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State's attorney asks county to increase assistant prosecutors' pay to match public defender office
Summary
State's Attorney Larson presented a personnel request asking the county to raise assistant state's attorney salaries by $32,775.50 total to achieve parity with the circuit public defender's office and address turnover; the board agreed to hold the personnel decision until next month.
State's Attorney Larson asked the Court Services Committee on Aug. 13, 2025, to approve a personnel request that would raise assistant state's attorney pay roughly $32,775.50 in total to bring salaries into parity with the circuit public defender's office and to reduce staff turnover. Larson told the committee his office has been understaffed and losing attorneys to both private practice and the public defender's office.
Larson said the request was calculated by dividing the public defender office's assistant public defender salary line by four positions and comparing that per-position figure with the county's assistant state's attorney line…
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