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Missouri: 16 employees of the Department of Corrections annually earn $100,000 or more

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There were 16 employees of the Department of Corrections in Missouri who earned $100,000 or more in 2021, according to data compiled by the Missouri Accountability Portal.

Anne L. Precythe was the highest paid employee of the Department of Corrections with an annual salary of $129,142.

The highest salary was $128,985 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.

Highest paid Missouri employees with the Department of Corrections
Missouri employeeAnnual salary
Anne L. Precythe$129,142
Andrea R. Galbreath$126,973
Matthew R. Sturm$119,832
Rosemary N. Opara$119,695
Ronald A. Anderson$119,279
Adrain M. Blissett$116,772
Shirley A. Klingeman$114,954
Trevor S. Foley$114,941
Dale W. Wilkes$106,017
Jeffrey R. Norman$105,626
David J. Ruffing$104,685
Jacqueline Lewis$103,678
Wayne E. Vanderwood$101,801
Julie Kempker$101,228
Jeffrey A. Thompson$100,575
Larry J. Cleeton$100,411

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