East Arizona News

The Auditor General paid an average compensation of $71,728 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 17 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 Auditor General—Joseph Moore—earned $140,437.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Joseph Moore	--	$140,437
1	Melanie Chesney	--	$140,437
3	Lindsey Perry	--	$130,000
4	Dale Chapman	--	$124,455
5	Donna Miller	--	$115,818
6	Randy Roberts	--	$113,676
7	Jennifer Fernandez	--	$105,000
8	Dorothy Reinhard	--	$104,923
9	Vicki Hanson	--	$104,713
10	Jeremy Weber	--	$100,705
11	Maureen Tonn	--	$99,877
12	David Glennon	--	$98,925
12	Taryn Stangle	--	$98,925
12	William Bays	--	$98,925
12	Julie Cantrell	--	$98,925
12	Victoria Fisher	--	$98,925
12	Ann Orrico	--	$98,925
12	Holly Graham	--	$98,925
12	Michael Quinlan	--	$98,925
12	Kathleen Wood	--	$98,925
12	Cristan Cable	--	$98,925
22	Dianne Schaller	--	$98,908
22	Michael Stelpstra	--	$98,908
24	Gerald Strom	--	$98,900
24	Shan Hays	--	$98,900
26	Megan Smith	--	$98,803
27	Ronald Yakus	--	$97,535
28	John Faulk	--	$96,098
29	John Ward	--	$95,931
30	Alex Entringer	--	$95,000
31	Nicole Franjevic	--	$94,694
32	Michael Manion	--	$92,873
33	Marc Owen	--	$90,915
34	Melinda Gardner	--	$90,467
35	Jeffrey Gove	--	$89,591
36	Stephanie Gerber	--	$89,320
37	Lauretta Demarr	--	$87,800
38	Catherine Dahlquist	--	$87,467
39	Adam Tillard	--	$87,251
40	Daniel Hunt	--	$87,170
41	Randy Swagerty	--	$87,004
42	Valerie Culling	--	$86,300
42	Carla Wall	--	$86,300
42	Tanya Devoll	--	$86,300
45	Christine Medrano	--	$86,060
46	Elizabeth Gebbie	--	$85,799
47	Brandi Melancon	--	$85,049
48	George Graham	--	$84,559
49	Maria Buller	--	$84,232
50	Gretchen Augustine	--	$83,571
51	Natasha Komo	--	$83,452
52	Jennie Snedecor	--	$83,300
52	Randy Rusch	--	$83,300
52	Amanda Winn	--	$83,300
52	Jami Marten	--	$83,300
52	Monette Kiepke	--	$83,300
52	Robert David	--	$83,300
52	Michael Mathews	--	$83,300
52	Marcia Schweers	--	$83,300
60	Bryton John Ibanez	--	$83,131
61	Melvin Merrill	--	$83,017
62	Susan Alderete	--	$82,619
63	Jay Judson	--	$82,534
64	Ashley Dunn	--	$82,161
65	Cheya Wilson	--	$81,500
66	Paul Soldinger	--	$81,218
67	Christopher Evripidou	--	$80,977
68	Travis Alexander	--	$80,448
69	Joseph Lisitano III	--	$79,998
70	Erika Vargas	--	$79,806
71	Elizabeth Whitaker	--	$79,543
72	Paula Gustafson	--	$79,542
73	Bettina Mann	--	$79,327
74	Gerrad Cawley	--	$78,855
74	Alexa Tavasci	--	$78,855
74	Rosa Ellis	--	$78,855
77	Luz Michelle Hutson	--	$78,156
78	Jennifer Brown	--	$77,759
79	Brian Miele	--	$77,514
80	Ariane Echard	--	$77,106
81	Elizabeth Lauer	--	$76,606
82	Tammy Seilheimer	--	$75,532
83	Robin Hakes	--	$74,563
84	Alfredo Gutierrez	--	$73,859
85	Ricardo Carrillo	--	$73,613
86	Victor Ortiz	--	$73,356
87	Serrano Mario Carlos	--	$72,722
88	Katherine Grzybowski	--	$71,920
89	Jeannette Brauchli	--	$71,692
89	Travis Attkisson	--	$71,692
91	Mark Hute	--	$71,686
91	Brandon Gallegos	--	$71,686
93	John Boswell	--	$71,556
94	Agnes Maina	--	$71,004
95	Michael Crawley	--	$71,003
96	Jason Reiner	--	$70,857
97	Albert Sun	--	$70,833
98	Gerrick Adams	--	$70,535
99	Xinyuan Hu	--	$70,321
99	Erin Kluber	--	$70,321