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
Blair, Ladonna $53,232 June 15, 2000
Bland, Katie $36,322 June 8, 2022
Blue, Monette $39,560 July 8, 2005
Boge, Joshua $63,749 Sept. 29, 2023
Bohannon, Michael $49,476 Jan. 3, 2023
Boltz, Mackenzie $33,352 Aug. 21, 2022
Bono, Stacy $68,602 July 20, 2015
Boone Conley, Ella $88,794 Aug. 9, 1990
Boudreau, Hannah $89,640 Nov. 12, 2019
Bowman, Taylor $62,465 July 31, 2023
Bradley, Melissa $27,162 Oct. 19, 2020
Bradtke-Litwack, Lena $20,281 Aug. 20, 2024
Braschler, Dusti $53,232 Jan. 5, 2015
Bremner, Paige $88,794 Nov. 7, 2011
Breslow, Kirby $88,794 Oct. 23, 2014
Bressman, Madison $36,267 May 16, 2022
Brotherton, Ida $48,426 Nov. 5, 1984
Brown, Joshua $64,166 Dec. 9, 2022
Buchanan, Haniyyah $34,062 Feb. 18, 2020
Buffaloe, Samuel $100,794 July 1, 2007
Bullard, Andrew $73,596 Aug. 5, 1982
Burchard, Blake $60,287 Oct. 18, 2023
Burns, Chenoa $36,157 Sept. 16, 2022
Burns, Derek $62,465 Aug. 14, 2023
Burns, Jackson $35,639 Jan. 2, 2024
Burton, Margaret $53,232 Jan. 8, 2013
Bushong, Linde $47,748 Aug. 27, 2012
Byers, Timothy $53,232 March 1, 2001
Byington, Louisa $40,896 Jan. 2, 2018
Byrnes, Sylvia $70,758 Aug. 6, 1984
Caldwell, Virginia $40,896 Sept. 6, 2011
Campbell, Benjamin $94,842 July 6, 2004
Campbell, Matthew $50,235 Aug. 14, 2023
Cannon, Homer $53,232 Dec. 7, 2009
Cantoni, Jordan $88,794 Sept. 23, 2013
Carlton, Ethan $47,748 May 1, 2023
Carosello, Patrick $73,596 Oct. 26, 2020
Cartwright, Adam $61,267 Feb. 17, 2015
Cash, Jacqueline $40,896 Nov. 28, 2022
Casterline, Jennifer $35,772 Aug. 12, 2020
Catlettstout, Delaney $73,962 July 17, 2017
Chadbourne, Ayla $106,560 May 19, 2014
Charles, Rebecca $84,756 Oct. 18, 2007
Chase, Kevin $94,794 Nov. 1, 2011
Chilton, Morgan $62,465 Aug. 7, 2023
Clack, Paula $47,748 Sept. 1, 2009
Clay, Amy $108,592 Aug. 6, 2001
Cleveland, Kayla $49,272 Aug. 4, 2021
Cohen, Jordan $42,607 May 9, 2019
Cole, Tyson $73,596 Jan. 2, 2020

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