Michelle D. Gehlert earned $63,380 in pay and benefits during 2019, a 6.8 percent increase over the previous year working for the University of Nevada Reno, according to Transparent Nevada. Benefits include the employers cost of providing health and retirement benefits, including pension debt payments.
Eric P. Musselman saw the largest decrease at the University of Nevada Reno, making $850,185 less in 2019 with a total compensation of $406,948.
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.
Change in pay can be due to a number of factors such as retirement, job advancement, or missed time.
The 100 highest earners at the University of Nevada Reno in 2019
| Rank | Employee | Job | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas L. Schwenk | Vice President, Health Sciences Dean, School Of Medicine | $626,175 |
| 2 | Merritt J. Norvell | Head Coach, Football | $599,851 |
| 3 | Max J. Coppes | Professor (unsom) Chair, Pediatrics-reno | $575,636 |
| 4 | Marc A. Johnson | President, Unr | $517,634 |
| 5 | Doug Knuth | Special Assistant to the President and Director, Athletics | $478,554 |
| 6 | Marcus A. Erling | Prof Chair, Pathology & Lab Medicine | $452,918 |
| 7 | Brian Kirkpatrick | Professor (som) chair, Psychiatry & Beh Science | $431,710 |
| 8 | Eric P. Musselman | Head Coach, Mens Basketball | $406,948 |
| 9 | Kevin R. Carman | Executive Vice President And Provost | $401,209 |
| 10 | Kenton M. Sanders | Professor (som) Chair Physiology & Cell Biology | $392,713 |
| 11 | Mridul Gautam | Vice President, Research And Innovation | $388,275 |
| 12 | Jennifer M. Hagen | Professor Senior Associate Dean, Faculty | $343,605 |
| 13 | David L. Carlson | Professor associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education | $335,258 |
| 14 | Gregory C. Mosier | Dean, College Of Business | $333,633 |
| 15 | Krishna R. Pagilla | Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering | $331,844 |
| 16 | Emmanuel A. Maragakis | Dean, College Of Engineering | $330,935 |
| 17 | John K. Carothers | Vice President, Development & Alumni Relations | $328,343 |
| 18 | Michael A. Webster | Professor Director, Center For Integrative Neuroscience | $328,043 |
| 19 | Peter E. Sebaaly | Professor, Director, Pavement Center | $324,752 |
| 20 | Daniel Spogen | Professor (unsom) Chair, Family & Community Medicine-reno | $324,492 |
| 21 | Melissa P. Piasecki | Professor executive Associate Dean | $322,173 |
| 22 | Jeremy Alltop | Senior Associate Dean, Finance And Administration | $321,099 |
| 23 | Alison S. Westfall | Assistant Professor Obstetrics And Gynecology | $319,907 |
| 24 | Darryll Patterson | Associate Professor Chair Internal Medicine | $319,851 |
| 25 | Shannon E. Ellis | Vice President, Student Services | $314,016 |
| 26 | Nageshwara Gullapalli | Professor Internal Medicine | $312,906 |
| 27 | Jeffrey A. Casteel | Defensive Coordinator | $305,527 |
| 28 | Jeffrey A. Wong | Professor Chair, Accounting | $305,386 |
| 29 | Victor E. Redding | Vice President, Administration And Finance | $304,007 |
| 30 | Kirk A. Bronander | Professor Medical Director, Inpatient Internal Medicine Clinic | $303,362 |
| 31 | Roy F. Oman | Professor, Community Health Sciences Associate Dean, CHS | $294,620 |
| 32 | Thomas R. Kozel | Professor Microbiology & Immunology | $294,009 |
| 33 | Jeffrey S. Thompson | Dean, College Of Science | $290,456 |
| 34 | Manoj K. Mohanty | Professor Chair, Mining Engineering | $290,219 |
| 35 | Roberto C. Mancini | Professor Physics | $289,431 |
| 36 | Steven C. Zell | Professor Internal Medicine | $289,178 |
| 37 | Tin Yau Tam | Professor Chair Statistics | $286,895 |
| 38 | Cheryl Hug English | Associate Professor (som) Director, Student Health Services | $285,874 |
| 39 | Graham M. Kent | Professor Director, Nevada Seismology Laboratory | $285,161 |
| 40 | Wei Yan | Professor Physiology & Cell Biology | $284,906 |
| 41 | Timothy K. Baker | Associate Professor (unsom) Associate Dean, Medical Education | $281,668 |
| 42 | Catherine McCarthy | Professor Family & Community Medicine | $281,060 |
| 43 | Debera J. Thomas | Dean, Nursing – University | $280,532 |
| 44 | Debra A. Moddelmog | Dean, College Of Liberal Arts | $278,821 |
| 45 | Kirsten A. Lorenzen | Associate Professor Medical Director, Outpatient-Internal Medicine | $275,208 |
| 46 | Ahmad M. Itani | Professor Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering | $274,336 |
