Data received June 2026 • 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

720

Median pay

$61,058

Average pay

$65,024

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Employees by pay range

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Employees

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Name

Position Gross pay Date hired
Pike, Christopher Not provided $89,360 May 21, 2007
Pinnick, Madison Not provided $38,033 May 16, 2022
Plants, Stephen Not provided $68,062 Aug. 1, 2022
Platt, Alysha Not provided $38,033 April 27, 2022
Poe, Patricia Not provided $95,068 Aug. 1, 2016
Prenger, Myrna Not provided $56,776 Aug. 12, 1992
Price, Tamara Not provided $67,208 July 1, 2001
Prince, Dawn Not provided $37,844 Nov. 27, 2023
Prino, Jessica Not provided $36,336 Jan. 7, 2013
Pritt-Bothwell, Sharleen Not provided $86,752 Nov. 1, 2014
Puricelli, Michelle Not provided $42,583 Oct. 26, 2015
Qamhieh, Serena Not provided $34,053 Sept. 5, 2023
Queener, Michael Not provided $23,034 July 16, 2025
Ramger, James Not provided $66,004 Aug. 15, 2022
Ranz, Stephen Not provided $120,880 Jan. 24, 2010
Rasnic, Melinda Not provided $55,694 April 1, 2014
Reed, Miles Not provided $97,299 Aug. 24, 2020
Reed, Samuel Not provided $78,425 March 4, 2019
Reisenbichler, Sara Not provided $51,051 Jan. 24, 2024
Renyer-Wilson, Danielle Not provided $96,818 Sept. 6, 2023
Reuscher, Deborah Not provided $56,776 Jan. 15, 1999
Reynolds, Neil Not provided $86,329 March 6, 2018
Reynolds, Stephen Not provided $125,111 July 18, 1991
Rhodes, Leslie Not provided $42,790 July 1, 2013
Rich, Daren Not provided $92,447 March 16, 2015
Richards, Stephanie Not provided $35,045 Sept. 10, 2024
Richardson, Sonia Not provided $41,959 Oct. 5, 2021
Richins, Leslie Not provided $52,320 May 20, 2019
Rigdon, Madison Not provided $36,336 Sept. 30, 2024
Rightnowar, Nina Not provided $37,844 July 16, 2017
Riley, Heather Not provided $46,989 Oct. 28, 2024
Rinne, Susan Not provided $32,166 May 27, 1998
Ripplinger, Tim Not provided $61,060 May 30, 2006
Roberts, Jadria Not provided $51,261 July 24, 2017
Robinson, Gwenda Not provided $113,652 Oct. 26, 1994
Robinson, Jennifer Not provided $91,996 March 1, 2010
Robinson, Vel Not provided $41,794 Jan. 1, 2005
Robnett, Matthew Not provided $91,094 Nov. 7, 2016
Rodgers, Casey Not provided $85,906 Oct. 1, 2019
Rodgers, Rebecca Not provided $41,752 July 6, 2022
Rogers, Cassandra Not provided $74,760 Aug. 1, 2005
Rogers, Marla Not provided $42,167 Jan. 2, 2020
Roper, Sarah Not provided $50,687 June 14, 2007
Rosener, Rhonda Not provided $39,317 July 11, 2022
Ross, Caroline Not provided $59,886 Aug. 28, 2023
Ross, Emily Not provided $50,089 March 1, 2021
Rossol, Charles Not provided $45,144 Oct. 11, 2022
Roth, Eileen Not provided $58,443 Aug. 5, 1991
Rottman, Caitlin Not provided $43,610 June 2, 2025
Rowe, Brittney Not provided $55,153 Aug. 1, 2016

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