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Sixteen percent of employees at NVPERS earned between $25,000-$50,000 in 2019, according to Transparent Nevada. Benefits include employer cost of providing health and retirement benefits, including pension debt payments.

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.

Michael Scheidler earned the highest salary among employees in the state with a compensation of $943,140 for the year.

Top 100 Salaries

Rank	Individual	Department	Salary
1	Michael Scheidler	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$943,140
2	William M Vanhouweling	The University Medical Center	$877,119
3	Buddhadeb Dawn	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$803,453
4	Parvesh Kumar	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$744,473
5	Robert C Wang	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$739,909
6	John J Fildes	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$734,330
7	Anthony P Sanchez	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$728,516
8	James Alexander	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$627,684
9	Thomas L Schwenk	The University of Nevada Reno	$626,175
10	Steven D Hill	The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority	$622,059
11	Merritt J Norvell	The University of Nevada Reno	$599,851
12	Barbara F Atkinson	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$595,207
13	John M Ham	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$585,894
14	Michael Gardner	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$582,271
15	Max J Coppes	The University of Nevada Reno	$575,636
16	Paul Chestovich	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$574,991
17	Shawn A Andersen	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$545,525
18	Richard C Baynosa	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$528,677
19	Deborah Kuhls	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$524,533
20	Marc A Johnson	The University of Nevada Reno	$517,634
21	Shirong Chang	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$516,060
21	Stephanie A Jones	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$516,060
22	Marta Meana	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$515,276
23	Yolanda King	Clark County	$509,388
24	John N Onyema	The University Medical Center	$504,383
25	Terry M Jicinsky	The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority	$494,103
26	Ryann P.S. Juden	North Las Vegas	$487,818
27	Nora Doyle	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$487,102
28	Thomas F Reilly	NSHE Administration	$486,654
29	John M Menezes	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$482,052
30	Steven Owens	Clark County	$481,217
31	Rosemary Vassiliadis	Clark County	$479,659
32	Doug Knuth	The University of Nevada Reno	$478,554
33	John J Entsminger	The Southern Nevada Water Authority	$478,482
34	Gordon Ohning	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$473,170
35	Matthew Ng	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$470,197
36	Douglas R Fraser	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$461,966
37	Alison L Netski	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$461,415
38	Philip Delone	The Reno/Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority	$460,069
39	Kristina Quigley	The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada	$458,586
40	Francis T Banfro	The University Medical Center	$458,304
41	Daniel M Kirgan	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$457,898
42	Rajeev Sharma	The University Medical Center	$454,793
43	Marcus A Erling	The University of Nevada Reno	$452,918
44	Annabel Barber	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$451,494
45	Brent A Hathaway	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$450,099
46	Alaaeldin A Eldemerdash	The University Medical Center	$440,636
47	Adib F Rodriguez Solares	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$439,339
48	Stephen J Leighton	Reno	$437,574
49	Dahna B Reyes	The University Medical Center	$436,412
50	Jesus F Jara	The Clark County School District	$435,768
51	Brian Kirkpatrick	The University of Nevada Reno	$431,710
52	Daniel W Hamilton	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$427,963
53	Paul L Puschnig	The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority	$425,587
54	Stowe Shoemaker	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$423,959
55	Marily Mcadams Mora	The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority	$423,360
56	Lee Gibson	The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County	$417,894
57	Solomon N Javier	The University Medical Center	$416,283
58	Keralapura P Subramanyam	The University Medical Center	$415,270
59	Elissa J Palmer	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$409,420
60	Eric P Musselman	The University of Nevada Reno	$406,948
61	Rebecca L Scherr	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$405,208
62	Desiree D Reed	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$403,361
63	Nanjunda S Subramanyam	The University Medical Center	$403,145
64	Syed F Saquib	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$402,159
65	Tsungju O Lee	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$401,532
66	Kevin R Carman	The University of Nevada Reno	$401,209
67	Clinton P Ryan	North Las Vegas	$399,971
68	Bart J Patterson	Nevada State College	$399,229
69	Kristen Averyt	The Desert Research Institute	$398,796
70	John P Brosious	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$398,419
71	JOANN STROBBE	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$394,352
72	P. Michael Hansen	The University Medical Center	$393,945
73	Brandon Snook	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$393,356
74	John G Watson	The Desert Research Institute	$393,066
75	Kenton M Sanders	The University of Nevada Reno	$392,713
76	Meneleo S Jaojoco	The University Medical Center	$392,643
77	W Graham	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$392,138
78	Kanayo A Ezeanolue	The University Medical Center	$391,815
79	Anthony R Marinello	The University Medical Center	$389,656
80	Mridul Gautam	The University of Nevada Reno	$388,275
81	David L Johnson	The Southern Nevada Water Authority	$384,841
82	Gary K Shen	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$382,774
83	Mahendran Jayaraj	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$382,309
84	Charles R St Hill	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$382,307
85	Judith C Chow	The Desert Research Institute	$378,423
86	Miguel Sepulveda	The University Medical Center	$378,080
87	Ross P Berkeley	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$376,040
88	Dean Edward Schultz	The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority	$375,059
89	John A Varras	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,746
90	Frederick J Lippmann	The University Medical Center	$373,653
91	David N Jackson	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,567
92	Alycia G Spinner	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,292
92	Oluwafunmilola T Okuyemi	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,292
92	Tina Elkins	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,292
93	Richard D Lieber	The University Medical Center	$372,610
94	Ronald B Taylor	The University Medical Center	$372,428
95	Allison Mcnickle	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$372,290
96	Michael K Bechler	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$371,630
97	Ann J Mcdonough	The University of Nevada Las Vegas	$370,992