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
Siver, Nicholas $80,914 Oct. 5, 2015
Skocy, Gregory $63,802 Nov. 29, 2021
Smith, Austin $86,230 Nov. 16, 2011
Smith, Brian $91,418 July 31, 1998
Smith, Connie $46,366 Sept. 29, 2008
Smith, Kyle $35,136 June 1, 2023
Sommerich, Sherry $39,710 Oct. 18, 1999
Sowash, Jeffrey $89,537 Aug. 6, 2007
Spears, David $39,278 June 27, 2016
Speer, Jason $86,230 Jan. 7, 2002
Spencer, Jeffrey $40,995 Jan. 22, 2004
Spencer, Lyndle $23,334 July 10, 2023
Stanfield, Michael $55,335 Sept. 24, 2007
Stanley, Kayja $86,230 Aug. 31, 2009
Steele, Jemia $86,230 Aug. 31, 2009
Stefanko, Chelsy $46,321 June 27, 2016
Stephens IV, Thomas $97,874 June 16, 1995
Stephenson, Kimberly $48,046 June 18, 2012
Stepp, Devin $27,331 July 31, 2023
Stewart, Amanda $44,286 Feb. 6, 2012
Stewart, Carter $59,101 Aug. 8, 2022
Stewart, Natasha $28,273 March 13, 2023
Stokely, Walter $103,480 April 15, 2013
Stollberg, Ashley $71,464 Nov. 26, 2018
Straus, Charles $34,738 Aug. 8, 2022
Streiler, Dawn $34,738 July 18, 2022
Stroup, Lisa $92,102 Nov. 27, 1989
Sullivan, Connie $63,802 Jan. 19, 2022
Summers, Suzanne $48,046 Feb. 24, 1997
Swartz, Brandon $86,230 June 9, 2014
Swift, Melinda $130,782 Sept. 1, 1986
Swift, William $104,102 Aug. 4, 1986
Tanner, Chelsea $48,046 Nov. 28, 2022
Tarnowski, Carissa $63,802 June 1, 2021
Tarvin, Haley $63,802 Nov. 22, 2021
Tatayon, Manuel $92,102 Nov. 8, 2018
Tatro, Angela $84,731 June 5, 2001
Taylor, Jeana $35,268 Aug. 18, 2022
Tecarro, Marcus $60,144 Aug. 15, 2022
Terrell, Christopher $64,112 Nov. 16, 2020
Thacker, Lori $39,710 Oct. 31, 2016
Tharp, Stacie $51,692 Nov. 13, 2001
Thoman, Katy $92,102 Nov. 16, 2010
Thomas, John $60,144 Aug. 15, 2022
Thomas-Walker, Tamara $30,396 Nov. 28, 1988
Thompson, Adam $74,257 July 31, 2017
Thompson, Amy $115,480 Sept. 10, 1997
Thompson, Edward $103,646 May 30, 1995
Thompson, Elizabeth $63,802 Jan. 25, 2021
Tilman, Heather $103,480 Oct. 25, 1995

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