Public paychecks: The state of New Mexico's 50 highest-paid employees

The governor of New Mexico earns a base annual salary of $110,000. This year, that makes Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham the 487th-highest-paid person among state employees.

Annual salaries for state governors can range from $70,000 to $179,000 across the country, according to data from the Council of State Governments. Last year, New Mexico’s governor was the 39th highest-paid in the U.S., according to a compilation of data by Albuquerque Business First’s parent company American City Business Journals.

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Source: The Business Journal