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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, largest first. Page 511 of 1,577.

  1. Melvin Stark$58,489 a year
  2. Paula Lannen$58,488 a year
  3. John Lewy$58,486 a year
  4. Susan Moore$58,486 a year
  5. Dennis Potts$58,485 a year
  6. Veneta Young$58,483 a year
  7. Mary Niotta$58,482 a year
  8. Susan Butkus$58,482 a year
  9. Joann Dunnican$58,477 a year
  10. Dennis Fobes$58,475 a year
  11. Peggy Eddington-Smith$58,475 a year
  12. Evelyn Adelaja$58,474 a year
  13. Susan Sabourin$58,474 a year
  14. Kathy Martin$58,472 a year
  15. Molly Spurlock$58,472 a year
  16. Bruce Alexander$58,471 a year
  17. Donald Corner$58,471 a year
  18. Michael Heidemann$58,469 a year
  19. Barbara Doell$58,468 a year
  20. Deborah Byberg-Reed$58,466 a year
  21. Steven Youles$58,466 a year
  22. Sharon Trotter$58,460 a year
  23. Scott Burau$58,458 a year
  24. Margaret Rhyno$58,457 a year
  25. Roberta Anderson$58,456 a year
  26. Michele Honaker$58,453 a year
  27. Kathleen Lehmkuhl$58,452 a year
  28. William Dippel$58,452 a year
  29. Elizabeth Mutuc$58,451 a year
  30. Lorrell Louchard$58,451 a year
  31. Karl Kennison$58,450 a year
  32. Sherri Davis$58,448 a year
  33. Wayne Diek$58,448 a year
  34. Darlene Bichsel$58,447 a year
  35. Kevin Ellis$58,446 a year
  36. Saundra Jordan$58,445 a year
  37. Kathryn Pringle$58,439 a year
  38. Kendall Cummings$58,439 a year
  39. Brett Carter$58,436 a year
  40. Terrence Morris$58,435 a year
  41. Keith Briscoe$58,432 a year
  42. Maureen O'Brien$58,429 a year
  43. Keith Hedge$58,427 a year
  44. Jonathan Herring$58,426 a year
  45. Glen Smith$58,421 a year
  46. Michael Thompson$58,414 a year
  47. Connie Bisbee$58,413 a year
  48. John Mcpeak$58,411 a year
  49. Scott Carter$58,409 a year
  50. Shyama Malwane$58,408 a year

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