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Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada paid employees $105,019 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 Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada in 2020

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Mary J. Maynard	$349,061
2	David C. Swallow	$322,087
3	Angela R. Torres-Castro	$315,033
4	Marc L. Traasdahl	$308,071
5	Brian C. Hoeft	$286,020
6	John R. Penuelas	$273,436
7	Cynthia Carter	$263,094
8	Francis Julien	$257,617
9	Brij Gulati	$252,317
10	Carl E. Scarbrough	$244,676
11	Brian K. Isennock	$241,479
12	Marvin D. Dennis	$241,238
13	Julio Ortiz	$239,284
14	Warren R. Rich	$231,968
15	Scott T. Mazick	$227,006
16	David D. Crisler	$226,974
17	Daniel L. Howland	$225,803
18	Sherwin P. Gutierrez	$219,910
19	Keith A. Peirce	$218,595
20	Joseph V. Damiani	$217,717
21	Kenneth J. Rodriguez	$216,340
22	David M. Clyde	$215,042
23	Ji-Rong Xie	$214,105
24	Jeffrey S. Truby	$213,463
25	John C. Raborn	$211,446
26	Lonnie C. Brown	$210,640
27	Mohammad Farhan	$208,279
28	Thomas W. Theisen	$195,537
29	Charles D. Cheatham	$191,576
30	Hui Shen	$191,368
31	Peter Kohler	$191,288
32	Sydney A. Komarmy	$191,114
33	Carl Magnuson	$189,476
34	Michael C. Roseberry	$188,062
35	Charles S. Edelblute	$187,133
36	Catherine Lu	$187,080
37	Rudy Long	$186,320
38	Dachresha D. Harris	$183,181
39	Nathan B. Goldberg	$181,178
40	Stefani J. Biehl	$180,786
41	George Rosen	$180,153
42	Daniel Godoy	$180,129
43	Lijuan Su	$179,814
44	Andrew R. Kjellman	$178,582
45	Jeffrey T. Boylan	$178,153
46	Kenneth J. Hutchens	$177,914
47	Anna N. Stofsky	$177,811
48	Ellen E. Marciel	$177,492
49	Ray S. Thompson	$175,374
50	Robert A. Leavitt	$173,047
51	Antonette Braddock	$172,217
52	Wycliffe A. Mudambi	$171,771
53	Raul Gasca	$171,659
54	Yudid I. Lopez	$170,534
55	R. M. Jaramillo	$170,081
56	Jacob B. Simmons	$169,646
57	David W. Carter	$169,418
58	Shondra Summers-Armstrong	$168,320
59	Marc K. Maesaka	$167,221
60	Nicholas J. Rasavage	$166,440
61	Lester V. Hanson	$164,207
62	Nana M. Ninchi	$163,485
63	Michelle A. Iannizzaro	$161,307
64	John J. Ritsko	$161,147
65	Royal J. Alexander	$160,656
66	Theresa M. Gaisser	$160,622
67	Jan K. Wadsworth	$160,034
68	Cheri J. Brown	$159,498
69	Gang Xie	$159,020
70	Michelle M. Whitney	$158,786
71	Eric M. Traasdahl	$157,438
72	James L. Shampoe	$157,350
73	Tobias B. Goldberg	$155,063
74	Maria C. Brace	$154,824
75	Denice L. Bower	$153,695
76	Brian J. Robinson	$153,384
77	Mark T. Zabarte	$153,150
78	Raymund W. Berlo	$152,635
79	Susan F. Christiansen	$152,207
80	Paul L. Craven	$151,495
81	Christopher M. Schwarz	$151,284
82	Anthony Abraham	$151,215
83	Kiet T. Dinh	$149,595
84	Aileen S. Pastor	$148,545
85	Rae A. Lathrop	$148,156
86	Michael D. Haas	$147,829
87	Julia K. Uravich	$146,400
88	Randy R. Brown	$145,587
89	Raje P. Lisboa	$144,821
90	Repelita D. Ramos	$144,642
91	Lisa Bean	$144,590
92	Glen K. Leavitt	$144,492
93	Jill R. Delucca	$144,267
94	John W. Doran	$142,547
95	Tania C. Williams	$142,398
96	Arthur Stutzman	$139,619
97	Luis Valenzuela	$139,468
98	Deborah A. Reardon	$137,727
99	Charles A. Martinez	$137,637
100	Richard W. Sorenson	$137,558