Show-Me State Times

There was one employee of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development in Missouri who earned $150,000 or more in 2021, according to data compiled by the Missouri Accountability Portal.

Zora Zoa Mulligan was the highest paid employee of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development with an annual salary of $182,053.

The highest salary was $98,391 in 2020.

A report from members of the Federal Salary Council 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.

Missouri employee	Annual salary
Zora Zoa Mulligan	$182,053