County Payroll
Gross earnings information for public employees in select Kansas counties, obtained in Open Records requests. The county payroll listings include all earnings for the calendar year; benefits are not included.
| County | Year | First Name | Last Name | Position | Gross Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 2022 | Penny | Postoak | County Manager | 315,732 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Lane | Pivonka | Captain | 305,436 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Sobia | Shaffie | Chief Medical Officer | 296,425 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Rex | Lear | Chief Clinical Director | 277,981 |
| Wyandotte | 2022 | Cheryl | Harrison | County Administrator | 259,615 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Ryan | Jacobsen | EMS System Medical Director | 257,673 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Diane | Peterson | Chief Medical Examiner | 253,135 |
| Crawford | 2022 | Michael E | Ehling | Director | 249,230 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Maury | Thompson | Deputy County Manager | 245,723 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Ghalib | Haj Mohammad | Lieutenant | 236,785 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Lin | Xu | Clinical Director | 230,166 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Timothy | Gorrill | Coroner/Medical Examiner | 229,342 |
| Douglas | 2022 | Sarah | Plinsky | Administrator County | 227,894 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Cleve | Werner | Detention Deputy | 227,012 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | DeAnn | Jenkins | Psychiatrist - PT | 221,983 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Joe | Waters | Assistant County Manager | 205,928 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Christine | James | Deputy Medical Examiner | 202,514 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Kathrine | Girrens | Clinical Director | 202,066 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Stephen | Howe | District Attorney | 201,857 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Joseph | Connor | Assistant County Manager | 201,053 |
| Johnson | 2022 | William | Nixon | Chief Information Officer | 196,803 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Peggy | Trent | Chief Counsel | 194,981 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Thomas | Stolz | County Manager | 194,872 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Scott | Neufeld | Bureau Chief | 194,408 |
| Wyandotte | 2022 | Karl | Oakman | Chief Of Police | 191,268 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Calvin | Hayden | County Sheriff | 189,289 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | James | Weber | County Engineer | 188,381 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Chris | McMullin | Chief Deputy District Attorney | 186,408 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Chad | Vonahnen | Director of JOCO Developmental Supports | 185,509 |
| Finney | 2022 | Robert | Reece | County Administrator | 185,436 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Scott | Romo | Lieutenant | 185,363 |
| Wyandotte | 2022 | Kevin | Pahls | Fire Captain 24 | 184,197 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Scott | Kipper | Deputy Coroner | 184,064 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Thomas | Franzen | Director of Treasury, Taxation & Vehicles | 182,109 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Susan | Pekarek | General Manager | 181,201 |
| Cowley | 2022 | Lucas A | Goff | CLADMIN-County Administrator | 179,263 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Daniel | Fretz | Lieutenant | 178,899 |
| Wyandotte | 2022 | Alan | Howze | Executive Director (R21) | 177,495 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Benjamin | Romero | Sheriff Sergeant | 177,330 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Katherine | Grimsley | Benefited PT Clinical Director | 176,690 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Brent | Christensen | Director of Financial Management & Administration | 176,470 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Jeff | Shope | Paramedic | 176,455 |
| Johnson | 2022 | James | Davis | Director of Emergency Services | 176,280 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Aaron | Witt | Chief Engineer | 176,261 |
| Sedgwick | 2022 | Timothy | Kaufman | Deputy County Manager | 175,539 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Brian | Pietig | Public Works Director/County Engineer | 175,416 |
| Douglas | 2022 | Suzanne | Valdez | District Attorney | 175,405 |
| Wyandotte | 2022 | Michael | Callahan | Fire Chief | 174,951 |
| Johnson | 2022 | William | Lopez | Deputy Chief Information Officer | 173,901 |
| Johnson | 2022 | Brian | Pruessner | Captain | 173,044 |
| County | Year | First Name | Last Name |