Industry figures show 7.4 percent of working Pennsylvanians made $100,000 or more between 2007 and 2009. In 2009, the latest data available, there were 5.7 million people working in Pennsylvania. The average salary in all sectors that year was $44,436. On the state payroll this year, 3.3 percent of 108,117 employees make $100,000…
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The article by Brad Bumsted entitled “Nearly 3,600 PA state employees make over $100,000” is inaccurate at least and leaves a incomplete, and I would say false, impression on readers.
The state system does receive state dollars, but a typical university gets only about 30% of its budget from the state. (Corbett wants to lower this to 15%) So to leave the impression that state tax dollars pay 100% of these salaries is inaccurate!
Additionally, the $455,000 reportedly received by the former IUP president is mentioned in this article where many annual salaries are listed. This leaves the impression that this amount was this individual’s annual salary, when in fact I don’t believe it was.
Also a comparison of state system salaries to other state supported systems would I think indicate that PA state system salaries are not out of line. This would have given a more complete picture to this story in my opinion.
I don’t view this article as responsible journalism.