Clark County paid employees $76,340 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 Clark County in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yolanda King | $518,124 |
| 2 | Christopher Figgins | $514,260 |
| 3 | Rosemary Vassiliadis | $488,046 |
| 4 | John Grana | $464,300 |
| 5 | Howard Brooks | $463,382 |
| 6 | Christy Craig | $415,880 |
| 7 | Viveca Woods | $411,828 |
| 8 | Carolyn Campbell | $404,485 |
| 9 | Francis Ortiz | $392,853 |
| 10 | William James | $366,677 |
| 11 | Nancy Lemcke | $363,878 |
| 12 | William Hill | $360,263 |
| 13 | Guy Powell | $350,702 |
| 14 | Anne Miller | $342,902 |
| 15 | Todd Runnells | $341,812 |
| 16 | Christopher Lalli | $339,796 |
| 17 | Christopher Blackburn | $339,764 |
| 18 | Gregory Cassell | $337,262 |
| 19 | Jeffrey Wells | $332,157 |
| 20 | Richard Mulcock | $330,993 |
| 21 | Jessica Colvin | $329,844 |
| 22 | Jeffrey Tomassetti | $329,625 |
| 23 | Randall Tarr | $328,678 |
| 24 | Yolanda Givens | $327,926 |
| 25 | John Fudenberg | $325,970 |
| 26 | Denis Cederburg | $325,624 |
| 27 | Patrick Schiller | $325,519 |
| 28 | Ann Barringer | $325,131 |
| 29 | Darin Imlay | $324,112 |
| 30 | Jeffrey Witthun | $322,964 |
| 31 | Jacqueline Holloway | $320,420 |
| 32 | Drew Christensen | $320,242 |
| 33 | Steven Grierson | $315,852 |
| 34 | John Steinbeck | $313,478 |
| 35 | Leslee Shell | $312,201 |
| 36 | Anthony Rivera | $312,090 |
| 37 | Michael Doughty | $310,521 |
| 38 | Kelly Claridy | $309,134 |
| 39 | Steven Wolfson | $307,991 |
| 40 | Edward Zagalo | $306,761 |
| 41 | Robert Daskas | $304,534 |
| 42 | Brian Paulson | $302,400 |
| 43 | Jon Wiercinski | $301,782 |
| 44 | L. Taggard | $299,514 |
| 45 | Steven Thompson | $298,995 |
| 46 | Leon Giles | $297,666 |
| 47 | Mark Manganello | $296,748 |
| 48 | Charles Cano | $295,498 |
| 49 | F. Eichacker | $295,438 |
| 50 | Glenn German | $293,203 |
| 51 | Erik Denman | $291,211 |
| 52 | Brian Larsen | $290,469 |
| 53 | Joseph Piurkowski | $288,529 |
| 54 | Dwayne Ako | $286,118 |
| 55 | Roy Session | $284,781 |
| 56 | Elissa Rego | $284,072 |
| 57 | Richard Reid | $283,309 |
| 58 | Sharon Dickinson | $282,378 |
| 59 | David Couture | $282,213 |
| 60 | Leo Durkin | $281,163 |
| 61 | Victoria Villegas | $280,952 |
| 62 | Jonell Thomas | $280,824 |
| 63 | Girard Page | $280,740 |
| 64 | Gary Robison | $280,178 |
| 65 | Joseph Stetler | $279,812 |
| 66 | Victor Torres | $279,592 |
| 67 | Scott Straily | $279,281 |
| 68 | Eric Rusley | $279,102 |
| 69 | John Fattig | $278,628 |
| 70 | Edward Kane | $278,572 |
| 71 | Violet Radosta | $278,449 |
| 72 | Karl Lee | $278,401 |
| 73 | Clark Le | $278,315 |
| 74 | James Sweetin | $278,291 |
| 75 | Joseph Lord | $278,287 |
| 76 | Timothy Burch | $277,894 |
| 77 | Mario Romo | $277,780 |
| 78 | Tracy Reynolds | $277,278 |
| 79 | Diana Sullivan | $277,102 |
| 79 | Christopher Lee | $277,102 |
| 79 | Ann Langford | $277,102 |
| 79 | Stephen George | $277,102 |
| 83 | Jordan Savage | $276,375 |
| 84 | Christina Di Loreto | $276,345 |
| 85 | Yolanda Carroll | $276,134 |
| 86 | Brent Hall | $275,837 |
| 87 | Steven Waters | $275,836 |
| 87 | Pamela Weckerly | $275,836 |
| 89 | Trent Jenkins | $274,893 |
| 90 | Melanie Andress Tobiasson | $274,884 |
| 91 | Bernard Zadrowski | $274,871 |
| 92 | Jonathan Vanboskerck | $274,757 |
| 93 | Robert Warhola | $274,730 |
| 94 | Kage Snyder | $274,343 |
| 95 | Kenny Holding | $274,305 |
| 96 | Jason Senior | $273,752 |
| 97 | Curtis Brown | $273,545 |
| 98 | Willard Ewing | $273,259 |
| 99 | Christopher Laurent | $273,111 |
| 100 | Eric Goodman | $273,016 |
