| Year |
Employer |
Name |
Title |
Annual Wages |
Source |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State Department of Health |
Byers Paul |
Physician, Senior |
$162,403.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Benko Jared |
Dep Dir Ath, Chief Fin Officer |
$162,400.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Hemphill Iv James |
Deputy Director Athletics, Dev |
$162,400.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2022 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Heinhorst Sabine |
Interim Dean And Professor |
$162,399.96 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2022 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Landen Marcia |
Avp For Research |
$162,399.96 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2024 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Wiggins Jeffrey |
Professor |
$162,397.13 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2025 |
University of Mississippi |
Walley Jacob A |
Pilot Ii |
$162,391.05 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2022 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Lai Fujun |
Professor |
$162,357.18 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Sumrall William Joseph |
Professor Of Elementary Education |
$162,328.61 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Milbach Lauren |
Instructor |
$162,323.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Demarais Stephen |
Prof & Taylor Endowed Chair |
$162,300.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2022 |
Mississippi State University |
Dickerson John R |
|
$162,298.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi State University |
Dickerson John Randall |
|
$162,298.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi Board of Pharmacy |
Dear Jeremy Todd |
Pharmacy Supervisor |
$162,255.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Kim Jisun |
Assistant Professor Of Management |
$162,253.29 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Henderson James |
Professor And Head |
$162,240.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Henderson James E |
Professor And Head |
$162,240.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Parish Jane |
Professor And Head |
$162,240.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Gibson Jaime |
Director, Icet |
$162,225.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2022 |
University of Mississippi |
Fier Stephen |
|
$162,188.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Khan Budr-Un-Nisa Almas |
Assistant Professor Of Law |
$162,166.70 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Spurlin William |
Prof & Int Program Dir |
$162,135.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2022 |
Mississippi State University |
Khaitsa Margaret L |
|
$162,132.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi State University |
Khaitsa Margaret Loy |
|
$162,132.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Stratton-Gadke Kasee |
Assoc Prof & Exec Director |
$162,053.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Stevens Daniel |
Professor And Head |
$162,053.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
University of Mississippi |
Ashpole Nicole |
Associate Professor Of Pharmacology |
$162,050.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Long Rebecca G |
Prof & Interim Division Head |
$162,000.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Bayraktar Mehmet |
Director & Professor |
$162,000.00 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Brett Homer B |
Deputy Director, Athletics |
$162,000.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Kennedy Erica |
Avp Research |
$162,000.00 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Wan Xiufeng |
Professor |
$161,983.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Hill Ii William |
Professor And Division Head |
$161,961.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi State University |
Weiskopf William Lee |
|
$161,861.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Davis Louise E |
Extension Professor |
$161,819.54 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2022 |
Mississippi State University |
Pounds Seth W |
|
$161,790.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi State University |
Pounds Seth W |
|
$161,790.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi Education, School District Consolidation Program |
Meyer Erin |
Attorney Supervisor |
$161,700.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2023 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Eye John |
Dean And Professor |
$161,687.04 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Marett Lawrence |
Professor |
$161,614.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
Mississippi State University |
Ramsey Jordan |
Deputy Director, Internal Audit |
$161,600.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
Mississippi State University |
Beasley Tia |
Asst Teach Prof & Assoc Prog Dir |
$161,600.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
Mississippi State University |
Williams Matthew |
Associate Clinical Professor |
$161,577.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2017 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Blackwell Ann P |
Dean And Professor |
$161,544.00 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Jones Randolph |
Dir, Inst Systems Engineering |
$161,537.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Mcclendon Katie S |
Clinical Associate Professor Of Pharmacy Practice |
$161,520.56 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2025 |
University of Mississippi |
Ambrose Danielle Elizabeth |
Sr. Associate Registrar |
$161,511.54 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2025 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Defatta Jerry |
Ast To Pres For Adv & Spec Pro |
$161,503.92 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2021 |
Mississippi Judiciary, Court of Appeals |
Barnes Donna M |
Coa-Chief Judge |
$161,500.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2023 |
University of Mississippi |
Monroe Stephen |
Chair And Assistant Professor Of Writing & Rhetoric |
$161,498.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Mitchell Linda C |
Ext Prof/Reg Ext Crd/Int Head |
$161,482.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
University of Mississippi |
Eliason Antonia L |
Associate Dean For Academic Affairs And Professor Of Law |
$161,453.88 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Whitney Melody |
Assistant Clinical Professor |
