NW Valley Times

The Governor's Office paid an average compensation of $76,721 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 23 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 Governor's Office—Gilbert Davidson—earned $200,000 as the exempt employee.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Gilbert Davidson	Exempt employee	$200,000
2	Kirk Adams	Exempt employee	$169,950
3	Henry Darwin	Exempt employee	$165,000
4	Michael Liburdi	Exempt employee	$163,523
5	Daniel Scarpinato	Exempt employee	$162,000
6	Gretchen Conger	Exempt employee	$159,000
7	Daniel Seiden	Exempt employee	$157,961
8	Dawn Wallace	Exempt employee	$152,000
9	John McCleve	Exempt employee	$147,420
10	Anni Foster	Exempt employee	$147,000
11	Daniel Ruiz	Exempt employee	$142,000
12	Juan Ciscomani	Exempt employee	$140,000
13	Matthew Gress	Exempt employee	$130,000
13	Christina Corieri	Exempt employee	$130,000
13	Maria Fuentes	Exempt employee	$130,000
16	Ernest Moore	Exempt employee	$126,000
17	Nicole Colyer	Exempt employee	$120,000
17	Katherine Fischer	Exempt employee	$120,000
19	Barbara Conley	Exempt employee	$112,860
20	Timothy Roemer	Exempt employee	$110,000
21	William Greeney	Exempt employee	$109,900
22	Jean Bell	Exempt employee	$109,000
23	Emily Rajakovich	Exempt employee	$108,150
24	Kari Granfelt	Exempt employee	$100,880
25	Travis Price	Exempt employee	$100,165
26	Benjamin Henderson	Exempt employee	$100,000
26	Kwame Hightower	Exempt employee	$100,000
26	Tonya Hamilton	Exempt employee	$100,000
26	Patrick Ptak	Exempt employee	$100,000
30	Alec Thomson	Exempt employee	$95,000
30	Douglas Ducey	--	$95,000
32	Glenn Farley	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Brendon Cross	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Sarah Pirzada	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Benjamin Blink	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Jennifer Thomsen	Exempt employee	$90,000
37	Deborah Moak	Exempt employee	$89,000
38	Kaitlin Harrier	Exempt employee	$88,000
38	Rebecca Freeman	Exempt employee	$88,000
40	Cynthia Gosney	Exempt employee	$85,000
41	Joseph Cuffari	Exempt employee	$84,000
42	Renee Rothblum	Exempt employee	$82,934
43	Laura Raymond	Exempt employee	$75,939
44	Karen BuMcRot	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Trista Guzman	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Laddie Shane	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Charles Martin	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Mara Mellstrom	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Alynn Damico	Exempt employee	$75,000
50	Geoffrey Shoemaker	Exempt employee	$74,800
51	Kristen Lindstrom	Exempt employee	$74,000
52	Shelley Witt	Exempt employee	$72,000
53	Robert Shogren	Exempt employee	$71,000
53	Ariel Gonzalez	Exempt employee	$71,000
55	Aaron Favreau	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Ryan Vergara	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Terrilyn Miller	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Elizabeth Berry	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Kristine Firethunder	Exempt employee	$70,000
60	Tao Jin	Exempt employee	$69,000
61	John Raeder III	Exempt employee	$68,650
62	Heather Farrier	Exempt employee	$68,250
63	Amy Funari	Exempt employee	$67,000
63	Kristin Sorensen	Exempt employee	$67,000
65	Shahrokh Madi	Exempt employee	$66,475
66	Samuel Burba	Exempt employee	$66,137
67	Lorena Rueda	Exempt employee	$65,000
67	Karin Jimenez	Exempt employee	$65,000
67	Alix Skelpsa	Exempt employee	$65,000
70	Jacob Wingate	Exempt employee	$64,000
71	Cassandra Wicklund	Exempt employee	$63,000
72	Brett Galley	Exempt employee	$62,000
73	Cristina Tunon	Exempt employee	$60,500
73	David Starns	Exempt employee	$60,500
75	Carla Friedman	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Michael Beck	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Shelley Baudean	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Trevor Abarzua	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Nicole Green	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Brian Anderson	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Ashley Beason	Exempt employee	$60,000
82	Sonya Pierce-Johnson	Exempt employee	$59,000
83	John Erskine	Exempt employee	$57,750
84	Marshall Pimentel	Exempt employee	$57,500
84	Jordan Dale	Exempt employee	$57,500
84	Taylor Pair	Exempt employee	$57,500
87	Diane Dudley	Exempt employee	$57,000
87	Steven Selover	Exempt employee	$57,000
87	Tamara Skinner	Exempt employee	$57,000
90	Dawna Allington	Exempt employee	$55,000
90	Vanessa Villalobos	Exempt employee	$55,000
90	Grace Gegenheimer	Exempt employee	$55,000
90	Rebecca Chesley	Exempt employee	$55,000
94	Sarah Bean	Exempt employee	$54,000
95	Nicholas Loper	Exempt employee	$50,615
96	Myriah Mhoon	Exempt employee	$50,000
96	Thomas Callahan	Exempt employee	$50,000
96	Evette Cruz	--	$50,000
96	Ruth Soberanes	Exempt employee	$50,000
96	Marisol Chavez	Exempt employee	$50,000