A new study of state employee salaries by an outside consultant confirms what state managers and workers have long maintained ? Maryland employees in many jobs make less than their counterparts in the region.

“With few exceptions, the state of Maryland lags behind” other state and city government employees in terms of base salary, said the report by CPS Human Resources Services of Washington, D.C., which was paid $500,000. Other than compensation, Maryland was found to be competitive on other benefits.