Show-Me State Times

11.5 percent of employees at the Department of Corrections made between $25,000-$50,000 in 2020, according to the Missouri Accountability Portal.

Across the state, 20.3 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 $521,757 for the year.

Rank	Individual	Department	Salary
1	Sekhar Vangala	Mental Health	$521,757
2	Nezar A. El-Ruwie	Mental Health	$412,292
3	Manisha M. Lele	Mental Health	$411,888
4	Naveen K. Yarasi	Mental Health	$361,538
5	Stacy L. Neff	Mental Health	$320,098
6	Amala Kumar D. Augustine	Mental Health	$319,554
7	Jairam Das	Mental Health	$313,680
8	Swarnalatha R. Yerrapu	Mental Health	$312,729
9	Angeline Stanislaus	Mental Health	$294,963
10	Ahsan Syed	Mental Health	$277,327
11	Maheshkumar K. Patel	Mental Health	$276,903
12	James Reynolds	Mental Health	$268,330
13	David R. Hunter	Mental Health	$265,447
14	William R. Enochs	Mental Health	$264,027
15	Bruce Parsa	Mental Health	$247,403
16	Joshua W. Calhoun	Mental Health	$247,153
17	Amy Taylor	Mental Health	$240,605
18	Wajiha P. Karatela	Mental Health	$235,263
19	Alexandru L. Vasile	Mental Health	$235,194
20	Robert Todd Richardson	Social Services	$233,783
21	Nirmala Kurian	Mental Health	$233,647
22	Timothy Dellenbaugh	Mental Health	$229,761
23	Agnieszka Milczarek	Mental Health	$223,417
24	Rebekah Ann Radmanesh	Mental Health	$219,368
25	Jianwei Jiao	Mental Health	$219,118
25	Joseph Moon	Mental Health	$219,118
25	Padma T. Krishnamurthi	Mental Health	$219,118
28	Patrick K. McKenna	Transportation	$215,166
29	Ming Bruce Chi	Mental Health	$211,300
30	Ralph G. Leigh	Mental Health	$205,949
31	Susan A. Minchin	Mental Health	$203,875
32	Margaret M. Vandeven	Elementary and Secondary Education	$199,030
33	George W. Draper	Judiciary Department	$188,997
34	Mohammad Yousuf	Mental Health	$187,831
35	Seema Najam	Mental Health	$185,070
36	Sanjiv Sethi	Mental Health	$181,103
37	Laura D. Stith	Judiciary Department	$180,760
37	Mary Rhodes Russell	Judiciary Department	$180,760
37	Patricia A. Breckenridge	Judiciary Department	$180,760
37	Paul C. Wilson	Judiciary Department	$180,760
37	Wesley Brent Powell	Judiciary Department	$180,760
37	Zel Martin Fischer	Judiciary Department	$180,760
43	Miles C. Reece	Mental Health	$180,588
44	Robert B. Sexe	Mental Health	$177,919
45	Alok Ahuja	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Angela T. Quigless	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Anthony Rex Gabbert	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Colleen Dolan	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Cynthia L. Martin	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Daniel Edward Scott	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Donald E. Burrell Jr.	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Edward R. Ardini	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Gary Dean Witt	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Gary M. Gaertner	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Gary W. Lynch	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	James M. Dowd	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Jeffrey Wayne Bates	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Karen King Mitchell	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Kurt S. Odenwald	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Lisa Page	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Lisa White Hardwick	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Mark D. Pfeiffer	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Mary K. Hoff	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Mary W. Sheffield	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Nancy S. Rahmeyer	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Philip M. Hess	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Robert G. Dowd	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Robert M. Clayton	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Robin Ransom	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Sherri B. Sullivan	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Thomas H. Newton	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	Thomas N. Chapman	Judiciary Department	$165,242
45	William Wallace Francis	Judiciary Department	$165,242
74	Richard P. Doisy	Mental Health	$163,814
75	Amged Eltahir	Mental Health	$161,148
76	William P. Leung	Commerce and Insurance	$155,853
77	Annette Llewellyn	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Becky J. Borthwick	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Benjamin F. Lewis	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Brenda Lovins	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Brian H. May	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Bruce F. Hilton	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Bryan E. Round	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Bryan L. Hettenbach	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Calea Stovall-Reid	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Calvin R. Holden	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Charles H. McKenzie	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Christopher E. McGraugh	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Clinton R. Wright	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Cory L. Atkins	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Craig E. Hellmann	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Daniel F. Kellogg	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Daniel G. Pelikan	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Daniel R. Green	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	Darrell E. Missey	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	David A. Dolan	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	David B. Mouton	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	David C. Jones	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	David C. Mason	Judiciary Department	$155,797
77	David Dowd	Judiciary Department	$155,797