Eagle Valley Times

State of Nevada paid employees $78,338 on average during 2020, according to data compiled by Transparent Nevada.

This is more than the average public employee salary of $75,003.

The highest paid public employee in Nevada — Christopher Figgins — earned $519,910 as a Senior Attorney at Clark County.

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.

Total compensation is made up of an employee's salary along with their benefits earned. Benefits include employer cost of providing health and retirement benefits, including pension debt payments.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full time were included.

The 100 highest earners at State of Nevada in 2020

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	John N. Bronder	$336,218
2	Ihsan A. Azzam	$291,372
3	Leon Ravin	$286,975
4	Thomas Kim	$273,261
5	Mark W. Gibbons	$269,588
5	James W. Hardesty	$269,588
7	Elissa F. Cadish	$269,553
8	Ron D. Parraguirre	$269,550
9	Mary K. Pickering	$269,481
10	Abbi Silver	$269,476
11	Valerie Adair	$268,363
12	Michael E. Minev	$265,245
13	Leo L. Gallofin	$263,659
14	Michael P. Gibbons	$261,878
15	Shaheen Ali	$259,806
16	Olayinka R. Harding	$254,521
17	Jerome M. Polaha	$254,358
17	Mark R. Denton	$254,358
19	Bridget R. Peck	$254,315
19	Sandra L. Pomrenze	$254,315
19	Kenneth C. Cory	$254,315
22	Michael P. Villani	$254,288
22	James T. Russell	$254,288
24	Robert W. Lane	$254,277
24	William O. Voy	$254,277
24	Douglas W. Herndon	$254,277
27	David A. Hardy	$254,276
28	Thomas A. Ritchie	$254,274
29	Robert W. Teuton	$254,261
30	Elizabeth G. Gonzalez	$254,260
31	Timothy C. Williams	$254,236
32	Cheryl B. Moss	$254,235
33	Leon A. Aberasturi	$254,231
34	William G. Henderson	$254,227
34	Kathleen E. Delaney	$254,227
36	Michelle Leavitt	$254,220
37	Steve L. Dobrescu	$254,219
38	Michael R. Montero	$254,216
38	Linda M. Bell	$254,216
40	Lisa M. Brown	$254,206
41	Chuck Weller	$254,204
41	Deepa Hasija	$254,204
43	Frank P. Sullivan	$254,200
44	William S. Potter	$254,194
45	Cynthia N. Giuliani	$254,189
45	Bryce C. Duckworth	$254,189
47	Connie J. Steinheimer	$254,184
48	James E. Wilson	$254,146
49	Mathew Harter	$254,111
50	Jerome T. Tao	$253,408
51	Charles J. Hoskin	$253,397
52	Lidia S. Stiglich	$252,785
53	Elliott A. Sattler	$250,499
54	Darryl W. McClintock	$246,972
55	Eric M. Bossi	$246,536
56	Joanna S. Kishner	$246,225
57	Jerry A. Wiese	$246,215
57	Vincent Ochoa	$246,215
57	Rob W. Bare	$246,215
60	Gloria J. Sturman	$246,191
61	Nancy L. Allf	$246,183
62	Ronald J. Israel	$246,170
63	Egan K. Walker	$245,485
64	Susan H. Johnson	$245,057
65	Denise M. Inda	$244,552
66	Kimberly A. Wanker	$244,210
67	Carolyn Ellsworth	$243,003
68	Alvin R. Kacin	$242,200
69	Nancy L. Porter	$241,991
70	Thomas W. Gregory	$241,694
71	Scott N. Freeman	$241,228
72	Kevin C. Reyes	$241,053
73	Adelwisa V. Lizada	$240,616
74	Rami Abukamil	$240,615
75	Steven J. Zuchowski	$240,579
76	Thomas L. Stockard	$240,216
77	Kerry E. Moreo	$239,939
78	Adriana Escobar	$239,773
79	Nathan T. Young	$237,887
80	Gary D. Fairman	$237,415
81	Mario C. Gomez	$236,740
82	Carla D. Carroll	$231,816
83	Nicholas J. Johnson	$230,365
84	Rena G. Hughes	$230,205
84	Rebecca L. Burton	$230,205
86	Denise L. Gentile	$230,193
87	William D. Kephart	$230,178
87	James R. Crockett	$230,178
87	Richard F. Scotti	$230,178
90	Jimmy C. Shirley	$230,175
91	Lynne K. Simons	$230,149
91	Linda A. Marquis	$230,149
93	Cynthia C. Lu	$230,104
94	John P. Schlegelmilch	$230,096
95	Martin Naughton	$229,004
96	Joseph P. Hardy	$228,793
97	Stefany A. Tewell	$227,354
98	Theodore J. Parento	$225,917
99	Sapandeep Khurana	$222,844
100	Tierra D. Jones	$221,811