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Sparks paid employees $113,149 on average during 2020, according to data compiled by Transparent Nevada.

This is more than the average public employee salary of $75,003.

The highest paid public employee in Nevada — Christopher Figgins — earned $519,910 as a Senior Attorney at Clark County.

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.

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.

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

The 100 highest earners at Sparks in 2020

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Antonio D. Marconato	$370,844
2	Neil C. Krutz	$360,475
3	James A. Reid	$338,672
4	Peter J. Krall	$327,889
5	Shawn W. McEvers	$323,360
6	Clinte L. Bellamy	$317,834
7	Jace C. Thelin	$317,639
8	Scott D. Tracy	$312,521
9	Erick E. Chavez	$312,242
10	John A. Martini	$308,841
11	James A. Kindness	$303,704
12	Christopher F. Crawforth	$302,468
13	Jeffrey D. Cronk	$301,224
14	Kevin N. Jakubos	$288,210
15	Chester H. Adams	$286,242
16	Christopher M. Rowe	$284,005
17	Tara N. Edmonson	$280,351
18	Eron M. Hurley	$277,322
19	Scott L. Means	$277,300
20	John P. Patton	$276,069
21	James D. Ahdunko	$273,427
22	Justin T. Langford	$273,144
23	Tracy L. Domingues	$272,009
24	James L. Spoo	$271,705
25	Barbara S. McCarthy	$268,701
26	Christopher J. McCubbins	$267,927
27	Undercover 1 Undercover 1	$263,130
28	Tyler D. Carson	$263,036
29	Shirle T. Eiting	$260,576
30	Derek Keller	$260,358
31	Benjamin D. Russell	$258,563
32	Armando Ornelas Jr.	$252,755
33	Bryan P. Orr	$251,782
34	Danny R. James Jr.	$250,895
35	Undercover 2 Undercover 2	$249,119
36	John B. Vasquez	$247,723
37	Michael A. Drinkwater	$247,347
38	Thomas J. Krompetz	$247,222
39	Tod T. Novak	$245,040
40	Michael G. Porter	$240,254
41	Jason J. Woodard	$238,942
42	Edward C. McDonald	$238,755
43	Nicholas A. Pagni	$238,564
44	Jeffrey B. Sullivan	$238,394
45	Curtis L. English	$238,274
46	Sean A. Holbrook	$237,363
47	Tyler M. Gayton	$235,326
48	John A. Wakefield	$233,756
49	Christopher M. Jones	$230,056
50	Jon R. Ericson	$228,610
51	Bret W. Natali	$224,259
52	Douglas R. Thornley	$222,569
53	Shawn A. Congdon	$220,378
54	Nicholas B. Klaich	$220,186
55	Jeffrey M. Prokosch	$219,042
56	Darin L. Berry	$218,950
57	Kevin L. Dach	$217,625
58	Phillip M. Felder	$216,072
59	Zachary A. May	$215,625
60	Darren Jackson	$215,012
61	Kevin D. Lake	$214,912
62	Andrew P. Schreiber	$214,875
63	Matthew H. Caldwell	$213,145
64	James E. Hammerstone III	$212,963
65	Mindy J. Falk	$212,859
66	Chad E. Richards	$211,322
67	Rosalba I. Arango-Johnson	$211,263
68	Brian N. Sullivan	$210,648
69	Eric L. Curtis	$209,942
70	Christopher L. Dutra	$209,818
71	Edward D. Wilson	$209,322
72	Brian D. Cason	$208,088
73	Undercover 7 Undercover 7	$208,087
74	Alyson L. McCormick	$207,847
75	James R. Rundle	$207,680
76	Kyle T. Chenoweth	$207,536
77	Thomas Rc Wilson	$205,868
78	Mark T. Meranda	$202,795
79	Undercover 4 Undercover 4	$202,278
80	Curtis E. Wilson	$201,325
81	Forrest W. Johnson	$200,950
82	Nicholas Corona	$200,479
83	Patrick R. Johannessen	$200,179
84	Michael A. Szopa	$199,968
85	Eric D. Millette	$199,304
86	Jaime L. Ahdunko	$199,295
87	Ronald E. Korman	$199,132
88	Michael J. Tonner	$199,078
89	Matthew P. Norland	$198,452
90	Michael F. McCreary	$198,243
91	Wilfred Fd Morin	$197,839
92	Thomas W. Radley	$197,358
93	Nathan P. Coats	$197,314
94	Matthew D. Alder	$197,130
95	Timothy M. Egan	$196,672
96	Gerald L. Kingery	$196,522
97	Stacie Hemmerling	$195,790
98	Robert Kevin Matteoni	$195,522
99	George M. Forbush	$194,380
100	Jared Diem	$194,073