Allegheny County, Pennsylvania / Court Records
Agency file
The Court Records operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.
In 2025, this agency had 125 employees with median total compensation of $43,097; the highest distinct record was $141,766.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 125 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($43,097) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $69,532 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,858. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $5M — | 115 — | $40,873 — |
| 2024 | $5M ▲ 1.2% | 124 ▲ 7.8% | $40,232 ▼ 1.6% |
| 2025 | $5.5M ▲ 9.8% | 125 ▲ 0.8% | $43,097 ▲ 7.1% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Division Manager/Court Records
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Nathan E. Polacek is a Division Manager at Court Records. Records show a hire date of 12/4/2023. 2025 total compensation came to $62,829.
Administrative Officer/Court Records
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Heidi Lentz holds the role of Administrative Officer at Court Records. Their hire date on record is 6/25/2017. In 2023, their total compensation was $62,631.
Clerk 7/Court Records
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Paul R Bowser Jr is a Clerk 7 at Court Records. Records show a hire date of 2/2/1998. 2025 total compensation came to $62,263.
Division Manager/Court Records
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Ronald J Wetzel holds the role of Division Manager at Court Records. Their hire date on record is 9/25/1988. In 2023, their total compensation was $61,502.