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
Bittick, Tatum $22,672 May 9, 2023
Blair, Ladonna $51,692 June 15, 2000
Blair, Norris $51,692 Sept. 1, 2010
Bland, Katie $34,738 June 8, 2022
Blue, Monette $48,046 July 8, 2005
Bohannon, Michael $48,046 Jan. 3, 2023
Boltz, Mackenzie $48,046 Aug. 21, 2022
Bono, Stacy $63,802 July 20, 2015
Boone Conley, Ella $86,230 Oct. 1, 2012
Boudreau, Hannah $77,464 Nov. 12, 2019
Bradley, Melissa $53,355 Oct. 19, 2020
Braschler, Dusti $51,692 Jan. 5, 2015
Bremner, Paige $86,230 Nov. 7, 2011
Breslow, Kirby $86,230 Oct. 23, 2014
Bressman, Madison $34,738 May 16, 2022
Brotherton, Ida $46,366 Nov. 5, 1984
Brown, Joshua $52,354 Dec. 9, 2022
Buchanan, Haniyyah $34,738 Feb. 18, 2020
Buffaloe, Samuel $97,230 July 1, 2007
Bullard, Andrew $71,464 May 2, 2022
Burns, Chenoa $34,738 Sept. 16, 2022
Burton, Margaret $51,692 Jan. 8, 2013
Bushong, Linde $46,366 Aug. 27, 2012
Byers, Timothy $51,692 March 1, 2001
Byington, Louisa $39,710 Jan. 2, 2018
Byrnes, Sylvia $92,102 Aug. 6, 1984
Caldwell, Virginia $39,703 Sept. 6, 2011
Campbell, Benjamin $90,018 July 6, 2004
Cannon, Homer $51,692 Dec. 7, 2009
Cantoni, Jordan $86,230 Sept. 23, 2013
Carlton, Ethan $31,328 May 1, 2023
Carosello, Patrick $68,754 Oct. 26, 2020
Cash, Jacqueline $39,710 Nov. 28, 2022
Casterline, Jennifer $34,738 Aug. 12, 2020
Catlettstout, Delaney $66,802 July 17, 2017
Chadbourne, Ayla $99,790 May 19, 2014
Chase, Kevin $92,230 Nov. 1, 2011
Chrles, Rebecca $65,659 Oct. 18, 2007
Cima, Rachel $39,710 Sept. 14, 2021
Clack, Paula $46,366 Sept. 1, 2009
Clay, Amy $109,480 Aug. 6, 2001
Cleveland, Kayla $62,229 Aug. 4, 2021
Cohen, Jordan $80,914 May 9, 2019
Colanero, Mia $34,738 June 21, 2022
Cole, Tyson $71,096 Jan. 2, 2020
Coleman, Bradford $63,802 April 10, 2017
Collier, Joseph $91,874 June 8, 2004
Connelly, Sean $63,802 Oct. 1, 2021
Connolly, Eian $27,110 Jan. 3, 2023
Cook, Andrew $71,464 Sept. 3, 2019

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