Check out the top 10 most and least conservative cities below, or look through the Economist âs ranking of all 51 cities. Most Conservative. 1. Mesa, Arizona. 2. Oklahoma City, OK. 3. Virginia Beach, VA. 4. Colorado Springs, CO. 5.
18. Louisiana > Highest paid employee: Les Miles > Position: College football coach > Salary: $4.30 million. Les Miles, head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers football team, is the highest-paid state employee. Milesâs salary is nearly $3.7 million more than the next highest-paid state employee. Other well compensated employees include university presidents, university system administrators, and assistant head football coaches. 19. Maine
Heavy reliance on natural resources dictates which states have the highest employment of petroleum engineers. Texas employs the most at 18,060 with an average salary of $146,770 annually. Next is Oklahoma with, 3,090 employees paid $146,770, and Louisiana, with 2,440 paid around $120,720.