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This page describes the compensation, salaries, and benefits that Missouri's public employees receive from state and local government.

The Missouri Accountability Portal provides information about state employees pay. Users can view pay information about the employees of the State of Missouri by their Agency of employment, Position Title or Employee Name. The provides gross pay amounts by the last pay cycle and year to date.

The Better Government Association offers this database of selected public payrolls. The BGA database includes salaries of employees of the states of Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois.


State Government Employee Salaries[1]
Office'07 SalaryCurrent Official
Governor $129,923 Jeremiah Nixon
Lieutenant Governor $83,965 Peter Kinder
Secretary of State $104,608 Robin Carnahan
Attorney General $113,046 Chris Koster
Treasurer $104,608 Clint Zweifel


The salary of Missouri's governor ranks 26th among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors is $128,735. The median salary earned by U.S. governors is $129,962.

Missouri Judicial Salaries[2]
Position'08 SalaryCurrent Justice
Chief Justice $139,534 Laura Denvir Stith
Associate Justice $137,034 William Ray Price
Associate Justice $137,034 Zel Fischer
Associate Justice $137,034 Michael Wolff
Associate Justice $137,034 Richard Teitelman
Associate Justice $137,034 Mary Rhodes Russell
Associate Justice $137,034 Patricia Breckenridge


The salary of Missouri's chief justice ranks 36th among U.S. chief justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $154,707. The median salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $151,284.

The salary of Missouri's associate justices ranks 35th among U.S. associate justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $149,687. The median salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $145,983.

[edit] Helpful links

Missouri Accountability

Missouri Government Employee Database

[edit] References

  1. ‘‘The Council of State Governments,’’ “The Book of the States: 2008”
  2. The National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Salary Resource Center"