Laura D. Wells made $3,992 in 2019 at the Elko County School District

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By North Nevada News

Apr 21, 2021

Laura D. Wells made $3,992 in pay and benefits during 2019 at the Elko County School District, according to Transparent Nevada. Across the state, 24.6 percent of employees made more than $100,000. Benefits include the employers cost of providing health and retirement benefits, including pension debt payments.

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.

Michael Scheidler received the highest compensation among public employees in the state with $943,140 earned for the year.

Top 100 Salaries

Rank	Individual	Agency	Salary
1	Michael Scheidler	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$943,140
2	William M. Vanhouweling	University Medical Center	$877,119
3	Buddhadeb Dawn	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$803,453
4	Parvesh Kumar	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$744,473
5	Robert C. Wang	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$739,909
6	John J. Fildes	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$734,330
7	Anthony P. Sanchez	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$728,516
8	James Alexander	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$627,684
9	Thomas L. Schwenk	University of Nevada Reno	$626,175
10	Steven D. Hill	Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority	$622,059
11	Merritt J. Norvell	University of Nevada Reno	$599,851
12	Barbara F. Atkinson	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$595,207
13	John M. Ham	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$585,894
14	Michael Gardner	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$582,271
15	Max J. Coppes	University of Nevada Reno	$575,636
16	Paul Chestovich	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$574,991
17	Shawn A. Andersen	Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$545,525
18	Richard C. Baynosa	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$528,677
19	Deborah Kuhls	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$524,533
20	Marc A. Johnson	University of Nevada Reno	$517,634
21	Shirong Chang	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$516,060
21	Stephanie A. Jones	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$516,060
23	Marta Meana	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$515,276
24	Yolanda King	Clark County	$509,388
25	John N. Onyema	University Medical Center	$504,383
26	Terry M. Jicinsky	Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority	$494,103
27	Ryann P.S. Juden	North Las Vegas	$487,818
28	Nora Doyle	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$487,102
29	Thomas F. Reilly	NSHE Administration	$486,654
30	John M. Menezes	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$482,052
31	Steven Owens	Clark County	$481,217
32	Rosemary Vassiliadis	Clark County	$479,659
33	Doug Knuth	University of Nevada Reno	$478,554
34	John J. Entsminger	Southern Nevada Water Authority	$478,482
35	Gordon Ohning	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$473,170
36	Matthew Ng	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$470,197
37	John Grana	Clark County	$464,758
38	Douglas R. Fraser	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$461,966
39	Alison L. Netski	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$461,415
40	Philip Delone	Reno/Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority	$460,069
41	Kristina Quigley	Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada	$458,586
42	Francis T. Banfro	University Medical Center	$458,304
43	Daniel M. Kirgan	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$457,898
44	Rajeev Sharma	University Medical Center	$454,793
45	Marcus A. Erling	University of Nevada Reno	$452,918
46	Annabel Barber	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$451,494
47	Brent A. Hathaway	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$450,099
48	Alaaeldin A. Eldemerdash	University Medical Center	$440,636
49	Adib F. Rodriguez Solares	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$439,339
50	Stephen J. Leighton	Reno	$437,574
51	Dahna B. Reyes	University Medical Center	$436,412
52	Jesus F. Jara	Clark County School District	$435,768
53	Brian Kirkpatrick	University of Nevada Reno	$431,710
54	Daniel W. Hamilton	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$427,963
55	Paul L. Puschnig	Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority	$425,587
56	Stowe Shoemaker	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$423,959
57	Marily McAdams Mora	Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority	$423,360
58	William Hill	Clark County	$419,946
59	Lee Gibson	Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County	$417,894
60	Solomon N. Javier	University Medical Center	$416,283
61	Keralapura P. Subramanyam	University Medical Center	$415,270
62	Elissa J. Palmer	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$409,420
63	Eric P. Musselman	University of Nevada Reno	$406,948
64	Rebecca L. Scherr	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$405,208
65	Desiree D. Reed	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$403,361
66	Nanjunda S. Subramanyam	University Medical Center	$403,145
67	Syed F. Saquib	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$402,159
68	Tsungju O. Lee	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$401,532
69	Kevin R. Carman	University of Nevada Reno	$401,209
70	Clinton P. Ryan	North Las Vegas	$399,971
71	Bart J. Patterson	Nevada State College	$399,229
72	Kristen Averyt	Desert Research Institute	$398,796
73	Jennifer Henry	Clark County	$398,770
74	John P. Brosious	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$398,419
75	Joann Strobbe	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$394,352
76	Michael P. Hansen	University Medical Center	$393,945
77	Brandon Snook	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$393,356
78	John G. Watson	Desert Research Institute	$393,066
79	Kenton M. Sanders	University of Nevada Reno	$392,713
80	Meneleo S. Jaojoco	University Medical Center	$392,643
81	Graham W.	Las Vegas Metro Police Department	$392,138
82	Kanayo A. Ezeanolue	University Medical Center	$391,815
83	Anthony R. Marinello	University Medical Center	$389,656
84	Mridul Gautam	University of Nevada Reno	$388,275
85	David L. Johnson	Southern Nevada Water Authority	$384,841
86	Gary K. Shen	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$382,774
87	Mahendran Jayaraj	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$382,309
88	Charles R. St Hill	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$382,307
89	Judith C. Chow	Desert Research Institute	$378,423
90	Miguel Sepulveda	University Medical Center	$378,080
91	Ross P. Berkeley	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$376,040
92	Dean Edward Schultz	Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority	$375,059
93	John A. Varras	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,746
94	Frederick J. Lippmann	University Medical Center	$373,653
95	David N. Jackson	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,567
96	Tina Elkins	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,292
96	Alycia G. Spinner	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,292
96	Oluwafunmilola T. Okuyemi	University of Nevada Las Vegas	$373,292
99	Richard D. Lieber	University Medical Center	$372,610
100	Ronald B. Taylor	University Medical Center	$372,428