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Judiciary

Source file: Missouri Accountability Portal — State Employee Pay / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Judiciary operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.

In 2025, this agency had 5,146 employees with median total compensation of $41,760; the highest distinct record was $207,578.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $263.2M
Employees: 5,146
Median total: $41,760
Highest record: $207,578

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

-$251$178,981+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 5,146 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($41,760) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $51,146 (100%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

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.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$6,477

$22,292

$41,760

$63,692

$100,751

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $100,751 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $6,477. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Court Clerk

1,121 · $35,990

Senior Court Clerk

497 · $42,211

Assistant Public Defender

439 · $67,711

Associate Circuit Judge

221 · $164,662

Juvenile Officer II

205 · $47,774

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

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2023	$241.6M —	5,121 —	$39,074 —
2024	$252.1M ▲ 4.3%	5,093 ▼ 0.5%	$40,319 ▲ 3.2%
2025	$263.2M ▲ 4.4%	5,146 ▲ 1.0%	$41,760 ▲ 3.6%

Compare

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Record list

Employees

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Natasha Neitzel

Court Clerk/Judiciary

2023 total comp

$6,378

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,378
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,378

At Judiciary, Natasha Neitzel serves as a Court Clerk. Their 2023 pay totaled $6,378.

Andy Hodges

Assistant Public Defender/Judiciary

2024 total comp

$6,375

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,375
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,375

Andy Hodges works as a Assistant Public Defender for Judiciary. Andy earned $6,375 in 2024.

Victoria Turner

Secretary/Judiciary

2024 total comp

$6,364

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,364
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,364

At Judiciary, Victoria Turner serves as a Secretary. Their 2024 pay totaled $6,364.

Julie Sparks

Court Clerk/Judiciary

2025 total comp

$6,358

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,358
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,358

Julie Sparks works as a Court Clerk for Judiciary. Julie earned $6,358 in 2025.

Brian Case

Juvenile Officer II/Judiciary

2025 total comp

$6,358

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,358
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,358

Brian Case works as a Juvenile Officer II for Judiciary. Brian earned $6,358 in 2025.

Cherrie Bulliner

Court Clerk/Judiciary

2024 total comp

$6,349

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,349
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,349

Cherrie Bulliner holds the role of Court Clerk at Judiciary. In 2024, their total compensation was $6,349.

Jezka Brash

Customer Support Technician/Judiciary

2025 total comp

$6,343

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,343
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,343

Jezka Brash is a Customer Support Technician at Judiciary. 2025 total compensation came to $6,343.

Elijah Wolfe

Temporary Employee/Judiciary

2025 total comp

$6,336

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,336
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,336

Elijah Wolfe is a Temporary Employee at Judiciary. 2025 total compensation came to $6,336.

Sonja Childers

Temporary Representative/Judiciary

2023 total comp

$6,326

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,326
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,326

Sonja Childers holds the role of Temporary Representative at Judiciary. In 2023, their total compensation was $6,326.

Kathy Hall

Secretary to Presiding Judge/Judiciary

2023 total comp

$6,309

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,309
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,309

Kathy Hall holds the role of Secretary to Presiding Judge at Judiciary. In 2023, their total compensation was $6,309.

Patricia Churchill

Legal Counsel/Judiciary

2023 total comp

$6,307

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,307
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,307

Patricia Churchill holds the role of Legal Counsel at Judiciary. In 2023, their total compensation was $6,307.

Katherine Mcdowell

Court Clerk/Judiciary

2025 total comp

$6,301

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,301
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,301

Katherine Mcdowell is a Court Clerk at Judiciary. 2025 total compensation came to $6,301.

Laura Hanes

Detention Aide I/Judiciary

2024 total comp

$6,291

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,291
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,291

Laura Hanes works as a Detention Aide I for Judiciary. Laura earned $6,291 in 2024.

Melissa Geisler

Secretary/Judiciary

2023 total comp

$6,289

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,289
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,289

Melissa Geisler is a Secretary at Judiciary. 2023 total compensation came to $6,289.

Claude Owen

Juvenile Officer II/Judiciary

2025 total comp

$6,284

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,284
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,284

Claude Owen is a Juvenile Officer II at Judiciary. 2025 total compensation came to $6,284.

Krista Reinbold

Detention Juvenile Officer I/Judiciary

2024 total comp

$6,266

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,266
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,266

Krista Reinbold works as a Detention Juvenile Officer I for Judiciary. Krista earned $6,266 in 2024.

Paula Hendrickson

Court Clerk/Judiciary

2024 total comp

$6,256

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,256
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,256

At Judiciary, Paula Hendrickson serves as a Court Clerk. Their 2024 pay totaled $6,256.

Shannon Ochs

Senior Court Clerk/Judiciary

2023 total comp

$6,255

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,255
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,255

At Judiciary, Shannon Ochs serves as a Senior Court Clerk. Their 2023 pay totaled $6,255.

Meagan Miller

Senior Court Clerk/Judiciary

2023 total comp

$6,254

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,254
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,254

Meagan Miller is a Senior Court Clerk at Judiciary. 2023 total compensation came to $6,254.

Gregory Allsberry