Data received May 2025 • Data comes from MOSERS. Positions and FT/PT status not provided. Data excludes state employees who don't hold benefit-eligible positions.

Full-time employees

683

Median pay

$62,250

Average pay

$63,390

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Employees by pay range

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Employees

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Name

Position Gross pay Date hired
Leal Guajardo, Ruben $31,139 Oct. 4, 2023
Leasure, Roy $53,232 Oct. 14, 1997
Lee, Christopher $66,042 March 19, 2018
Leftwich, Valerie $106,842 July 26, 1993
Leggette, Tricia $40,896 Nov. 17, 2004
Legomsky, Anne $122,547 Oct. 24, 2016
Lehmberg, Christian $88,794 July 5, 2016
Leslie, Jared $34,170 June 16, 2016
Leuty Winningham, Tiffany $106,560 Feb. 21, 2006
Lewis, Rachel $50,084 Oct. 3, 2022
Lewis, Steven $100,842 Feb. 22, 1994
Li, Zuqi $67,002 Nov. 15, 2021
Lima, Brooke $83,322 Feb. 6, 2023
Livingston, Neal $53,232 June 26, 2000
Lohn, Joshua $88,794 Dec. 5, 2016
Lomax-Vogt, Hannah $73,596 July 28, 2021
Lombard, Joy $51,692 Feb. 22, 1999
Long, Kimberly $51,846 Aug. 30, 2021
Lorenz, Kevin $88,794 March 12, 2012
Lowe, Craig $88,794 Jan. 13, 2014
Lowes, Susan $47,748 March 1, 1987
Lubbe, Alexandra $52,154 May 9, 2023
Lucas, Tamara $106,560 April 17, 2017
Ludwig, Tyler $66,042 Aug. 5, 2021
Lutman, John $23,337 Jan. 24, 1995
Lynch, Claudia $40,896 May 10, 2018
Mace, Tessa $34,083 April 24, 2023
Mader-Twillmann, Corri $40,201 Aug. 31, 2020
Mahaffey, Matthew $114,756 Nov. 26, 2007
Malugen, Ginia $53,232 Nov. 3, 2014
Manion, Elton $88,794 Jan. 9, 2017
Manjunath, Yashwanth $90,711 March 1, 2017
Manthey, Melanie $36,212 Aug. 2, 2022
Marbough, Joy $53,232 July 7, 1997
Marshall, John $68,282 Aug. 2, 2021
Martin, David $53,232 Jan. 2, 2018
Martin, Jeffrey $106,722 Jan. 16, 1996
Martin, Travis $49,859 Dec. 17, 2015
Mattison, Chad $37,373 May 21, 2024
Maurer-Levi, Kimberly $86,325 April 3, 2017
Mauritzson, Scott $49,476 Nov. 7, 2022
May, Chris $57,252 July 19, 1993
McCalla, Susan $66,042 Feb. 14, 2022
McCourt, Alison $83,322 Oct. 15, 2018
McCoy, Kevin $83,785 Nov. 20, 2017
McCray, Kaleb $32,084 May 1, 2024
McDermott, Molly $22,012 Aug. 5, 2024
McDowell, Steven $73,596 Sept. 18, 2012
McFadin, Tracy $88,794 Feb. 1, 2017
McFarland, Debra $24,738 Oct. 7, 2003

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