State Public Defender
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
Click on one of the headers below to sort a column. Data shown reflects actual gross pay for 2023, except where noted otherwise.
| 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 |
Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or median pay, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.