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18. Louisiana > Highest paid employee: Les Miles > Position: College football coach > Salary: $4.30 million. Les Miles, head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers football team, is the highest-paid state employee. Milesâs salary is nearly $3.7 million more than the next highest-paid state employee. Other well compensated employees include university presidents, university system administrators, and assistant head football coaches. 19. Maine
LSU's flagship Baton Rouge campus paid nearly $320 million in salaries and payroll expenses last fiscal year (2013-14) -- by far the highest for a public institution in Louisiana, according to statistics compiled by the Pelican Institute for Public Policy....