Prosecution
Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser told county commissioners this week that his employees are among the lowest-paid law enforcement officials in the region, and that it would take almost $360,000 added to his office’s budget to make their salaries competitive.
Gmoser said the lowest paid assistant prosecutor in his office makes $41,987 and the highest paid earns $120,040; though he noted half of that person’s salary is paid with delinquent tax collections.
Three attorneys make $40,000 to $50,000 annually; 14 assistants earn less than $60,000; eight of them make under $70,000; four members of his staff earn between $70,000 and $80,000; and a division chief on staff makes $83,900, Gmoser told commissions during budget hearings on Monday.…show more content… The Butler County Sheriff’s Office has 23 people who made over $80,000 and eight who made between $70,000 and $80,000, including a few sheriff’s deputies.
There are six unions in the sheriff’s office that bargain for their membership’s wages. There are no unions within the prosecutor’s office.
“We tried to do apples for apples, everything over $70,000,” said Jerome Cook, the prosecutor’s chief of staff. “But we don’t have that many people over $70,000, so we had to do apples and oranges.”
Gmoser told commissioners his staff is a group of professionals with law degrees, who are making careers prosecuting criminals, not using his office as a stepping stone to more lucrative private practices. He said they deserve compensation commensurate with their education, skill and experience, and it’s going to take about $356,000 to get
