The State Transportation Board approved a $100,000 pay raise for Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry, increasing his annual salary to $550,000. The 22% increase cleared the board unanimously without discussion. The raise was the second in just more than two years for McMurry.
He also got a $100,000 pay hike in May 2021. The increase boosted McMurry from ninth to seventh on the list of the highest-paid state employees. McMurry oversees an annual DOT budget of more than $3.7 billion, including $2.1 billion in state funds, and a payroll of nearly 3,900 employees.
McMurry was appointed commissioner in 2015 after serving as the agency’s director of planning and chief engineer. He began his career with the DOT in 1990.
