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In the Legislative Counsel Bureau, 25 percent of employees earned more than $100,000 in 2020, according to Transparent Nevada. This figure includes both pay and benefits. Benefits include the employer's cost of providing health and retirement benefits, including pension debt payments.

Across the state, most employees made more than $100,000.

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.

Yolanda King earned the highest salary among employees in the state with a compensation of $518,124 for the year.

Rank	Individual	Agency	Salary
1	Yolanda King	Clark County	$518,124
2	Christopher Figgins	Clark County	$514,260
3	Larry Clark	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$498,042
4	Rosemary Vassiliadis	Clark County	$488,046
5	Howard Brooks	Clark County	$463,382
6	Jesus F Jara	The Clark County School District	$436,331
7	Erik L Lloyd	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$423,238
8	Christy Craig	Clark County	$415,880
9	Charles L Iii Hank	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$413,885
10	Viveca Woods	Clark County	$411,828
11	Carolyn Campbell	Clark County	$404,485
12	Laura Denison Knight	Washoe County	$402,712
13	Francis Ortiz	Clark County	$392,853
14	Carmen A Donegan	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$392,010
15	Paul G Elizondo	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$378,245
16	Richard A Derrick	Henderson	$373,017
17	Kevin C Mcmahill	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$372,527
18	Antonio D Marconato	Sparks	$370,844
19	Steven Parrish	The Regional Flood Control District	$370,165
20	William James	Clark County	$366,677
21	Nancy Lemcke	Clark County	$363,878
22	Brett M Zimmerman	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$362,720
23	Neil C Krutz	Sparks	$360,475
24	William Hill	Clark County	$360,263
25	Raymond N Spencer	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$356,939
26	Nichole B Splinter	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$352,370
27	Steven T Summers	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$350,990
28	Guy Powell	Clark County	$350,702
29	Christopher C Jones	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$350,642
30	John C Krueger	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$349,878
31	Mary J Maynard	The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada	$349,061
32	Christopher P Darcy	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$348,500
33	Anne Miller	Clark County	$342,902
34	Todd Runnells	Clark County	$341,812
35	Brian D Kerr	Henderson	$339,843
36	Christopher Lalli	Clark County	$339,796
37	Christopher Blackburn	Clark County	$339,764
38	Kristen Mcneill	The Washoe County School District	$339,404
39	James A Reid	Sparks	$338,672
40	Gregory Cassell	Clark County	$337,262
41	John L Mcgrath	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$336,643
42	John N Bronder	The State of Nevada	$336,218
43	Duane S Jensen	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$335,895
44	Jeffrey Wells	Clark County	$332,157
45	Richard Mulcock	Clark County	$330,993
46	Jessica Colvin	Clark County	$329,844
47	Jeffrey Tomassetti	Clark County	$329,625
48	John A Hamilton	Washoe County	$329,068
49	Randall Tarr	Clark County	$328,678
50	Kevin C Powers	The Legislative Counsel Bureau	$328,473
51	David M Denton	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$328,202
52	Yolanda Givens	Clark County	$327,926
53	Peter J Krall	Sparks	$327,889
54	John Fudenberg	Clark County	$325,970
55	Denis Cederburg	Clark County	$325,624
56	Patrick Schiller	Clark County	$325,519
57	Ann Barringer	Clark County	$325,131
58	Darin Imlay	Clark County	$324,112
59	Fred W Iii Meyer	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$323,468
60	Andrew J Walsh	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$323,454
61	Shawn W McEvers	Sparks	$323,360
62	Jeffrey Witthun	Clark County	$322,964
63	Robert L Burleson	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$322,518
64	David C Swallow	The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada	$322,087
65	Christopher W Alvarez	Henderson	$321,128
66	Tim A Gardner	Henderson	$321,066
67	Jacqueline Holloway	Clark County	$320,420
68	Drew Christensen	Clark County	$320,242
69	Clinte L Bellamy	Sparks	$317,834
70	Jace C Thelin	Sparks	$317,639
71	Shawn L White	Henderson	$316,665
72	Steven Grierson	Clark County	$315,852
73	Angela R Torres-Castro	The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada	$315,033
74	Armando Jr Lucero	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$314,370
75	Nicholas G Vaskov	Henderson	$313,610
76	Julie Anne Schrader	Washoe County	$313,575
77	John Steinbeck	Clark County	$313,478
78	Bristol S Ellington	Henderson	$313,287
79	Scott D Tracy	Sparks	$312,521
80	Erick E Chavez	Sparks	$312,242
81	Leslee Shell	Clark County	$312,201
82	John G Liberty	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$312,087
83	Katherine Sue Callahan	Washoe County	$311,692
84	James J Seebock	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$311,133
85	Michael Doughty	Clark County	$310,521
86	Valyon G Goins	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$310,370
87	Lazaro R Chavez	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$309,697
88	Kelly Claridy	Clark County	$309,134
89	Jon M Scott	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$308,934
90	John A Martini	Sparks	$308,841
91	Allan L Powell	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$308,721
92	Marc L Traasdahl	The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada	$308,071
93	Steven Wolfson	Clark County	$307,991
94	Todd C Ford	Henderson	$307,986
95	Shane E Koboski	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$307,450
96	Timmy R Kelly	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$307,327
97	Edward Zagalo	Clark County	$306,761
98	Daniel Juarez	Henderson	$305,258
99	Kevin J Morgenstern	The Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$304,781
100	Robert Daskas	Clark County	$304,534