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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
Cory JuelkeDEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY-CRIMI$112,268$55,987$168,254
David MarkwellSUPERVISING DISPATCHER$115,649$51,128$166,777
Jennie MartinPROGRAM MANAGER$112,182$53,947$166,129
Theodore EisenloffelDETENTION DEPUTY$90,928$74,680$165,608
Tressie ColehourSO FINANCIAL MANAGER$109,867$55,687$165,554
Justin MatsuiFIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC$96,971$67,628$164,598
Robert MeyersDEPUTY$91,713$72,490$164,202
Steven ReiserDATABASE MANAGER$116,539$47,598$164,136
Isaac ChamplinDEPUTY$90,786$72,294$163,080
Timothy WhiteCOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS SUPR$111,184$51,139$162,323
Megan LabadieDIRECTOR, NATURAL RESOURCES$107,311$54,355$161,666
Celeste SandovalASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR$110,653$50,891$161,544
Noe AcostaA-EMT / FIREFIGHTER$89,366$71,598$160,964
Robert PattonDETENTION DEPUTY$91,088$69,531$160,620
Joseph MassaA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$91,838$68,362$160,199
Nicholas HugginsINVESTIGATOR - SO$88,371$71,702$160,073
Dianna CarrellASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR$106,861$53,206$160,067
Michele HandSYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR III$106,635$52,302$158,937
Jason ShihLEAD B&G MAINTENANCE WORKER$116,874$41,526$158,400
Kyle BenesDETENTION DEPUTY$88,065$69,837$157,902
Stephani ElliottCONTRACTS & GRANTS MANAGER$106,526$50,618$157,144
Richard MartindaleCAPTAIN - PAHRUMP$114,589$42,226$156,814
Abel OrtegaA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$97,679$58,249$155,927
Michael KarrDEPUTY$95,863$59,862$155,726
Brent PercivalSENIOR DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNE$112,355$43,086$155,441
Giovanni RuizDETENTION DEPUTY$87,349$67,395$154,745
Jeremy TurekDETENTION DEPUTY$84,564$69,930$154,494
Nicholas MellingerSR JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER$94,049$60,167$154,217
Alec BrianDEPUTY$83,598$69,088$152,686
Deon FordDEPUTY$85,615$66,115$151,730
James Walsh JrA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$87,253$64,369$151,622
Tanis WrightDEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY-CRIMI$98,570$52,148$150,718
Andrew RaetzDISTRICT ROAD SUPERVISOR-SOUTH$100,468$50,186$150,654
Alan LinDEPUTY$81,751$68,766$150,517
Cori FreidhofCLERK$98,047$52,091$150,139
Tyler MulveyENGINEERING TECHNICIAN III$102,567$46,981$149,548
Elizabeth JordanPUBLIC WORKS FINANCIAL MANAGER$99,231$50,064$149,295
Raelyn PowersTREASURER$97,522$50,729$148,252
Boone ShampangBAILIFF$75,693$71,839$147,532
David JonesDEPUTY$93,377$54,012$147,389
Christopher HelgersonDETENTION DEPUTY$96,145$50,531$146,677
Christopher SmithDEPUTY$78,661$67,860$146,521
David DiazDEPUTY - SRO$81,386$64,902$146,288
Chase WhiteA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$83,458$62,741$146,199
Spencer HaganDEPUTY$83,838$62,235$146,072
Andrew LetchworthDEPUTY$80,410$65,583$145,993
Jared LamLAW CLERK$97,157$48,582$145,739
Luiz RodriguezDETENTION DEPUTY$80,904$64,790$145,694
Carlos LunaDETENTION DEPUTY$79,576$65,221$144,796
Frank RaetzDISTRICT ROAD SUPERVISOR-CENTR$95,576$48,839$144,415

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