Annual income: 1 employee of the Office of Administration in Missouri annually earns $150,000 or more

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By Show-Me State Times

Jul 6, 2022

There was one employee of the Office of Administration in Missouri who earned $150,000 or more in 2021, according to data compiled by the Missouri Accountability Portal.

Jeffrey L. Wann was the highest paid employee of the Office of Administration with an annual salary of $165,000.

The highest salary was $151,250 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 employee with the Office of Administration