NW Valley Times

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee paid an average compensation of $82,735 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 28 percent less with a compensation of $59,597. Total compensation is made up of an employee's annual salary with the addition of any overtime pay earned throughout the year.

The highest-paid public employee working for the Joint Legislative Budget Committee—Richard Stavneak—earned $155,000.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Richard Stavneak	--	$155,000
2	Stefan Shepherd	--	$115,600
3	Stephen Schimpp	--	$115,000
4	Jack Brown	--	$112,000
5	Hans Olofsson	--	$99,000
6	Linda Monsanto	--	$94,300
7	Patrick Moran	--	$88,500
8	Rebecca Perrera	--	$81,000
8	Matthew Beienburg	--	$81,000
10	Eric Billings	--	$72,500
11	Kristy Paddack	--	$70,500
12	Joshua Hope	--	$65,000
13	Samuel Beres	--	$64,500
14	Morgan Dorcheus	--	$63,000
15	Henry Furtick	--	$62,500
16	Geoffrey Paulsen	--	$62,000
17	Jeremy Gunderson	--	$59,000
18	Benjamin Murphy	--	$56,000
19	Stephen Grunig	--	$55,564