At the time, he was Florida's highest-paid black official.

N.B.A. referees will remain the highest-paid officials in professional sports.

Fernandez is now the highest-paid public official in New York City.

He was the highest-paid elected official in Florida.

With Major League Baseball umpires about to negotiate their own deal, the N.B.A. referees' goal is to remain the highest-paid officials in sports.

Mr. Erazo was the highest-paid public official in predominantly Republican Nassau County, although he is a Democrat living in Queens.

In choosing him to run the New York system, the nation's largest, the Board of Education will pay him $195,000, making him the highest-paid official in the city.

He was sent to St. Augustine in 1796, as the second highest-paid official of the colony, and stayed until his death in 1801.

With a recent $15,000 raise, she earns $100,000 a year, making her the highest-paid public official in Philadelphia.

The town hall bosses, many of whom rank among the country's highest-paid chief public officials, have claimed for items costing as little as 28p.