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Pershing County paid employees $41,096 on average during 2019, this is less than the public employee average of $70,309, according to data compiled by Transparent Nevada. Total compensation is made up of an employee's salary along with their benefits earned. Benefits include employer cost of providing health and retirement benefits, including pension debt payments.

The highest paid public employee in Nevada — Michael Scheidler — earned $943,140 as an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full time were included.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Zoie M. Williams	$196,793
2	Robert Bryce Shields	$155,438
3	Steven W. Cochran	$128,978
4	Jerry J. Allen	$127,692
5	Michael D. Stephens	$124,181
6	Daniel C. Baldini	$123,281
7	Thomas H. Bjerke	$112,951
8	Don Poffenroth	$110,039
9	Nathan J. Carmichael	$108,043
10	Steven T. Banks	$104,644
11	Kathryn R. North	$104,058
12	Eric L. Blondheim	$103,677
13	Daniel Hill	$102,245
14	Rene M. Childs	$101,836
14	Lacey D. Donaldson	$101,836
16	Karen Stephens	$98,178
17	Karen T. Wesner	$97,225
18	Cerini E. Laureen Basso-Cerini	$95,151
19	Noliena F. Castellanos	$94,073
20	Shawn H. Thornhill	$91,149
21	Gerald Monroe	$90,094
22	Robert Ja Nicholson	$89,057
23	Phillip A. Dickerman	$87,888
24	Franklin B. Wilkerson	$85,727
25	Nieto Alfredo Paredes-Nieto	$83,946
26	Michele L. Scovil	$83,715
27	Damien W. McKinney	$81,077
28	John D. Handka	$79,083
29	Christopher J. Casias	$78,344
30	Jessica R. Bohan	$78,201
31	Jeffrey J. Elerick Jr. Jr.	$77,691
32	Kevin E. MacHado	$76,847
33	Elizabeth Blondheim	$76,794
34	Justin E. Banfield	$76,313
35	Melissa E. Sloan	$75,898
36	James D. Evans	$72,385
37	Kathie Brinkerhoff	$71,113
38	Galen G. Reese	$69,597
39	Jerry Reid V	$69,397
40	Angvick E. Heidi Lusby-Angvick	$69,377
41	Jason L. Barrick	$69,330
42	Philipp B. Pascual	$67,049
43	Glen A. Reid	$66,763
44	Carol S. Elerick	$66,580
45	Mitchell A. Nielsen	$65,768
46	Nicole L. Mathias	$65,140
47	Myra J. Paredes	$65,029
48	Justin C. Abbott	$63,929
49	Frank R. Gonsalves	$63,802
50	Chastity M. Arnett	$63,440
51	William D. Blondheim	$61,959
52	Rocio A. Perez	$61,734
53	Frances E. MacHado	$61,543
54	Yvonne Hemp	$61,478
55	Chris R. Snodgrass	$61,269
56	Jordan B. McKinney	$61,236
57	Jazmin Martinez	$60,782
58	Kelly A. Farnsworth	$60,620
59	William Soares	$60,442
60	Sheila R. Perez	$60,029
61	Leslie B. Steward	$59,915
62	Dixie J. McKay	$59,035
63	Glenn A. Reed Jr Jr.	$58,834
64	Phillip W. Yancy	$57,805
65	Dolores L. Gallegos	$57,228
66	Stephiene L. Yenne	$56,980
67	Juanita C. Montes	$55,942
68	Sherri L. Woodard	$55,880
69	Rachel M. King	$55,833
70	Darol A. Gilliland Jr Jr.	$53,890
71	Sandra M. Arias	$53,623
72	Ramona C. Aguilar	$53,212
73	Noemi Diaz	$52,275
74	Torrie M. Hostman	$52,170
75	Kristie L. Boyd	$51,071
76	Karen A. Lerner	$50,258
77	Lynn Christofferson	$49,971
78	Celeste T. Generoso	$49,952
79	Maria D. Olivas	$48,591
80	Taylor J. Stanton	$48,159
81	Rosario Torres	$47,361
82	Valiree A. Phillips	$46,933
83	Kameron L. Mitchell	$46,290
84	Barrie C. Medeiros	$46,205
85	Mandy L. Springer	$45,931
86	Bruce J. Medeiros	$45,179
87	Clayton L. Randolph	$44,173
88	Holli J. Garretson	$43,762
89	Caballero A. Mayra Madrigal-Caballero	$43,219
90	Maria C. Santoyo	$42,531
91	Peter N. Fles	$42,508
92	Cassandra L. Steele	$40,224
93	Jeanette S. Hughes	$39,912
94	Myron W. McKinney	$39,900
95	Sonia A. Perez	$38,652
96	Karla Gonzalez	$38,598
97	Jacqueline L. Chandler	$36,944
98	Robert B. McDougal	$36,340
99	Cheryl A. Haas	$35,761
100	Shank A. Carol Nieblas-Shank	$33,920