In line with salary bumps from past years, Mayor Catherine Pugh, all 15 Baltimore City Council members, the city comptroller and liquor board members will each be getting paid more starting Jan. 1, 2018.
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The Sun’s Unionized Staff Appeal to Public in Fight for Pay Raises
Unionized reporters, editors, photographers and others at the Baltimore Sun have launched an awareness campaign to help them secure an evasive 2.5 percent pay raise.
UMD Basketball Coach Inks Lucrative Contract Extension

Mark Turgeon’s strong run so far as head coach for the University of Maryland men’s basketball program has rewarded him with a four-year contract extension that includes a raise beginning with this season.
UMD Basketball Coach is State’s Highest Earning Employee
According to the Maryland Reporter, 6,847 state employees earn an annual salary over $100,000 — but only two make over a million. Mark Turgeon, the head coach of the University of Maryland’s basketball team, earned $2,229,194 last year. The school’s head football coach, Randy Edsall, made $2,078,248.
Nearly 5,700 State Employees Make Over $100,000
Courtesy Citybizlist – Maryland Reporter’s third annual report on state salaries found that 5,663 state employees pulled in $100,000 or greater in 2012 –about 6% of total state employees. Three out of four of these six-figure salaries are earned by people working for state colleges and universities — more than 10% of the full-time employees — led by three million-dollar coaches.