Ohio's state payroll drops slightly in 2012

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s state government payroll fell 3 percent last year, with psychiatrists at state mental hospitals continuing to be among the top earners, according to payroll records analyzed by a newspaper.

The state’s nonuniversity payroll fell to less than $3 billion in 2012, after staying roughly the same in 2010 and 2011, The Columbus Dispatch reported in a story published today.

Dr. Zinovi Goubar, a psychiatrist at a state psychiatric hospital in Northfield, near Cleveland, made the most money at more than $335,000 last year — including $177,720 in overtime. He was the only state employee to top $300,000 annually and was the state’s top earner for the fourth straight year.