East Arizona News

The Automobile Theft Authority paid an average compensation of $65,060 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 9 percent less with a compensation of $59,597. Total compensation is made up of an employee's annual salary with the addition of any overtime pay earned throughout the year.

The highest-paid public employee working for the Automobile Theft Authority—Frederick Zumbo—earned $100,000 as the director.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Frederick Zumbo	Director	$100,000
2	Arthur Myer	--	$74,969
3	Ann Armstrong	--	$72,176
4	Frank Ceballos	Administrative services officer	$50,943
5	Bree Boehlke	Administrative assistant	$49,920
6	Amanda O'Halloran	Administrative assistant	$42,350