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
Hoelting, Olivia $62,646 March 4, 2022
Hoeplinger, Stephanie $81,464 March 1, 2021
Holcer, Joella $39,710 Sept. 9, 1996
Holder, Kathy $39,710 April 30, 2007
Holland, Debra $39,710 June 21, 2016
Honse, Timothy $86,230 Oct. 23, 2014
Hooks, Anika $39,710 Dec. 6, 1999
Hooper, Rhonda $35,994 Sept. 6, 2022
Horneyer, Brian $90,694 Sept. 27, 2011
Horsford, Emily $63,802 Aug. 15, 2021
Houck, Timothy $86,230 Jan. 9, 2006
Hourihan, Leanne $69,373 July 31, 2017
Huber, Christopher $80,914 Feb. 6, 2017
Huff, Alison $39,710 May 24, 2021
Huggins, Glenn $63,802 June 16, 2021
Hughes, Samantha $41,186 Oct. 1, 2021
Huitt-Johnson, Thomas $39,710 Aug. 31, 2020
Ibarra, Isamar $34,738 Aug. 22, 2022
Indelicato, Samantha $71,464 Oct. 5, 2020
Izoita, Kristina $35,010 Aug. 1, 2022
Jackson Mercer, Sarah $88,183 Oct. 19, 2010
Jackson, Donna $41,115 Jan. 7, 2007
Jackson, Steven $51,692 Aug. 23, 2010
Jacquinot, Thomas $115,480 Oct. 14, 1997
Jaeger, Caroline $39,478 Oct. 18, 2021
Jaffri, Shajiah $26,100 Aug. 7, 2023
Janney, Melissa $39,796 Oct. 24, 2022
Jansen, Carol $84,057 Aug. 11, 2014
Jenkins, Harry $86,230 July 20, 1992
Jennings, Kirk $48,046 Oct. 17, 2018
Jesionowski, Leia $46,366 July 27, 2009
Johnson, Amy $57,732 May 5, 2014
Johnson, Janthony $103,480 Sept. 8, 2008
Johnson, Sarah $40,368 Oct. 13, 2009
Johnson, Sarah $80,914 Sept. 5, 2017
Johnson, Shannon $48,046 June 3, 2019
Johnson, Sierra $54,935 June 28, 2022
Johnson, Travis $51,692 July 19, 2010
Johnston, Charity $44,349 Sept. 17, 2014
Johnston, Margaret $123,016 Nov. 12, 1996
Jones, Destone $39,710 Jan. 4, 2022
Jones, Kathryn $111,436 Sept. 23, 2013
Jones, Teah $51,692 Oct. 10, 2006
Joswick, Bailey $34,738 July 14, 2022
Kahn, Hannah $80,914 Aug. 1, 2016
Kassner, Claudia $26,494 July 17, 2023
Kee, Dakota $71,464 Aug. 15, 2021
Kee, Holly $63,802 Aug. 10, 2020
Keel, Anthony $46,366 June 7, 2021
Kell, Shawn $51,692 Sept. 29, 2005

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