A full 98% of positions at regional offices within the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender are underpaid compared to similar jobs in the public sector
Colorado’s public defenders are broadly underpaid, and that low pay is contributing to high attrition and heavy workloads in the state agency, which is now seeking a $17.7 million budget increase to raise salaries, agency documents show.are underpaid compared to similar jobs in the public sector, an independent study by an outside agency found last summer.
“Defenders are underpaid and under-resourced,” agency head Megan Ring said in a statement to The Denver Post. “We have lost talented, hard-working defenders to other public entities offering better pay.” “What’s revealed by the budget request is some real inequities in terms of position and who is getting compensated fairly and who is not,” said James Hardy, a public defender and a vice-chair on the steering committee of thethat has not been recognized by the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender.
“We think they should allocate it based on need and get these positions and categories that are so woefully below market up to market, before they consider any increases on folks who are already, based on their own compensation study, getting a market or better-than-market wage,” he said.
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