Because of an error by the Maryland Comptroller’s Office, an article in the Jan. 11 edition of The Examiner contained incorrect information about some Maryland state workers’ salaries. Corrected information from the Comptroller’s Office shows that the number of Maryland state workers who made $100,000 a year or more rose by 13 percent between the end of 2007 and the end of 2008, not 11 percent between fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010. The salaries mentioned in the story rose from the end of 2007 to the end of 2008, not between fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010.

More than 10,000 state workers are raking in annual salaries topping $100,000 this year in Maryland and Virginia, states that have cut services and laid off employees and once again are facing massive budget shortfalls.