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Annual income: 35 employees of the Department of Transportation in Missouri annually earn $100,000 or more

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There were 35 employees of the Department of Transportation in Missouri who earned $100,000 or more in 2021, according to data compiled by the Missouri Accountability Portal.

Patrick K. McKenna was the highest paid employee of the Department of Transportation with an annual salary of $220,358.

The highest salary was $215,166 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 Transportation
Missouri employeeAnnual salary
Patrick K. McKenna$220,358
Edward W. Hassinger$153,852
Eric Edward Schroeter$135,220
Rebecca Dawn Allmeroth$135,220
Lester Woods$134,820
Richard L. Tiemeyer$134,820
Brenda J. Morris$134,820
Melinda K. Grace-Beasley$125,657
Terri Lynne Parker$125,657
Jay Lawrence Smith$125,657
Thomas Keith Blair$115,084
David D. Ahlvers$115,024
Christopher Grant Redline$113,437
Gary Joe Holtmeyer$113,008
MacHelle Brooks Watkins$110,767
Steven Campbell V$110,692
Mark E. Croarkin$110,692
Paula Annette Gough$110,692
Todd M. Grosvenor$110,692
Stephen A. Meystrik$110,692
Elizabeth R. Ring$110,692
Jerica Lynn Holtsclaw$110,692
Michelle L. Kratzer$110,692
Travis Duane Koestner$110,692
Nicole Ann Kolb Hood$110,692
Natalie R. Roark$110,692
Eric John Curtit$110,292
Robert B. Reeser$110,292
Danett L. Galbraith$108,679
Jason Daniel Saey$108,679
Rudolph Wesley Nickens$105,520
James Kevin Wunderlich$105,520
Misty Lynn Volkart$105,120
Linda Sue Horn$105,120
Melissa Ann Stuedle$105,120

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