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Corrections

Source file: Missouri Accountability Portal — State Employee Pay / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Corrections runs the corrections system — operating prisons and jails, supervising people in custody, and managing parole or probation.

In 2025, this agency had 13,813 employees with median total compensation of $37,946; the highest distinct record was $189,788.

Year
2025
Total payroll
$495.4M
Employees
13,813
Median total
$37,946
Highest record
$189,788

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 13,813 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($37,946) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$0 (0%)
  • Overtime$0 (0%)
  • Other$35,867 (100%)
  • Benefits$0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$3,794
$13,251
$37,946
$52,324
$65,027

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $65,027 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $3,794. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2023
$441.2M
13,107
$35,992
2024
$474.5M
7.5%
13,715
4.6%
$36,729
2.0%
2025
$495.4M
4.4%
13,813
0.7%
$37,946
3.3%

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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Record list

Employees

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Jason Courson

Correctional Officer/Corrections

2025 total comp
$1,756
Base pay
$0
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,756
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$1,756

At Corrections, Jason Courson serves as a Correctional Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $1,756.

Mariah Malcolm

Correctional Officer/Corrections

2024 total comp
$1,756
Base pay
$0
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,756
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$1,756

At Corrections, Mariah Malcolm serves as a Correctional Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $1,756.

Olivia Bopp

Correctional Worker/Corrections

2023 total comp
$1,754
Base pay
$0
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,754
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$1,754

Olivia Bopp is a Correctional Worker at Corrections. 2023 total compensation came to $1,754.

Tommy Adams

Probation and Parole Officer/Corrections

2023 total comp
$1,751
Base pay
$0
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,751
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$1,751

Tommy Adams works as a Probation and Parole Officer for Corrections. Tommy earned $1,751 in 2023.