Eagle Valley Times

Karen L. Leet earned $123,495 in pay and benefits during 2019, a 4.9 percent increase over the previous year working for Carson City, according to Transparent Nevada. Benefits include the employers cost of providing health and retirement benefits, including pension debt payments.

John Tatro saw the largest decrease at Carson City, making $199,586 less in 2019 with a total compensation of $10,158.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

Change in pay can be due to a number of factors such as retirement, job advancement, or missed time.

Rank	Employee	Job	Salary
1	Matthew T. Donnelly	Fire Captain	$284,886
2	Kenneth L. Sandage	Undersheriff	$261,866
3	Thomas Raw	Fire Battalion Chief	$257,612
4	Nancy M. Paulson	City Manager	$255,342
5	Fred Wall	Captain	$244,170
6	Darren L. Schulz	Public Works Director	$239,846
7	Raffi P. Attashian	Driver Operator	$239,006
8	Melanie Bruketta	Human Resources Director	$230,829
9	Christopher J. Mason	Fire Captain	$229,669
10	Jerome S. Tushbant	Assistant Sheriff	$229,163
11	Sean P. Slamon	Fire Chief	$229,062
12	Jason T. Danen	Fire Battalion Chief	$228,365
13	Brian C. Humphrey	Captain	$224,498
14	James W. Primka	Captain	$220,711
15	Maxine Cortes	Court Administrator	$219,981
16	Matthew P. Merritt	Fire Captain	$217,857
17	Travis J. Boggs	Driver Operator	$213,937
18	Travis W. Howe	Driver Operator	$213,258
19	Kenneth T. Furlong	Sheriff	$212,312
20	Cory E. Petty	Fire Captain	$209,601
21	Micah S. Horton	Fire Battalion Chief	$209,541
22	Chad Harns	Driver Operator	$209,431
23	Jennifer H. Budge	Park & Recreation Director	$208,962
24	Thomas R. Armstrong	Justice of the Peace-Ret	$206,505
25	Kevin J. Nyberg	Fire Captain	$206,431
26	Kristin N. Luis	Justice of the Peace	$205,544
27	Eric J. Von Schimmelmann	Chief Information Officer	$205,172
28	Nicola J. Aaker	Health & Human Srvs Director	$204,696
29	James P. Colatorti	Fire Captain	$203,906
30	Edwin D. James	General Manager S.c.d.	$203,831
31	Lee A. Plemel	Community Development Director	$203,204
32	Jeng Daw Yu	Assistant District Attorney	$202,611
33	Daniel G. Gonzales	Sergeant	$201,689
34	Daniel A. Gomes	Sergeant	$199,547
35	Jason D. Woodbury	District Attorney	$198,458
36	Scott W. Baker	Fire Battalion Chief	$196,864
37	Curtis W. Horton	Deputy Public Works Director	$194,328
38	Tad N. Fletcher	Chief Alternative Sentencing	$193,394
39	John R. Hitch	Sergeant	$192,920
40	David C. Peterson	Cccta Executive Director	$192,073
41	Michael Cullen	Sergeant	$190,782
42	Ali M. Banister	Chief Juvenile Probation Offcr	$190,772
43	Douglas E. Speegle	Sergeant	$190,753
44	James White	Firefighter Paramedic	$190,258
45	Diego F. Aramburu	Fire Captain	$190,201
46	Christopher K. Vaughn	Deputy Fire Chief	$188,673
47	Kimberly A. Okezie	Juvenile Special Master	$188,221
48	Sheri M. Russell	Chief Financial Officer	$186,989
49	David M. Ruben	Fire Battalion Chief	$186,826
50	Earl A. Mays III	Sergeant	$186,707
51	Brian M. Mays	Sergeant	$185,443
52	Craig E. Lowe	Sergeant	$184,692
53	Robert A. Cook	Driver Operator	$184,588
54	Bradley J. Mihelic	Fire Captain	$183,392
55	Carl Fry V	Sergeant	$183,389
56	Ricky D. Cooley	Operations Manager-Pw	$182,577
57	Bryon A. Hunt	Fire Captain	$180,883
58	David A. Legros	Sergeant	$180,322
59	Andrew M. Hummel	Wastewater Utility Manager	$179,960
60	Nathan E. Brehm	Sergeant	$179,868
61	Daniel L. Stucky	City Engineer	$178,764
62	Salvador Acosta	Sergeant	$177,763
63	Matthew R. Smith	Sergeant	$175,428
64	Cameron M. Burt	Firefighter Paramedic	$175,361
65	Richard D. Pope	Deputy Sheriff	$174,587
66	Courtney E. Warner	Senior Center Director	$172,981
67	Lance E. Caras	Driver Operator	$172,714
68	William J. Richards	Sergeant	$171,751
69	Craig A. Cook	Firefighter Paramedic	$169,685
70	James Jacklett V	Operations Manager-Control Sys	$168,375
71	Samuel I. Hatley	Deputy Sheriff	$165,928
72	Jeff J. Pullen	Deputy Sheriff	$165,095
73	Christopher P. Rivera	Deputy Sheriff	$163,821
74	Jeffrey M. Friedlander	Driver Operator	$163,639
75	Jeff F. Linscott	Driver Operator	$162,900
76	Dean A. Williams	Deputy Sheriff	$160,528
77	Samuel B. Saunders	Driver Operator	$159,723
78	Adriana G. Fralick	Deputy City Manager	$159,066
79	Robert D. Fellows	Sr Proj Manager-Stormwater	$158,989
80	Lucia D. Maloney	Transportation Manager	$158,927
81	Stephanie A. Hicks	Deputy City Manager	$158,184
82	Jarrod P. Adams	Deputy Sheriff	$158,078
83	Adam C. Robertson	Firefighter Paramedic	$158,018
84	Carin Fischer	Court Fiscal Services Mgr	$157,733
85	Edmund P. Quaglieri	Water Utility Manager	$157,655
86	Brandon N. Mathiesen	Water Production Foreman	$157,200
87	Johnathan S. Wielkie	Firefighter Paramedic	$156,817
88	Jeremy R. Reichenberg	Chief Deputy District Attorney	$156,439
89	Jeffrey A. Freeman	Construction Manager	$155,904
90	Jonathon J. Pedrini	Fire Captain	$155,672
91	Linda L. Lawlor	Deputy Chief Juv Probation	$155,563
92	Ronald C. Kennison	Deputy Sheriff	$155,540
93	Tom B. Grundy	Water Operations Supervisor	$154,285
94	Joedy C. Brocchini	Firefighter Paramedic	$153,913
95	Donald J. Gibson	Deputy Sheriff	$153,372
96	Timothy M. Vazquez	Marshal	$153,096
97	Clayton T. Peterson	Firefighter Paramedic	$152,923
98	Morgan H. Tucker	Deputy Sheriff	$152,888
99	Matthew L. Cooper	Firefighter Paramedic	$152,321
100	Pamala A. Ganger	Deputy Chief Financial Officer	$151,777