Data received May 2025 • Data comes from MOSERS. Positions and FT/PT status not provided. Data excludes state employees who don't hold benefit-eligible positions.

Full-time employees

683

Median pay

$62,250

Average pay

$63,390

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Employees by pay range

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Employees

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Name

Position Gross pay Date hired
O'Leary, Erin $66,042 Aug. 1, 2022
O'Neal, Danyell $37,068 Nov. 30, 2020
Odorizzi, Diane $40,896 March 25, 2013
Oliver, Alaina $53,232 Jan. 4, 2010
Olson, Kristina $106,560 Aug. 7, 2000
Opolka, Chase $66,042 Nov. 8, 2021
Oppelt, Charles $94,842 April 4, 2005
Ortiz, Justin $102,716 Sept. 18, 2017
Otte, Kiersten $37,068 March 27, 2023
Overstreet, Craig $20,069 May 29, 2024
Paisley, Jack $66,042 Oct. 24, 2022
Palmer, Carol $91,634 April 29, 2019
Palmer, Jimele $40,896 July 18, 2023
Parmenter, Andrew $64,317 May 28, 2024
Parrish, Michelle $94,842 May 29, 2018
Pasley, Devon $106,842 June 30, 2009
Patel, Bhumi $49,272 June 28, 2022
Patterson, Stacy $106,560 Jan. 5, 2004
Payne, Christella $35,772 June 12, 2023
Payne, Kimberly $49,476 March 28, 2002
Peddicord, Johnny $67,962 Sept. 17, 2021
Pekarek, Sarah $70,480 Oct. 5, 2009
Percival, Rosemary $34,960 Oct. 1, 1994
Perry, Dwayne $106,722 Jan. 1, 1989
Phillips, Carter $62,465 Aug. 14, 2023
Piatt, Christopher $26,220 June 5, 2013
Picker, Chad $94,842 Aug. 9, 1999
Pike, Christopher $84,186 May 21, 2007
Plank, Marsha $41,432 April 15, 1996
Plants, Stephen $66,042 Aug. 1, 2022
Platt, Alysha $36,102 April 27, 2022
Poe, Patricia $94,121 Aug. 1, 2016
Pradhan, Reuben $48,705 Oct. 17, 2023
Prenger, Myrna $53,232 Aug. 12, 1992
Price, Tamara $60,958 July 1, 2001
Prince, Dawn $37,068 Nov. 27, 2023
Pritt-Bothwell, Sharleen $83,322 Nov. 1, 2014
Puhr, Stephanie $88,794 June 23, 2009
Puricelli, Michelle $40,896 Oct. 26, 2015
Qamhieh, Serena $61,175 Sept. 5, 2023
Ramger, James $64,583 Aug. 15, 2022
Randtke, Lena $67,322 Oct. 25, 2021
Ranz, Stephen $106,560 Jan. 24, 2010
Rasnic, Melinda $51,066 April 1, 2014
Ray, Ernest $22,576 Feb. 3, 1997
Reed, Miles $87,870 Aug. 24, 2020
Reed, Samuel $73,596 March 4, 2019
Reed-Redmond, Keya $51,024 Aug. 17, 2023
Reisenbichler, Sara $46,433 Jan. 24, 2024
Renyer-Wilson, Danielle $83,810 Sept. 6, 2023

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