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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
Leslie CamposDEPUTY JUSTICE COURT CLERK I$46,192$32,015$78,207
William TriplettFOOD SERVICES WORKER$55,009$22,922$77,930
Desiree YoungANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER$46,459$31,455$77,914
Kyle KralROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER III$46,165$31,651$77,816
Kyrstyn PeughEXECUTIVE LEGAL SECRETARY I$45,890$31,910$77,800
Debra MelottDEPUTY COUNTY CLERK III$50,930$26,708$77,638
Nahomi Ferraras-RodriguezDEPUTY ASSESSOR$45,865$31,735$77,600
Alexander TarangulA-EMT/FIREFIGHTER$43,148$34,277$77,425
Triston PowellDEPUTY$47,034$30,085$77,119
Alex GiacomanFIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC$49,328$27,193$76,521
Christina CotheryEXECUTIVE LEGAL SECRETARY I$44,725$31,452$76,177
Nikki SmithACCOUNTING SECRETARY$43,713$32,065$75,778
Tamara ChastainDEPUTY COUNTY CLERK I$43,500$32,161$75,661
Dameon Mcgriff-PowellROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER II$44,520$30,836$75,355
Amber RandlePLANNING COUNTER TECHNICIAN$44,197$30,895$75,091
Joshua ProppsROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER II$43,669$31,380$75,049
Vincent CongiuPURCHASING TECHNICIAN II$44,425$30,183$74,607
Jake CallawayROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER II$43,634$30,900$74,533
Carlos SawtelleDETENTION TECHNICIAN$45,037$29,402$74,439
Matthew CurranB&G MAINTENANCE WORKER II$43,462$30,850$74,312
Shila HendersonELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST$43,404$30,872$74,276
Camille SandersDEPUTY ASSESSOR$42,985$30,774$73,759
Sarena SandersADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY$42,870$30,789$73,660
Torey QuickDEPUTY JUSTICE COURT CLERK I$44,310$29,280$73,589
Dominique BradleyACCOUNTING SECRETARY$42,908$30,639$73,546
Katelyn HarringtonROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER II$43,026$30,196$73,223
Cameron NicholsonGROUNDSKEEPER$42,570$30,527$73,098
Cassara BellTOWN ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATO$44,568$28,492$73,060
Arely Villa-TrevizoEXECUTIVE LEGAL SECRETARY I$43,865$29,060$72,925
Darrin TuckGROUNDSKEEPER$44,606$28,159$72,765
Taylor LockhartDETENTION TECHNICIAN$42,340$30,040$72,380
Princess SantosDETENTION TECHNICIAN$42,686$28,866$71,552
Angela ScaggsFINANCIAL ASSISTANT II$41,043$30,042$71,085
Danielle KruseEXECUTIVE LEGAL SECRETARY II$40,757$30,082$70,839
Morgan AdamsDETENTION TECHNICIAN$42,400$28,209$70,608
Danielle MartinezDISTRICT COURT JUDICIAL EXECUT$41,488$28,704$70,192
Jacob OrtegaB&G MAINTENANCE WORKER II$41,443$28,657$70,100
Brian ChristenROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER I$39,980$30,012$69,992
Jordan EganGROUNDSKEEPER$42,897$26,922$69,819
Megan KralJUSTICE COURT DATA ENTRY CLERK$39,944$29,700$69,644
Hillary HoffmanADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY$43,506$25,691$69,197
Wesley BeardDEPUTY$49,547$19,562$69,109
Andrew GibsonB&G MAINTENANCE WORKER II$42,677$26,001$68,678
Debra StricklandCOMMISSIONER$38,772$29,281$68,053
Olive AshwellANIMAL SHELTER OFFICE ASSISTAN$38,749$28,659$67,408
Danielle ApostolecDISPATCHER$37,817$28,871$66,688
Amanda PazarenaSENIOR ELIGIBILITY SUPERVISOR$42,227$24,422$66,649
Richard HallDATA COLLECTOR$40,152$26,152$66,304
Maria Gomez-FarrowWIC CLERK$38,780$27,271$66,051
Stacy WhetstoneACCOUNT CLERK I$36,857$28,485$65,342

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