$161,438.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Rester Julia |
Deputy Director, Hrm |
$161,437.50 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
University of Mississippi |
Mcclellan George Stewart |
Professor Of Higher Education |
$161,430.27 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
King Mandy Lynn |
Executive Director Of Research Integrity And Compliance |
$161,413.58 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2023 |
Department of Transportation |
Hancock Lisa M |
Chief Deputy/Chief Of Staff - Tier Iii |
$161,395.47 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2023 |
Department of Transportation |
Ely Jeffrey Keith |
Chief Deputy/Chief Of Staff - Tier Iii |
$161,395.47 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2023 |
Department of Transportation |
Ratliff Brian D |
Chief Deputy/Chief Of Staff - Tier Iii |
$161,395.47 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2022 |
University of Mississippi |
Patton Michele |
|
$161,369.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2022 |
University of Mississippi |
Nylander Iii Albert |
|
$161,359.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Salter Sidney |
Chief Communications Officer |
$161,358.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Salter Sidney L |
Chief Communications Officer |
$161,358.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2025 |
University of Mississippi |
Barnard Gay Marie |
Assoc Prof Pr & Rap In Rips & Assoc Prof Public Health |
$161,342.32 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Sanford Daniel Ray |
Director University Police/Campus Safety |
$161,330.63 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2022 |
Mississippi State University |
Ivy Caroline B |
|
$161,308.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi State University |
Ivy Caroline Betbeze |
|
$161,308.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2020 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Hayhurst David |
Professor |
$161,305.92 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2021 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Hayhurst David |
Professor |
$161,305.92 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Bourgeois Thomas |
Dean Of Students |
$161,180.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Colby David A |
Prof Medi Chem&Res Prof In Rips&Dir Online Grad Prg Bio Sc |
$161,153.59 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2023 |
University of Mississippi |
Holt Robert |
Professor Of Geology & Geological Engineering |
$161,149.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2022 |
University of Mississippi |
Spearman William |
|
$161,145.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2022 |
University of Mississippi |
Marsh Brent |
|
$161,093.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2025 |
Mississippi State University |
Sescu Adrian |
Professor, Endow Prof, & Int Assoc Dean |
$161,079.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Jernigan Patrick S |
Asst Athletic Dir Sports Medicine/Head Football Ath Train |
$161,046.65 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2021 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Varnado Krystyna |
Sr Avp & Chief Hr Officer |
$161,000.04 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2025 |
University of Mississippi |
Deng Shu |
Assistant Professor Of Management |
$160,999.98 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2023 |
University of Mississippi |
Nezhukumatathil Aimee |
Professor Of English And Creative Writing |
$160,990.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Glasscock William Joseph |
Sr. Associate Athletic Direct - Player Personnel/Development |
$160,984.82 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2023 |
University of Mississippi |
Bombelli Luca |
Chair And Professor Of Physics & Astronomy |
$160,969.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2024 |
Mississippi State University |
Clay Jeremy |
Director Of Contracts Administration |
$160,925.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Anderson Keith A |
Chair & Professor Social Work & Professor Public Health |
$160,920.05 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2019 |
Mississippi Department of Corrections, Medical Division |
Perry Gloria |
Physician, Senior |
$160,903.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2025 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Cantrell Sirena |
Avp & Dean Of Students |
$160,797.00 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2022 |
Mississippi State University |
Bond Jason A |
|
$160,670.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2023 |
Mississippi State University |
Bond Jason A |
|
$160,670.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Trinkle Bradley |
Assc Prof & Von Graham Prof |
$160,662.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Trinkle Bradley S |
Assc Prof & Von Graham Prof |
$160,662.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2022 |
University of Mississippi |
Al-Ostaz Ahmed |
|
$160,620.00 |
University of Mississippi |
| 2025 |
Mississippi State University |
Allen Thomas |
Extension/Research Professor |
$160,618.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2019 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Rayborn Michong |
Associate Professor |
$160,545.00 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2025 |
Mississippi State University |
Bethel Cindy |
Prof & Endowed Professorship |
$160,509.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2022 |
Mississippi Education, School District Consolidation Program |
Smith Peter K |
Public Relations Specialist Team Lead |
$160,425.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2023 |
Mississippi Education, School District Consolidation Program |
Smith Peter K |
Public Relations Specialist Team Lead |
$160,425.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2021 |
Mississippi Education, School District Consolidation Program |
Smith Peter K |
Public Relations Specialist Team Le |
$160,425.00 |
Mississippi State Personnel Board |
| 2020 |
Mississippi State University |
Falls Terril C |
Sr Res Eng & Assc Dir |
$160,410.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Falls Terril |
Sr Res Eng & Assc Dir, Iser |
$160,410.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2019 |
Mississippi State University |
Davis Louise |
Extension Professor |
$160,400.00 |
Mississippi State University |
| 2024 |
University of Mississippi |
Hensley Desiree Carole |
Professor Of Law And Dir Of The Housing Clinic |
$160,372.92 |
University of Mississippi |