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

State Public Defender

Employees by pay range

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Employees

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Name

Position Gross pay Date hired
Wilson, Joseph $99,230 Jan. 7, 2019
Wilson, Rodney $81,812 April 3, 2017
Wilson, Shawna $30,745 Nov. 2, 2015
Wimmer, Allie $24,754 Nov. 23, 2020
Winegarner, Curtis $92,102 Dec. 31, 1997
Winka Nordmann, Rebecca $91,646 Sept. 5, 2006
Wobig, Grant $86,230 April 9, 2012
Wolfe, Cheyenne $48,046 March 15, 2021
Wood, Jeffery $74,257 Aug. 3, 2015
Woodard, Jeffery $51,692 Jan. 21, 2014
Woolery, Samantha $35,845 Oct. 31, 2022
Worley, Kelly $31,325 July 22, 2021
Wurst, Erika $99,230 Sept. 22, 2014
Yankoviz III, Frank $38,895 Jan. 16, 1990
Yates, Jake $50,260 Oct. 26, 2020
Young, Jenny $87,904 June 19, 2017
Young, Katelynn $71,464 Oct. 1, 2019
Zhang, Justin $42,763 Feb. 1, 2023
Zimmerman, John $72,262 Sept. 2, 2014

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