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This page describes the compensation, salaries, and benefits that Delaware's public employees receive from state and local government.\

Information about Delaware state employees is limited. However, you may find information here about certain teachers who at some point were paid more than $100,000 annually.

Additionally, click here for information on salaries paid to employees of the Delaware Psychiatric Center.


State Government Employee Salaries[1]
Office'07 SalaryCurrent Official
Governor $132,500 Jack Markell
Lieutenant Governor $76,250 Matthew Denn
Secretary of State $123,850 Jeffrey Bullock
Attorney General $140,950 Beau Biden
Treasurer $110,050 Velda Jones-Potter


The salary of Delaware's governor ranks 23rd among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors is $128,735. The median salary earned by U.S. governors is $129,962.

Delaware Judicial Salaries[2]
Position'08 SalaryCurrent Justice
Chief Justice $194,750 Myron Steele
Associate Justice $185,050 Randy Holland
Associate Justice $185,050 Carolyn Berger
Associate Justice $185,050 Henry Ridgely
Associate Justice $185,050 Jack Jacobs


The salary of Delaware's chief justice ranks 3rd among U.S. chief justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $154,707. The median salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $151,284.

The salary of Delaware's associate justices ranks 5th among U.S. associate justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $149,687. The median salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $145,983.

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  1. ‘‘The Council of State Governments,’’ “The Book of the States: 2008”
  2. The National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Salary Resource Center"