State Employee Salary Book

Salary Book data is presented in original form as received from the Department of Administrative Services without additional verification or editing. This information is provided by the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to Code of Iowa Section 8A.341(2).

  • Fiscal Year is July 1 - June 30 of the following year.
  • Salary 1 represents the employees base pay at the end of the fiscal year. A "BW" represents the employees biweekly base pay.
  • Salary 2 represents the employees annual gross pay for the fiscal year.

Year Name Gender Agency City/County Class Salary1 Salary2 Travel
2025 April Erin Niedermann F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Specialist 1 $25.77 HR 51,155.92 2906.64
2025 Ashley Hunt Esquivel F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Specialist 3 $98,592.00 YR 3,646.40 5461.04
2025 Ashley Hunt Esquivel F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Public Service Manager 1 $98,592.00 YR 94,928.83 0
2025 Ashley Lauren Merkley F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Executive Officer 1 $61,755.20 YR 59,384.41 96.64
2025 Bailey Sue Kelley F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Assistant 2 $98,009.60 YR 42,988.32 0
2025 Bailey Sue Kelley F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Executive Officer 3 $98,009.60 YR 49,989.96 3156.55
2025 Branden Storjohann M SECRETARY OF STATE Grundy Information Technology Specialist 3 $32.97 HR 70,348.52 0
2025 Carl B Dietz M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Attorney 2 $95,742.40 YR 95,113.87 6257.05
2025 Carly S Rolf F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Intern SEPARATED 3,450.00 0
2025 Christy M Johnson F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Public Service Manager 2 $139,568.00 YR 4,488.80 0
2025 Christy M Johnson F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Public Service Executive $139,568.00 YR 141,191.20 12313.84
2025 Clare Muckler F SECRETARY OF STATE Jasper Administrative Intern SEPARATED 10,135.20 0
2025 Cory M Brown M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Technology Specialist 1 $24.08 HR 49,108.74 0
2025 Dale W Cole M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Technology Specialist 3 $44.32 HR 98,209.44 410.13
2025 Dani M Phillips F SECRETARY OF STATE Madison Administrative Assistant 2 $30.90 HR 21,589.19 0
2025 Doris Ross F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Clerk Specialist $23.46 HR 20,602.48 0
2025 Dylan W Lynch M SECRETARY OF STATE Kossuth Administrative Assistant 2 $32.21 HR 68,186.40 4619.35
2025 Elizabeth Fogarty F SECRETARY OF STATE Story Administrative Intern SEPARATED 4,028.57 0
2025 Emma Rose Overschmidt F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Attorney 2 $83,512.00 YR 84,368.80 515.71
2025 Eric R Gookin M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Public Service Manager 1 $125,236.80 YR 4,268.80 0
2025 Eric R Gookin M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Public Service Manager 2 $125,236.80 YR 127,921.20 6438.74
2025 Grace A Rappel F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Intern $15.30 HR 2,760.00 0
2025 Gracie Lynn Redel F SECRETARY OF STATE Story Administrative Assistant 2 $24.23 HR 51,900.00 811.5
2025 Haylee J. Welter F SECRETARY OF STATE Webster Administrative Intern SEPARATED 9,609.87 0
2025 Jaime Nicolet Rutan F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Assistant 2 $28.45 HR 53,325.65 47.64
2025 Joelle E Webb F SECRETARY OF STATE NA Administrative Intern SEPARATED 3,697.50 0
2025 Joshua Andrew Nelson M SECRETARY OF STATE Adair Administrative Assistant 2 SEPARATED 68,199.67 4006.54
2025 Julia Pedroza F SECRETARY OF STATE NA Administrative Intern $15.76 HR 6,446.47 0
2025 Karen K Dewees F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Assistant 2 $33.46 HR 69,683.60 0
2025 Kathy L Watts F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Assistant 1 $29.68 HR 67,872.24 0
2025 Kimberly A Gezel F SECRETARY OF STATE Warren Information Technology Administrator 3 $110,614.40 YR 111,647.55 1456.04
2025 Lexxy Olivia Rhodes F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Clerk Specialist $24.64 HR 53,074.11 221.77
2025 Madison F Schuler F SECRETARY OF STATE Dallas Administrative Intern $15.30 HR 2,760.00 0
2025 Margaret Diane Burdette F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Clerk Specialist $26.38 HR 53,788.80 0
2025 Melissa R Thomas F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Accountant 2 $56,825.60 YR 55,702.40 898.5
2025 Michael A Sievers M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Technology Specialist 4 $112,195.20 YR 3,862.40 0
2025 Michael A Sievers M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Technology Specialist 5 $112,195.20 YR 107,875.20 37.4
2025 Michael E Ross M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Public Service Executive $176,384.00 YR 183,256.80 13933.07
2025 Michaele E Graber F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Assistant 2 $34.87 HR 71,115.18 500
2025 Mitchell J Militello M SECRETARY OF STATE Dallas Administrative Intern $15.30 HR 2,265.00 0
2025 Paul D Pate M SECRETARY OF STATE Linn Secretary Of State $103,212.00 YR 103,212.00 18293.24
2025 Ryan David Veatch M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Executive Officer 4 $120,036.80 YR 122,449.60 3349.76
2025 Sean Huston M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Technology Specialist 3 $106,600.00 YR 86,343.69 785.28
2025 Spencer Warfield M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Intern SEPARATED 4,665.90 0
2025 Sydney Fox F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Information Specialist 1 SEPARATED 5,628.27 0
2025 Tammy Jo White F SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Accountant 3 $84,988.80 YR 84,927.19 274.5
2025 Wesley L Hicok M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Public Service Manager 1 SEPARATED 100,199.32 2555.29
2025 Zachariah James Beck M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Administrative Support Assistant 3 $68,702.40 YR 2,219.20 0
2025 Zachariah James Beck M SECRETARY OF STATE Polk Executive Officer 2 $68,702.40 YR 64,760.00 179.57