Sarasota County has more than 2,400 public employees on its payroll. As part of its effort to review the compensation of local government employees the Herald-Tribune examined official salary data and found the 10 highest paid county employees:
County Administrator: Jonathan Lewis
Salary: $284,252.80

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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