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Who's the highest paid employee in your state?

Answer: probably a coach

Football and basketball coaches from a state's largest university typically take the slot for the highest paid employee in each state.

In California, it's a basketball coach. In Texas, a football coach. In a rare instance, Montana's highest paid is a college president. An infographic on Deadspin illustrates the phenomenon effectively. Though the base salaries of coaches aren't typically the highest, after benefits and bonuses taken from the income that many college sports teams generate, coaches can rake in a lot of mazuma.