Nathan Bible runs the Beaver County District Attorney’s Office, serving our county of roughly 166,000 people. The U.S. Attorney General oversees the Department of Justice, including the FBI, DEA, ATF and every U.S. Attorney’s Office in the nation. Last year, taxpayers paid the two public officials a remarkably similar sum.
The comparison is striking, but it’s just a small glimpse of a much bigger picture. BeaverCountian.com obtained 2025 county payroll records through a formal Right-to-Know request, giving us a complete look at compensation across local government.
Bible’s salary — set automatically by state law and pegged to what Pennsylvania’s Common Pleas judges earn — reached $234,630.29 in 2025. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s federal salary that year was $250,600. The difference? Just $15,969.71 — about 6.4 percent — separating Beaver County’s top prosecutor from the nation’s chief law enforcement officer.
The gap was even smaller in 2024, when Bible’s $214,722.75 salary was just $6,677.25 below then-Attorney General Merrick Garland’s $221,400.
Beaver County’s chief public defender, Kevin Kindred, earned $128,083.02 in 2025 — $106,547.27 less than Bible, despite the two serving as the county’s top attorneys on opposite sides of the courtroom. Kindred’s total compensation was just 54.6 percent of the district attorney’s, meaning Bible received nearly $1.83 for every dollar paid to the county’s chief public defender.
A total of 967 employees received payments from county government last year, including full-time, part-time, temporary and irregular employees. The Board of Commissioners, which sets budgets for county departments and offices, has been controlled by Republicans since 2016.
Behind Bible was Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Administrator Lisa Jo McCoy, who received $159,741.23.
Five of the seven highest-paid county employees were detectives working under the District Attorney’s Office — positions that are not mandated by state law. Municipal police chiefs decide whether major cases are investigated by their own departments, referred to county detectives or turned over to the Pennsylvania State Police, which does not charge municipal departments or the county for its investigative services.
Detective Bonnie Sedlacek earned $150,153.20 in 2025, followed by Roger Young at $149,078.29, Robert Heberle at $144,880.03, Michael Kryder at $136,712.44 and Michael Scheers at $129,221.57.
Two of the county’s 10 highest-paid employees were sheriff’s deputies. Unlike in many other states, Pennsylvania sheriff’s deputies are not classified as police officers and do not possess most of the investigative and enforcement powers typically associated with police.
In Beaver County, deputies primarily provide courthouse security, serve court documents and transport prisoners to and from the county jail.
Deputy David Mangerie earned $129,198.94 in 2025, while Ronald Costanza earned $128,928.67.
The county’s 15 highest-paid employees received a combined $2,117,715.52 in 2025, up from $1,998,177.10 in 2024.
What follows is a sortable, searchable list of every county employee paid by taxpayers in 2025, compiled by BeaverCountian.com from public records. Search or sort the list by employee name, department or salary.
The figures represent actual gross payments made by the county during the 2025 calendar year, rather than an employee’s annual base salary. They include overtime and other compensation. As a result, an employee who worked significant overtime could receive substantially more than the annual salary assigned to their position. Employees who started after Jan. 1 may show total compensation below the annual salary for their position.
Some employees’ compensation may have been funded by sources other than the county’s General Fund, including state subsidies, forfeiture funds and grants. The figures do not include the cost of fringe benefits, such as health insurance.
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