A small but increasing share of Massachusetts state employees are making top dollar.
Over the last three years, the number of state workers earning at least $250,000 grew 47%, from 655 to 960, a rate far quicker than the total state payroll or size of the state workforce.
The state payroll increased in the past three years by about 17%, from $9.32 billion to $10.89 billion. The state workforce grew by 3%, from about 131,000 people to about 136,000…