NW Valley Times

The Historical Society paid an average compensation of $45,066 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 32 percent more 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 Historical Society—William Burns—earned $120,000 as the director.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	William Burns	Director	$120,000
2	William Ponder	--	$80,150
3	William Peterson	--	$72,000
4	Kimberly Bittrich	Administrative services officer	$69,104
5	Tawn Downs	--	$68,000
6	David Turpie	--	$58,000
7	Yolanda South	Administrative services officer	$57,649
8	Susan Irwin	--	$56,700
9	Melba Davis	Administrative services officer	$53,500
10	Yanna Kruse	--	$52,223
11	Rebekah Percival	Archivist	$51,476
12	Debra McKinion	--	$51,000
13	Eric Gonzales	Physical plant supervisor	$46,200
14	Valerie Shanahan	Administrative assistant	$45,000
15	Jan Persidskis	Building maintenance specialist	$44,625
16	Joseph Meehan	Museum curator	$41,858
17	Kathryn Stewart	Archivist	$40,000
18	Caitlin Lampman	Archivist	$39,316
19	Rachael Black	Archivist	$39,000
20	Roy Goodman	Administrative assistant	$37,500
21	Brandi Klein	Accounting specialist	$37,440
22	Nicole Lober	Program project specialist	$36,779
22	Erin Kirchner	Museum curator	$36,779
24	Michelle Prosser	--	$36,000
25	Doreen Crowe	--	$34,659
26	Lizeth Zepeda	Archivist	$33,443
27	Katharine Fitzpatrick	Archivist	$33,435
28	Michael Goodwin	--	$33,280
29	Ann Mary Ruelas	Museum curator	$32,550
30	Jill Hough	Administrative assistant	$32,032
31	Ashley Smith	--	$31,110
31	Alexandra Siskonen	--	$31,110
33	Janelle Gintz	Custody service representative	$29,120
34	Breann Velasco	Administrative assistant	$28,107
35	Nicola Brownlee	Custody service representative	$28,059
36	Dennis Rogers	Custodial crew supervisor	$27,040
37	Emily Orzel	Graphic designer	$25,076
38	Linda Whitaker	Archivist	$23,738
39	Marica Whittemore	Administrative assistant	$23,191
40	Peter Mueller-Martin	Building maintenance specialist	$21,756
41	Jean E. Tureaud	Administrative assistant	$20,280
42	Julia Arriola	Museum curator	$15,239
43	John Degraff	--	$13,134
44	Megan Nolan	--	$13,021
45	Elyssa Marley	--	$5,673