Christie and wife post their earnings
They made more than $500,000 last year, but two top aides earned much more.
TRENTON - Newly released financial-disclosure statements show Gov. Christie and his wife earned more than $500,000 during the last year.
Christie's wife, Mary Pat, is a vice president at the Cantor Fitzgerald investment bank in New York.
According to reports released Thursday by the State Ethics Commission, the Christies reported having more than a half-million dollars' worth of real estate in New Jersey, between $5,000 and $25,000 in the bank, and more than $500,000 in stocks and corporate bonds.
The governor owns stock in Walt Disney and Goldman Sachs and bonds in the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Essex County Improvement Authority.
He and his wife also have between $100,000 and $250,000 in royalty rights from Listerine mouthwash.
The reports, required of most high-level state public employees and officers, give only general ranges. The highest category is "greater than $500,000."
Christie didn't have nearly as much income to report as his chief of staff or state treasurer.
Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff reported having more than $500,000 in the bank, at least $3.5 million in stocks with his wife, and more than $500,000 in real estate outside New Jersey.
Chief of staff Rich Bagger, a former Pfizer Inc. executive, had more than $1 million in stock, and the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martin, owned more than $500,000 in New Jersey municipal bonds.
Sidamon-Eristoff was New York state tax commissioner under former Gov. George Pataki, overseeing the nation's second-largest state revenue administration. Before that he worked under former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as New York City's commissioner of finance. He is also a former New York city councilman.
In April, Christie signed an executive order pushing back this year's deadline for public employees, including himself, to disclose details about their income and assets.
Democrats have criticized the move as going against the Republican's campaign promise of providing a more transparent state government.
Neither the governor nor lieutenant governor has disclosed tax returns or gross estimates of income, breaking with a tradition by governors from both parties even when they sought more time to file.
Christie asked for an extension, giving him until October to file. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno's taxes are complete, but Christie has said she will release hers when he releases his.