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What Nye County pays

The county's entire 2025 payroll: 624 employees, $63,020,549 in pay and benefits, median base pay $60,130, and 110 people over $100,000 base.

Public employees are paid with public money, and the record of it is public. Nye County publishes none of this itself; the data comes from Transparent Nevada, and every line links to the record that reports it. Overtime is not published for Nye County, so totals here are base plus other pay plus benefits.

Every employee, highest paid first

EmployeeTitleBaseBenefitsPay + benefits
Monique MendozaSERGEANT$121,957$87,750$209,706
John Tolle IiiINVESTIGATOR - SO$121,627$83,272$204,899
Wesley FancherINVESTIGATOR - SO$116,317$86,035$202,351
Sedrick SweetDEPUTY$122,923$79,359$202,282
Elias Armendariz IiiDEPUTY$120,548$81,146$201,694
Elona GoldnerDIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES$136,655$64,996$201,650
James RosenCAPTAIN - PAHRUMP$121,216$80,155$201,371
Kevin HarrisDETENTION SERGEANT$113,735$86,946$200,681
Margaret FoleySENIOR DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNE$134,840$64,395$199,235
Adam MccauleyCHIEF JUVENILE PROBATION OFF$96,560$102,213$198,773
Ricardo RamirezLIEUTENANT$111,455$85,272$196,727
Austin RicheyFIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC$120,134$76,084$196,218
Kurt OverallFIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC$122,687$72,755$195,442
Cody MurphyDEPUTY$117,677$77,713$195,390
Danny DiazFIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC$114,437$79,895$194,332
Michael ConnellyINVESTIGATOR - SO$111,865$80,643$192,507
Josette DuboisSERGEANT$109,392$82,829$192,221
John Hanson IiFIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC$107,101$84,745$191,846
Christopher WojtowitzA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$122,399$68,846$191,246
James RamosDEPUTY$113,165$78,002$191,167
Arnold KnightlyPUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER$128,319$61,998$190,317
Eric AndersonINVESTIGATOR - SO$125,268$64,926$190,193
Jimmy MartinezB&G FACILITY MANAGER$128,775$60,941$189,716
Jason HeaneyDEPUTY$106,878$82,372$189,250
Brooke HugginsINVESTIGATOR - SO$107,239$81,238$188,476
Richard RumkerDEPUTY$108,515$78,572$187,087
James BrainardINVESTIGATOR - SO$105,372$80,299$185,671
Jennifer KlapperJUSTICE OF THE PEACE$124,033$61,400$185,433
Daniel FischerINVESTIGATOR - SO$102,328$80,415$182,743
Samantha TackettADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER$122,465$59,780$182,244
Samuel CharlesFOREMAN$134,476$47,344$181,820
Hannon DaiglerDEPUTY$105,902$75,518$181,419
Joshua WeaverDEPUTY$107,093$74,316$181,409
Breanna NelsonSERGEANT$103,929$76,849$180,778
Deborah BeattyRECORDER$117,586$57,964$175,550
Julius WilliamsA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$112,281$62,489$174,770
Sheree StringerASSESSOR$116,699$57,726$174,425
Timothy ReddittDETENTION DEPUTY$98,386$76,014$174,400
Beau GottASST PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR$116,315$57,645$173,960
Qiana MediciPRINCIPAL PLANNER$115,153$58,763$173,916
Thomas BoniDEPUTY$97,522$75,490$173,012
Alisa GoodmanJUSTICE COURT ADMINISTRATOR$114,374$58,024$172,398
Cody MckeeENGINEERING TECH IV$120,436$51,900$172,336
Jim RuelasDEPUTY$100,256$71,785$172,041
Alexandra FernandesBAILIFF$94,543$77,420$171,963
Jeisel MoralesA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$114,361$57,572$171,932
Jonathan JusticeDEPUTY$100,797$71,005$171,802
Joshua SpradlinDETENTION DEPUTY$95,430$76,207$171,637
Antonio Avila IvA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$100,252$70,476$170,727
John KakavuliasINVESTIGATOR - DA$93,569$76,649$170,217

Last synced 2026-08-08. Pay is annual and can be up to a year behind. Figures are as published by Transparent Nevada from public records; where this page and the source disagree, the source governs.Staff directory ·Campaign finance ·Send a tip