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Statewide

Nevada public pensions Beta

78,805 people drew a state pension (NVPERS) in 2025, from TransparentNevada's own yearly files. The largest is $355,717 a year. NVPERS publishes a name and an amount and nothing else: no employer, no job, no years of service. We hold 2020 to 2025.

What we add. The same name on the Nye County payroll (63 of them) or in the state's officer discipline record (9). Those are exact-name matches, and a common name can be a different person, so treat them as a lead and check both links.

This is new software reading a public list. If a row looks wrong, open it on TransparentNevada.

78,805 people, smallest first. Page 1454 of 1,577.

  1. James Benedetti$98,999 a year
  2. Russell Benzler$99,002 a year
  3. Edward Martinez$99,005 a year
  4. Christopher Mannino$99,009 a year
  5. Sandy Raschke$99,010 a year
  6. Frankie Mc Cabe$99,011 a year
  7. Ray Wilke$99,021 a year
  8. Wendy Phelps$99,024 a year
  9. John Turcich$99,041 a year
  10. Michael Pettinari$99,042 a year
  11. Kenneth Arnold$99,045 a year
  12. Larry Mckay$99,046 a year
  13. Robert Sullivan$99,050 a year
  14. Paul Manning$99,054 a year
  15. Helen Shumway$99,064 a year
  16. Bob Blankenship$99,067 a year
  17. David Aymami$99,068 a year
  18. Terry Feiner$99,072 a year
  19. Douglas Taylor$99,074 a year
  20. Debra Harris-Watson$99,077 a year
  21. Kitty Hardy$99,086 a year
  22. Leslie Mayne$99,090 a year
  23. Brian Ewing$99,091 a year
  24. Robert Bohanon$99,097 a year
  25. Susan Daniels-Morancey$99,102 a year
  26. Dallas Mccord$99,104 a year
  27. Venita Lee$99,111 a year
  28. Richard Splinter$99,113 a year
  29. Quincella Rivers$99,114 a year
  30. Marilyn Parker$99,117 a year
  31. Alison Abrams$99,118 a year
  32. John Johnson$99,127 a year
  33. Melonie Dredla$99,132 a year
  34. Andrew Neal$99,140 a year
  35. Sondra Torgerson$99,145 a year
  36. Jeffery Pikyavit$99,150 a year
  37. Lawrence Palasky$99,158 a year
  38. Dennis Hippert$99,164 a year
  39. Dominick Rodriguez$99,164 a year
  40. George Forbush$99,165 a year
  41. David Prichard$99,172 a year
  42. Esther Disuanco$99,177 a year
  43. Frederick Riglesberger$99,178 a year
  44. Charles Smith$99,189 a year
  45. Joseph Richard$99,191 a year
  46. Brett Massucci$99,193 a year
  47. Cheryl Butera$99,194 a year
  48. Patrick Coyne$99,197 a year
  49. Thomas Reid$99,197 a year
  50. Robert White$99,222 a year

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Source: TransparentNevada, NVPERS pensions, the CSV file it publishes for each year. Refreshed once a year.