Data received May 2024 • Positions, full-time/part-time status not provided. Data covers fiscal year (July-June), not calendar year.

Full-time employees

669

Median pay

$59,310

Average pay

$61,058

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Employees by pay range

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Employees

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Name

Position Gross pay Date hired
Abeln, Rebecca $86,230 Aug. 24, 2008
Abkemeier, Claire $34,738 July 11, 2022
Abraham, Christopher $58,385 Sept. 13, 2021
Acree, Angela $68,191 March 27, 2017
Adamson, Zackery $39,710 Aug. 2, 2022
Alexander, Bailey $20,023 Aug. 21, 2023
Alexander, Clayton $61,094 Aug. 10, 2021
Allen, Arthur $103,480 Jan. 30, 1995
Allen, Rachel $48,163 Oct. 29, 2018
Alm, Tanya $36,490 Oct. 7, 2013
Andershock, Trevor $20,538 June 1, 2023
Anderson, Michael $80,914 July 19, 2021
Anderson, Nathaniel $90,446 Sept. 1, 2002
Anglen, Randall $55,915 March 13, 2023
Anielak, Jay $40,331 Aug. 7, 2000
Aplin, Sarah $86,230 Oct. 14, 2010
Appelbaum, John $62,646 March 8, 2022
Appleberry, Cecilia $71,464 Nov. 13, 2018
Arentsen, Justin $103,480 Dec. 26, 2018
Argana, Charles $69,992 Jan. 21, 2020
Armfield, Zachary $60,412 July 16, 2012
Arterberry, Christine $36,779 Sept. 3, 2019
Ashdown, Dylan $50,000 March 1, 2023
Aswad, Yazen $85,687 July 14, 2014
Austermann, Patrick $103,480 Oct. 7, 2013
Austwick, Kelsy $20,601 Aug. 15, 2022
Bagby, Everetta $46,366 Nov. 24, 2014
Bailey, Robert $48,046 Dec. 28, 2021
Bajric, Majda $44,638 Jan. 31, 2022
Baker, Madison $39,710 Oct. 26, 2021
Baker, Samuel $80,914 March 20, 2017
Banks, Chanel $24,792 April 18, 2023
Barnes, Sophia $39,439 Sept. 20, 2021
Barnett, John $27,922 June 1, 2023
Barron, Neil $35,580 Dec. 17, 2012
Baskind, David $21,231 Aug. 15, 2023
Batek, George $90,942 Jan. 19, 1993
Bates, Dylan $63,802 Feb. 1, 2022
Bauer, Susan $63,802 Nov. 28, 2022
Beavers, Elizabeth $63,802 May 17, 2021
Bedsaul, Jacob $49,193 March 13, 2019
Belford, Mihia $39,710 July 19, 2016
Belts, Christopher $89,950 June 19, 2006
Bennett, Rhonda $41,396 June 1, 2008
Benson, Kathryn $103,480 Aug. 3, 1992
Berger, Katherine $69,683 Aug. 10, 2020
Berrigan, Edward $77,848 Dec. 10, 2018
Berrigan, Patrick $92,102 Oct. 1, 1984
Besermin, Hannah $21,383 Aug. 14, 2023
Bickell, Kristi $39,710 June 16, 2016

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