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
Oliver, Megan $40,461 Sept. 23, 2019
Olson, Kristina $103,480 Aug. 7, 2000
Opolka, Chase $63,802 Nov. 8, 2021
Oppelt, Charles $91,190 April 4, 2005
Ortiz, Justin $83,110 Sept. 18, 2017
Otte, Kiersten $27,164 March 27, 2023
Paisley, Jack $59,518 Oct. 24, 2022
Palmer, Carol $71,464 April 29, 2019
Parrish, Michelle $83,627 May 29, 2018
Pasley, Devon $101,950 June 30, 2009
Patel, Bhumi $61,186 June 28, 2022
Patterson, Stacy $103,480 Jan. 5, 2004
Pawlowicz, Daniel $50,731 July 31, 2017
Payne, Kimberly $48,046 March 28, 2002
Peddicord, Johnny $63,802 Sept. 17, 2021
Pekarek, Sarah $103,480 Oct. 5, 2009
Percival, Rosemary $104,480 Oct. 1, 1994
Perry, Dwayne $103,634 Jan. 1, 1989
Piatt, Christopher $103,480 June 5, 2013
Picker, Chad $90,694 Oct. 10, 2000
Pike, Christopher $81,754 May 21, 2007
Plank, Marsha $89,190 April 15, 1996
Plants, Stephen $60,144 Aug. 1, 2022
Platt, Alysha $34,738 April 27, 2022
Poe, Patricia $84,414 Aug. 1, 2016
Prenger, Myrna $51,692 Aug. 12, 1992
Price, Tamara $57,732 July 1, 2001
Pritt-Bothwell, Sharleen $73,121 Nov. 1, 2014
Puhr, Stephanie $86,230 June 23, 2009
Puricelli, Dominic $20,538 June 1, 2023
Puricelli, Michelle $39,710 Oct. 26, 2015
Ramger, James $58,684 Aug. 15, 2022
Randtke, Lena $63,802 Oct. 25, 2021
Ranz, Stephen $103,480 Jan. 24, 2010
Rasnic, Melinda $48,046 April 1, 2014
Ray II, Ernest $31,584 June 16, 2003
Reed, Miles $65,040 Aug. 24, 2020
Reed, Samuel $65,350 March 4, 2019
Reed-Redmond, Keya $24,151 Aug. 17, 2023
Reeves, Christoper $30,434 July 11, 2022
Renyer-Wilson, Danielle $26,404 Sept. 6, 2023
Reuscher, Deborah $51,692 Jan. 15, 1999
Reynolds, Neil $79,444 March 6, 2018
Reynolds, Stephen $115,480 July 18, 1991
Rhodes, Leslie $39,710 July 1, 2013
Rich, Daren $80,914 March 16, 2015
Richardson, Jennifer $103,480 Aug. 6, 2001
Richardson, Sonia $35,994 Oct. 5, 2021
Richins, Leslie $44,286 May 20, 2019
Riddle, Lanee $34,075 Sept. 19, 2022

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