There is something quaint and comforting in the fact that Govs. Martin O’Malley (salary: $150,000) and Bob McDonnell (salary: $175,000) do not have the highest salaries among the public employees in their respective states. But there is something truly disconcerting about the fact that neither man is even among the top 100 highest-paid state employees.

In fact, McDonnell ranks 892nd among Virginia’s public servants, and O’Malley stands at only 1,719th. Virginia has 6,194 state employees that it pays more than $100,000 per year. Maryland has 5,501, according to a report by The Examiner’s Ben Giles. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average wage-earner in both states makes right around $52,000 per year.