Reno Reporter

The The Honors Academy of Literature paid employees $70,472 on average during 2019, this is more than the public employee average of $70,309, according to data compiled by Transparent Nevada. 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.

The highest paid public employee in Nevada — Michael Scheidler — earned $943,140 as an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

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.

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

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Andrea Morency	$152,550
2	Julie Harpole	$85,800
3	Bejamine Contine	$80,600
4	Katherine Stewart	$76,700
4	Alana Walls	$76,700
6	Daniel Fuller	$68,900
6	Miranda Ponce	$68,900
8	Taylor Hutchinson	$67,600
9	Sheree Hummel	$66,300
10	Theresa Alastuey-Boles	$65,000
11	Mary Cook-Rhyne	$61,100
12	Christine Mitchell	$59,800
13	Dariah Scott	$57,200
13	Ronna Sireka	$57,200
15	Joann Brittain	$55,900
16	Rosemarie Rigdon	$27,300