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14 employees with the Department of Mental Health in Missouri annually make $250,000 or more

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There were 14 employees of the Department of Mental Health in Missouri who earned $250,000 or more in 2020, according to data compiled by the Missouri Accountability Portal.

Sekhar Vangala was the highest paid employee of the Department of Mental Health with an annual salary of $521,757.

The highest salary was $418,569 in 2019.

A report from members of the Federal Salary Council published on May 2, 2019, argued the pay structures within the U.S. government are skewed and federal workers are overpaid.

Downsizing the Federal Government, a project advocating for smaller government in the face of rising deficits, argued more than 2 million federal employees earned on average $30,000 more than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

Highest paid Missouri employees with the Department of Mental Health
Missouri employeeAnnual salary
Sekhar Vangala$521,757
Nezar A. El-Ruwie$412,292
Manisha M. Lele$411,888
Naveen K. Yarasi$361,538
Stacy L. Neff$320,098
Amala Kumar D. Augustine$319,554
Jairam Das$313,680
Swarnalatha R. Yerrapu$312,729
Angeline Stanislaus$294,963
Ahsan Syed$277,327
Maheshkumar K. Patel$276,903
James Reynolds$268,330
David R. Hunter$265,447
William R. Enochs$264,027

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