| 47 | Lisa A. Calvo | Associate Professor Internal Medicine | $273,739 |
| 48 | Jacqueline Huynh | Assistant Professor Family & Community Medicine | $268,940 |
| 49 | William A. Payne | Dean, Cabnr naes unce | $268,714 |
| 50 | David C. Fiore | Professor Family & Community Medicine | $268,429 |
| 51 | Scott Earley | Professor Pharmacology | $268,145 |
| 52 | Alan G. Stavitsky | Dean, Reynolds School Of Journalism | $267,703 |
| 53 | Kambiz Raffiee | Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Research | $267,645 |
| 54 | Indira Chatterjee | Professor Associate Dean, Engineering | $267,185 |
| 55 | Mary P. Dugan | General Counsel, University Of Nevada, Reno | $266,824 |
| 56 | Kathryn L. Eckert | Associate Professor Pediatrics | $266,180 |
| 57 | Peter S. Reed | Professor Director, Sanford Center For Aging | $264,326 |
| 58 | Mehdi Saiidi | Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering | $263,765 |
| 59 | Arthur A. Islas | Professor Family & Community Medicine | $263,416 |
| 60 | Eric B. Herzik | Professor Chair, Political Science | $263,263 |
| 61 | Thomas B. Callister | Associate Professor Internal Medicine | $262,707 |
| 62 | Iain Buxton | Professor Pharmacology | $262,522 |
| 63 | Stephen Alford | Head Coach, Mens Basketball | $262,476 |
| 64 | Ellen Purpus | Assistant Vice President, Enterprise & Innovation | $261,490 |
| 65 | David P. Aucoin | Associate Professor chair, Microbiology & Immunology | $261,455 |
| 66 | Steven L. Smith | Vice Provost, Information Technology chief Information Officer | $261,310 |
| 67 | Matthew Mumme | Offensive Coordinator | $261,143 |
| 68 | Gary Blomquist | Professor Biochem | $260,841 |
| 69 | Geoffrey Blewitt | Professor Geosciences | $259,210 |
| 70 | Mark L. Stovak | Professor Family & Community Medicine | $258,379 |
| 71 | Amanda Levens | Head Coach, Womens Basketball | $258,286 |
| 72 | Trudy A. Larson | Dean, Community Health Sciences | $256,925 |
| 73 | Anne W. Nolin | Professor Geography Director Grad Prgm Hydro Sci | $256,664 |
| 74 | Sonja E. Pippin | Professor Accounting | $256,150 |
| 75 | Angus McClure | Assistant Head Coach, Football | $256,120 |
| 76 | Richard D. Williams | Associate Professor Family & Community Medicine | $256,022 |
| 77 | Thomas R. Harris | Professor Director, Uced State Extension Specialist | $254,896 |
| 78 | Kenneth W. Hunter | Professor Microbiology & Immunology | $253,312 |
| 79 | Ian G. Buckle | Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering | $253,036 |
| 80 | Gary E. Johnson | Associate Professor Family & Community Medicine | $252,443 |
| 81 | Gurpreet S. Chahal | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine | $251,498 |
| 82 | Chunlin Liu | Professor Vice Chair, Managerial Science | $251,298 |
| 83 | Joshua B. Fitzgerald | Assistant Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Science | $249,676 |
| 84 | Sang D. Koh | Professor Physiology & Cell Biology | $249,555 |
| 85 | Sujatha Pitani | Associate Professor Internal Medicine | $249,270 |
| 86 | Sesh Commuri | Professor Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | $248,513 |
| 87 | Charlene R. Hart | Associate Vice President, Research Administration | $243,829 |
| 88 | Devicharan Chidambaram | Professor director, Nevada Institute For Sustainability | $242,930 |
| 89 | Robert O. Ryan | Professor Chair, Biochemistry | $242,569 |
| 90 | Leslie A. Greenberg | Associate Professor Family & Community Medicine | $241,714 |
| 91 | Raheel Islam | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine | $240,010 |
| 92 | Sean M. Ward | Professor Physiology & Cell Biology | $239,761 |
| 93 | Frederick Calvin Harris | Professor Computer Science & Engineering | $239,137 |
| 94 | Sandesh B. Pokharel | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine | $238,960 |
| 95 | Adam J. Hand | Associate Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering | $238,942 |
| 95 | Zong Tian | Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering | $238,942 |
| 97 | Sheri Mendez | Associate Vice President, Business & Finance | $238,817 |
| 98 | Brian R. Passalacqua | Assistant Professor Family & Community Medicine | $238,777 |
| 99 | Jonathan Baker | Associate Professor Chair Pharmacology | $238,623 |
| 100 | Sean M. McGoldrick | Associate Vice President, Facilities Services | $238,209 |
