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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
Justin ZimmermanCHIEF DEPUTY ASSESSOR$80,784$43,647$124,431
Amy KruegerSUPERVISING DETENTION TECHNICI$79,923$44,106$124,028
Richard CrawfordLEAD AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC$79,778$43,957$123,735
Rick RamirezDETENTION DEPUTY$72,199$51,387$123,586
Tina GancarzFACILITIES & IT FINANCIAL MANA$78,832$44,081$122,912
Aaron KellerHEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC$79,728$42,985$122,713
Honey StrozziPURCHASING & CONTRACTS ADMIN$77,786$42,776$120,562
Michael KleinTRAINING OFFICER$77,089$43,253$120,342
Loyce SeastrunkROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER II$77,969$41,605$119,574
Lisa HauxMAPPING ADMINISTRATOR$76,004$42,708$118,711
Nicolas BowenB&G MAINTENANCE WORKER III$75,980$42,433$118,413
Eduardo MartinezLEAD B&G MAINTENANCE WORKER$80,473$37,551$118,024
Samuel LutkeDEPUTY$77,858$40,002$117,860
Michael WhitesideLEAD ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER$76,776$40,752$117,528
Robert JohnsonCLIENT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN$74,984$42,502$117,485
Levi GregoryANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER$74,316$42,288$116,604
Kristine KippEXECUTIVE LEGAL SECRETARY III$72,664$42,775$115,439
Jennifer SandovalDETENTION DEPUTY$75,141$39,919$115,060
Mark GancarzCODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER SENIOR$72,901$41,551$114,452
Vicky WalkerDEPUTY RECORDER III$72,664$41,647$114,311
Susan RyhalCODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER$73,108$41,144$114,252
Amanda MarshallPLANNING TECHNICIAN II$72,755$41,240$113,996
Jaynee ReevesTOURISM COORDINATOR$73,823$40,131$113,955
Joseph ManasLEAD ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER$71,136$42,628$113,765
David KuykendallCLIENT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN$72,195$41,441$113,636
Julie NicholsonADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICIAN II$72,220$41,352$113,572
Tyler BaumgartenDETENTION DEPUTY$74,065$39,448$113,512
Ambree RamseyDEPUTY$73,207$40,119$113,326
Kimberly ShermanDEPUTY JUSTICE COURT CLERK III$71,650$41,189$112,838
Carrie RadomskiTOWN ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATO$73,078$39,758$112,836
Michael DodsonWATER DISTRIBUTION TECHNICIAN$75,182$37,577$112,758
Nancy CrattyJUVENILE OFFICE SUPERVISOR$71,494$41,233$112,727
Bryan GriffinLEAD ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER$72,523$40,009$112,532
Katherine SproulDISPATCHER$73,264$38,830$112,093
Patricia CoppickDEPUTY RECORDER III$70,997$40,965$111,962
Brian CarboneLEAD B&G MAINTENANCE WORKER$71,166$40,734$111,900
Kayla BallEXECUTIVE LEGAL SECRETARY III$70,730$40,945$111,674
James JeffreyLANDFILL MAINTENANCE WORKER$72,361$39,298$111,659
Andrea CobbCHILD SUPPORT CASEWORKER$70,702$40,816$111,518
Sarah WestfallDEPUTY COUNTY CLERK III$69,555$41,586$111,140
Russell CooperROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER III$70,722$39,550$110,271
Lauro Herrera MoralesDEPUTY$74,280$35,891$110,171
Juanita TorresDEPUTY COUNTY CLERK III$69,522$40,429$109,951
Jennie ManzanoADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT$69,230$40,399$109,629
Sheldon RippieLEAD B&G MAINTENANCE WORKER$69,199$40,312$109,511
Henry PikeDETENTION DEPUTY$66,395$43,103$109,497
Amy DowersDEPUTY JUSTICE COURT CLERK II$68,601$39,830$108,431
Michael ShortDEPUTY$69,198$38,930$108,129
Lynnette AtkinsonADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY$70,820$36,560$107,380
Emily BeardGIS ADMINISTRATOR$67,640$39,277$106,917

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