How much does the highest paid public employee in America make?

When we talk about college football coaches and their salaries the conversation typically begs the question, are they worth it? Well Alabama head coach Nick Saban is definitely worth every penny and what you may forget is that Alabama is a public university, making Saban a public employee and at $7 million dollars a year Nick Saban is the highest paid public employee in the nation.

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Before you get up in arms about that stat here's another, last year Alabama football brought in 95 million dollars with a profit of 47 million, so again Nick Saban is well worth it.

According to the Wall Street Journal here are the ten highest paid public employees in the country.

1. Nick Saban, University of Alabama football coach, Alabama - $7.09 million
2. Jim Harbaugh, University of Michigan football coach, Michigan - $7 million
3. John Calipari, University of Kentucky basketball coach, Kentucky - $6.88 million
4. Urban Meyer, Ohio State University football coach, Ohio - $5.86 million
5. Bob Stoops, University of Oklahoma football coach, Oklahoma - $5.86 million
6. Charlie Strong, University of Texas football coach, Texas - $5.16 million
7. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State University football coach, Florida - $5.15 million
8. Sean Miller, University of Arizona basketball coach, Arizona - $4.95 million
9. Bill Self, Kansas University basketball coach, Kansas - $4.94 million
10. James Franklin, Penn State University football coach, Pennsylvania - $4.4 million