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How much does Ada County pay its employees? Search our new database

Dr. Garth Warren, chief forensic pathologist for Ada County, is its highest-paid employee.
Dr. Garth Warren, chief forensic pathologist for Ada County, is its highest-paid employee.

Ada County has about 2,000 employees as of January, county payroll data show.

The highest-paid employee? Garth Warren, chief forensic pathologist for the county. He made $318,648 a year as of January.

The lowest-paid employees are part-time drug screen technicians, who make $11.92 an hour.

The three Ada County commissioners, who are full time, make $117,550, or $56.51 hourly.

The average county employee’s salary is $27.71 an hour, or $57,642 a year as of January.

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The Statesman obtained this payroll data from the county through a public records request.

This story was originally published May 5, 2021 at 4:00 AM with the headline "How much does Ada County pay its employees? Search our new database."

Hayley Harding
Idaho Statesman
Hayley covers local government for the Idaho Statesman with a primary focus on Boise and Ada County. Her political reporting won first place in the 2019 Idaho Press Club awards. Previously, she worked for the Salisbury Daily Times, the Hartford Courant, the Denver Post and McClatchy’s D.C. bureau. Hayley graduated from Ohio University with degrees in journalism and political science.If you like seeing stories like this, please consider supporting our work with a digital subscription to the Idaho Statesman.
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