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NVPERS paid employees $74,006 on average during 2019, this is more than the public employee average of $70,309, according to data compiled by Transparent Nevada. 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.

The highest paid public employee in Nevada — Michael Scheidler — earned $943,140 as an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

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.

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

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Tina Leiss	$223,874
2	Stephen Edmundson	$205,146
3	Lauren Larson	$188,050
3	Christopher Nielsen	$188,050
5	Cheryl Price	$184,810
6	Charlie Park	$158,198
7	Kabrina Feser	$136,116
8	Colin King	$130,076
9	Shell Lemburg	$126,131
10	Marsha Lawrence	$124,888
11	John Van Horn	$119,535
12	John Bond	$114,591
12	David Sater	$114,591
14	Walter Zeron	$110,540
15	Kristina Kibbe	$109,882
16	Sonya Hellwinkel	$109,818
17	Ramon Chavez	$106,780
18	Gavin Meyers	$103,059
19	Terry Richards	$101,898
20	Pamela Young	$100,916
21	Teresa Chalmers	$98,119
22	Rayna Palazzolo	$95,142
23	Christine Lee	$92,096
24	Kristina Reyna	$91,073
25	Eurydice Prudeaux	$89,421
26	Felicia King	$83,992
27	Julie Hansen	$83,783
28	Nicole-Rene Petri	$83,547
29	Charyl Lacombe	$80,559
30	Sandra Lumley	$76,170
31	Tara N. Landis	$75,272
32	Neal Keyes	$74,095
33	Jacqueline Wilson	$73,829
34	Heather Torres	$73,584
35	Patricia Fulton	$73,574
36	Marie Boquist	$71,429
37	Donald Williams	$70,478
38	Mary Cunningham	$70,451
39	Jessica Polisso	$68,733
40	Mauricio Perez	$68,188
41	Monica Vance	$63,240
42	Tameron Chambers	$63,238
43	Terry Hart	$63,039
44	Mary Jobeth Clinger	$61,535
45	Dana Aiono	$61,453
46	Victoria Zimmerman	$61,408
47	Julissa Martinez	$61,279
48	Alex King	$61,128
49	Melissa Torres	$60,816
50	Betty Howard	$60,776
51	Elizabeth Biasotti	$60,529
52	Kimberly Macaluso	$59,652
53	Amanda Werner	$57,313
54	Jasmine Servin	$56,326
55	Katie Frye	$56,293
56	Shwanee Kellar	$56,208
57	Marie Anaya	$56,039
58	Leana Garcia	$55,198
59	Danny Sawyer	$53,879
60	Amanda Sweetland	$53,312
61	Lori Ketels	$52,933
62	Samantha Cassinelli	$52,043
63	David Maraven	$50,919
64	Tony Simmons	$50,890
65	Jennifer Gitthens	$49,766
66	Lynda Anderson	$49,555
67	Jacqueline Worthen	$49,553
68	Barbara Ogo	$49,171
69	Alicia Albertson	$47,281
70	Carrie Harrison	$46,442
71	Kimberly Bigler	$45,567
72	Stormie Ortez	$43,784
73	Tyrene West	$38,220
74	Christina Silva	$37,256
75	Amy Fuller	$37,177
76	Timothy Coyne	$36,403
77	Amanda Tomlinson	$26,251
78	Rebecca Tims	$25,139
79	Valarie Martinez	$24,253
80	Caitlin Dalessio	$20,342
81	Lisa Kordonowy	$16,357
82	Jenny Redmon	$12,912
83	Tammy Runde	$12,228
84	Valerie Lewis	$11,997
85	Emily Fernandez	$11,279
86	Cynthia King	$4,740
87	Janis Lizette Andino	$2,918