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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
Brandon HortonLEAD HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC$96,866$46,880$143,747
Lauren WilliamsonDEPUTY$78,188$65,503$143,691
Jason RueschDEPUTY$77,783$65,710$143,493
Ondre WillsDEPUTY$91,960$51,320$143,280
Zachary BaldenA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$86,194$56,582$142,776
Jacob RayDEPUTY$87,297$55,267$142,563
Travis SmithUTILITIES SUPERINTENDENT$93,959$48,082$142,041
Jonathan CarlinDEPUTY$77,114$64,734$141,849
Leighann JohnsonSUPERVISING DISPATCHER$95,413$46,151$141,564
Harley CookLEAD AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC$92,970$48,470$141,440
Ryanne GottHUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER$92,839$48,031$140,870
Christopher FriedLEAD HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC$92,831$48,025$140,856
Adam GromisDISTRICT ROAD SUPERVISOR-NORTH$93,787$46,223$140,010
Dawn SligarCHIEF DEPUTY RECORDER$91,531$48,440$139,971
Chad WhelanINVESTIGATOR - DA$74,103$64,336$138,439
Miguel LunaBAILIFF$72,845$65,474$138,320
Gilberto DuenasDETENTION DEPUTY$79,375$58,812$138,187
Rachel AldanaCHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK$90,125$47,490$137,615
Spencer LittlefieldDEPUTY$83,050$54,224$137,274
Wyatt SingletonDEPUTY$73,094$63,516$136,610
Jennifer FanningTOWN FINANCE MANAGER$89,142$47,163$136,304
Andi BishopDEPUTY - SRO$81,959$53,728$135,686
Evan PrystupSYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR$88,302$46,439$134,741
Anastacia SeastrunkCHIEF DEPUTY TREASURER$90,742$43,844$134,586
Miguel Magallanes IbarraDETENTION DEPUTY$80,822$53,136$133,958
Louise MulveyDIST COURT SPVSR/ADM LEGAL SEC$86,966$46,802$133,768
Alberto QuinterosAUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC$92,118$41,367$133,485
Jeffrey WagnerBAILIFF$70,211$63,245$133,456
Kimberly WilsonSUPERVISING CHILD SUPPORT ADMI$86,712$46,722$133,434
Joshua KernsDETENTION DEPUTY$78,187$55,045$133,233
Marino BennemanA-EMT / FIREFIGHTER$75,922$57,215$133,137
Whitney RichardsonDIST COURT ADMINISTRATOR$86,944$44,874$131,818
Helen BaeCOMPTROLLER$94,243$37,377$131,620
Vanessa MaxfieldSUPERVISING DA ADMINISTRATOR$84,564$45,976$130,541
Jeremiah SmithDETENTION DEPUTY$94,308$36,037$130,346
Anthony DavisDEPUTY$79,519$50,249$129,768
Eric SchlenerDEPUTY$72,036$57,561$129,597
Joseph EhrheartPLANNER I$82,720$46,750$129,470
Kristina SiegmundANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER$84,154$45,049$129,203
Nicholas FinlaysonDEPUTY$75,362$52,952$128,313
Jamele TaylorBAILIFF$75,434$52,804$128,238
Jaime RobnettCHIEF DEPUTY JUSTICE COURT CLK$83,049$45,108$128,157
Kamaljit MannSYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR II$81,759$45,691$127,450
Connie FossCHIEF DEPUTY JUSTICE COURT CLK$82,492$44,496$126,988
Donte BeaverDEPUTY$76,101$50,840$126,941
Melissa NixonACCOUNTING OPERATIONS MANAGER$82,752$44,003$126,755
Samuel GordonDEPUTY$72,953$53,072$126,025
Danielle SkilesDEPUTY J C ADMINISTRATOR$79,985$45,449$125,434
Courtney KenneyADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY$87,068$38,276$125,343
Tammy EngelSHERIFF'S OFFICE ADMINISTRATIV$81,304$43,594$124,898

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