Reply #15: NJ gov's office payroll goes up $2M under Christie [View All]

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Nearly twice as many people are making $100,000 or more in Gov. Chris Christie's administration than were in former Gov. Jon S. Corzine's.


An Associated Press analysis has found that while Christie is proposing laying off 1,300 state workers, he is spending nearly $2 million more on annual salaries than his predecessor.

According to the Asbury Park Press online database of 2009 public payroll records, 18 people made $100,000 or more in 2009 under Corzine. According to payroll records posted on Christie's Web site April 8, 34 people in his administration make six figures - including the governor himself, who makes $175,000.

Corzine's payroll was $7 million last year for 103 employees listed under the governor's office.

Christie's payroll is $8.9 million for 117 people. That figure does not include Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who makes $141,000 but who also serves as the Secretary of State.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=7394213