Show-Me State Times

23.3 percent of employees at the Department of Commerce and Insurance made between $25,000-$50,000 in 2019, according to the Missouri Accountability Portal.

Across the state, 42.3 percent of employees made between $25,000-$50,000.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

Sekhar Vangala had the highest salary among employees in the state with a compensation of $418,569 for the year.

Rank	Individual	Department	Salary
1	Sekhar Vangala	Mental Health	$418,569
2	Jairam Das	Mental Health	$378,409
3	Nezar A. El-Ruwie	Mental Health	$361,821
4	Naveen K. Yarasi	Mental Health	$361,684
5	Manisha M. Lele	Mental Health	$348,448
6	Stacy L. Neff	Mental Health	$297,051
7	Robert B. Sexe	Mental Health	$278,172
8	Angeline Stanislaus	Mental Health	$277,107
9	Swarnalatha R. Yerrapu	Mental Health	$269,059
10	Maheshkumar K. Patel	Mental Health	$265,653
11	Ahsan Syed	Mental Health	$260,442
12	James Reynolds	Mental Health	$256,320
13	David R. Hunter	Mental Health	$254,065
14	Sanjiv Sethi	Mental Health	$251,303
15	Joshua W. Calhoun	Mental Health	$237,689
16	Bruce Parsa	Mental Health	$235,780
17	Richard P. Doisy	Mental Health	$234,128
18	Robert Todd Richardson	Social Services	$227,156
19	Alexandru L. Vasile	Mental Health	$226,009
19	Wajiha P. Karatela	Mental Health	$226,009
21	Susan A. Minchin	Mental Health	$223,560
22	Mohammad Yousuf	Mental Health	$220,412
23	Timothy Dellenbaugh	Mental Health	$220,333
24	Nirmala Kurian	Mental Health	$219,055
25	Praveen S. Nimmagadda	Mental Health	$218,915
26	Amala Kumar D. Augustine	Mental Health	$214,188
27	Agnieszka Milczarek	Mental Health	$213,647
28	Pooja Sharma	Mental Health	$212,856
29	Jianwei Jiao	Mental Health	$209,506
29	Joseph Moon	Mental Health	$209,506
29	Omar H. Quadri	Mental Health	$209,506
32	Patrick K. McKenna	Transportation	$197,970
33	Amala Kumar D. Augustine	Mental Health	$197,238
34	Mohammad A. Rasheed	Mental Health	$185,435
35	Margaret M. Vandeven	Elementary and Secondary Education	$184,670
36	Rebekah Ann Radmanesh	Mental Health	$184,656
37	Laura D. Stith	Judiciary Department	$177,296
37	Mary Rhodes Russell	Judiciary Department	$177,296
37	Patricia A. Breckenridge	Judiciary Department	$177,296
37	Paul C. Wilson	Judiciary Department	$177,296
37	Wesley Brent Powell	Judiciary Department	$177,296
42	Zora Zoa Mulligan	Higher Education and Workforce Development	$176,677
43	Seema Najam	Mental Health	$176,415
44	Miles C. Reece	Mental Health	$170,986
45	Ming Bruce Chi	Mental Health	$168,000
46	Jay W. Englehart	Mental Health	$163,054
47	Alok Ahuja	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Angela T. Quigless	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Anthony Rex Gabbert	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Colleen Dolan	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Cynthia L. Martin	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Daniel Edward Scott	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Donald E. Burrell Jr.	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Edward R. Ardini	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Gary Dean Witt	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Gary M. Gaertner	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Gary W. Lynch	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	James M. Dowd	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Jeffrey Wayne Bates	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Karen King Mitchell	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Kurt S. Odenwald	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Lisa Page	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Lisa White Hardwick	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Mark D. Pfeiffer	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Mary K. Hoff	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Mary W. Sheffield	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Nancy S. Rahmeyer	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Philip M. Hess	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Robert G. Dowd	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Robert M. Clayton	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Roy L. Richter	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Sherri B. Sullivan	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Thomas H. Newton	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	Thomas N. Chapman	Judiciary Department	$162,075
47	William Wallace Francis	Judiciary Department	$162,075
76	Edward M. Cheles	Office of Administration	$161,533
77	Padma T. Krishnamurthi	Mental Health	$157,182
78	Annette Llewellyn	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Benjamin F. Lewis	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Brian H. May	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Bruce F. Hilton	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Bryan E. Round	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Bryan L. Hettenbach	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Calvin R. Holden	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Charles H. McKenzie	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Christopher E. McGraugh	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Clinton R. Wright	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Craig E. Hellmann	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Daniel F. Kellogg	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Daniel G. Pelikan	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Daniel R. Green	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	Darrell E. Missey	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David A. Dolan	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David B. Mouton	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David C. Jones	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David C. Mason	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David Dowd	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David L. Bolander	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David L. Vincent	Judiciary Department	$152,810
78	David Michael Byrn	Judiciary Department	$152,810