Las Vegas Metro Police Department paid employees $135,298 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 Las Vegas Metro Police Department in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Clark | $498,042 |
| 2 | Erik L. Lloyd | $423,238 |
| 3 | Charles L. Hank III | $413,885 |
| 4 | Carmen A. Donegan | $392,010 |
| 5 | Paul G. Elizondo | $378,245 |
| 6 | Kevin C. McMahill | $372,527 |
| 7 | Brett M. Zimmerman | $362,720 |
| 8 | Raymond N. Spencer | $356,939 |
| 9 | Nichole B. Splinter | $352,370 |
| 10 | Steven T. Summers | $350,990 |
| 11 | Christopher C. Jones | $350,642 |
| 12 | John C. Krueger | $349,878 |
| 13 | Christopher P. Darcy | $348,500 |
| 14 | John L. McGrath | $336,643 |
| 15 | Duane S. Jensen | $335,895 |
| 16 | David M. Denton | $328,202 |
| 17 | Fred W. Meyer III | $323,468 |
| 18 | Andrew J. Walsh | $323,454 |
| 19 | Robert L. Burleson | $322,518 |
| 20 | Armando Lucero Jr. | $314,370 |
| 21 | John G. Liberty | $312,087 |
| 22 | James J. Seebock | $311,133 |
| 23 | Valyon G. Goins | $310,370 |
| 24 | Lazaro R. Chavez | $309,697 |
| 25 | Jon M. Scott | $308,934 |
| 26 | Allan L. Powell | $308,721 |
| 27 | Shane E. Koboski | $307,450 |
| 28 | Timmy R. Kelly | $307,327 |
| 29 | Kevin J. Morgenstern | $304,781 |
| 30 | Dante P. Tromba | $304,530 |
| 31 | Darrick D. Butler | $302,774 |
| 32 | Shimeka A. Graham | $302,015 |
| 33 | Derek John Lowery | $301,835 |
| 34 | Dennis R. Obrien | $301,768 |
| 35 | Jack R. Owen Jr. | $301,464 |
| 36 | Dana G. Adams | $300,018 |
| 37 | James R. Larochelle | $299,118 |
| 38 | Christopher D. Tomaino | $297,602 |
| 39 | David W. Lewis | $296,913 |
| 40 | Roxanne Alaine Burke | $295,572 |
| 41 | Kamran Aliyev | $292,903 |
| 42 | Roy E. Seymore | $292,825 |
| 43 | Sean P. McNulty | $292,709 |
| 44 | Kendall E. Bell | $292,283 |
| 45 | Tammie D. Lavender | $292,093 |
| 46 | Richard A. Forbus Jr. | $291,518 |
| 47 | Kurt P. McKenzie | $290,628 |
| 48 | Ali Imran Saleem | $290,046 |
| 49 | William J. Teel | $289,810 |
| 50 | Barbara A. Doran | $289,250 |
| 51 | Terry C. Yanos | $289,020 |
| 52 | David W. Valenta | $288,527 |
| 53 | Sasha Ann Larkin | $287,984 |
| 54 | Kevin B. Getler | $287,932 |
| 55 | Travis W. Ivie | $287,565 |
| 56 | Charles Jenkins III | $287,120 |
| 57 | Michael T. Gennaro Jr. | $287,033 |
| 58 | Eric A. Calhoun | $286,952 |
| 59 | Kelly M. McMahill | $286,340 |
| 60 | John L. Pelletier | $286,326 |
| 61 | Zachary R. Burns | $285,270 |
| 62 | Jeffrey B. Hewes | $284,389 |
| 63 | Marina V. Smith | $284,347 |
| 64 | Ronald Quintana | $284,281 |
| 65 | Jeffrey L. Goodwin | $283,872 |
| 66 | Charles R. Peck | $283,461 |
| 67 | Patricia D. Spencer | $282,886 |
| 68 | John A. Henricksen Jr. | $282,705 |
| 69 | Cruz G. Dela Efren | $282,669 |
| 70 | Liesl K. Freedman | $282,601 |
| 71 | Kenneth S. Romane | $281,879 |
| 72 | John E. Harney IV | $281,719 |
| 73 | Brian D. Cole | $281,706 |
| 74 | Daniel E. Lasiter | $281,668 |
| 75 | Darren M. McArthur | $281,365 |
| 76 | Jason A. Johansson | $280,060 |
| 77 | Michael R. Welch | $279,605 |
| 78 | Dustin L. Butler | $279,274 |
| 79 | Patrick P. Baldwin Jr. | $279,191 |
| 80 | Michael P. Mauntel | $278,901 |
| 81 | William B. Hutchings | $278,590 |
| 82 | Yasenia Y. Yatomi | $278,392 |
| 83 | Chuck T. Callaway | $277,666 |
| 84 | Raul Rodriguez | $277,335 |
| 85 | Peter J. Bicsanszky | $277,310 |
| 86 | Steven V. Perry | $276,010 |
| 87 | John A. Leon | $275,999 |
| 88 | Nathan G. Chio | $275,854 |
| 89 | David W. Stoddard | $275,411 |
| 90 | Willis J. Sylva | $274,340 |
| 91 | Daniel N. Bledsoe | $274,240 |
| 92 | Rick A. Given | $274,237 |
| 93 | Donald J. Fieselman | $273,330 |
| 94 | Kenny Delzer | $273,325 |
| 95 | Michael R. Dryden | $273,087 |
| 96 | Jeffrey J. Coday | $273,051 |
| 97 | Jeremy C. Hendricks | $273,024 |
| 98 | Robert M. Grabowski | $272,763 |
| 99 | Mark J. Lourenco | $272,758 |
| 100 | Christopher R. Kennedy | $272,754 |
