Director of MS Dept. Transportation Highest paid Official in State?

Having read this story which states that the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation will be receiving $144,354-a-year for a job he was once so bad at as to get fired, I got to thinking how this sounded pretty high for the poorest state in the union.  After doing a little net investigating this is what I’ve found.

I can’t speculate as to the accuracy of these figures.  I can, however, point you to this credible story about Gov. Barbour’s salary.  I also point you to this site showing the salaries of the people who actually do the real work for the above listed, Mississippi State Personnel Board …promoting a quality workforce.

So it does indeed appear as if the Executive Director of the Mississippi State Department of Transportation is the highest paid official in the state, about $577 a day.