Missouri / Public Safety

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Public Safety

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

The Public Safety provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.

In 2025, this agency had 6,955 employees with median total compensation of $38,245; the highest distinct record was $187,511.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $301.9M
Employees: 6,955
Median total: $38,245
Highest record: $187,511

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

-$26,304$136,300+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 6,955 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($38,245) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $43,407 (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

$3,327

$8,200

$38,245

$66,556

$103,418

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $103,418 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $3,327. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Support Care Assistant

919 · $18,363

431 · $3,934

363 · $82,970

355 · $104,581

308 · $121,054

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.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2023	$254.1M —	6,760 —	$33,843 —
2024	$272.4M ▲ 7.2%	7,032 ▲ 4.0%	$30,051 ▼ 11.2%
2025	$301.9M ▲ 10.8%	6,955 ▼ 1.1%	$38,245 ▲ 27.3%

Record list

Employees

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Modesta Lizama

Custodial Assistant/Public Safety

2025 total comp

$2,484

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,484
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,484

At Public Safety, Modesta Lizama serves as a Custodial Assistant. Their 2025 pay totaled $2,484.

Levi Cunningham

Miscellaneous Professional/Public Safety

2025 total comp

$2,484

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,484
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,484

At Public Safety, Levi Cunningham serves as a Miscellaneous Professional. Their 2025 pay totaled $2,484.

Kendall Blythe

Typist/Public Safety

2025 total comp

$2,479

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,479
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,479

At Public Safety, Kendall Blythe serves as a Typist. Their 2025 pay totaled $2,479.

Benjamen Belle

Support Care Assistant/Public Safety

2024 total comp

$2,479

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,479
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,479

Benjamen Belle works as a Support Care Assistant for Public Safety. Benjamen earned $2,479 in 2024.

Hayley Propst

Direct Care Aide/Public Safety

2025 total comp

$2,478

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,478
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,478

Hayley Propst is a Direct Care Aide at Public Safety. 2025 total compensation came to $2,478.

Diane Vernon

Fiscal&Budgetary Analyst III/Public Safety

2023 total comp

$2,476

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,476
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,476

Diane Vernon is a Fiscal&Budgetary Analyst III at Public Safety. 2023 total compensation came to $2,476.

Joshua Morrison

Direct Care Aide/Public Safety

2024 total comp

$2,475

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,475
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,475

Joshua Morrison works as a Direct Care Aide for Public Safety. Joshua earned $2,475 in 2024.

Crystal Mahoney

Office Worker Miscellaneous/Public Safety

2025 total comp

$2,474

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,474
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,474

Crystal Mahoney holds the role of Office Worker Miscellaneous at Public Safety. In 2025, their total compensation was $2,474.

Michele Hermann

Support Care Assistant/Public Safety

2024 total comp

$2,473

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,473
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,473

Michele Hermann is a Support Care Assistant at Public Safety. 2024 total compensation came to $2,473.

Emily James

Direct Care Aide/Public Safety

2024 total comp

$2,471

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,471
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,471

At Public Safety, Emily James serves as a Direct Care Aide. Their 2024 pay totaled $2,471.

Brian Miller

Administrative Manager/Public Safety

2023 total comp

$2,471

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,471
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $2,471

Brian Miller works as a Administrative Manager for Public Safety. Brian earned $2,471 in 2023.

Bradley Hennigh