South Pima News

David Nielson earned $43,514 in 2018 working as a property appraiser for the Land Department, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic on more than 150,000 employees in the state.

The employee's 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 employee working for the Land Department—Lisa Atkins—earned $175,000 as the director.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Lisa Atkins	Director	$175,000
2	Wesley Mehl	--	$149,952
3	Frederick Breedlove	Assistant director	$105,000
3	Mark Edelman	Assistant director	$105,000
3	Paul Peterson	--	$105,000
3	James Perry	Assistant director	$105,000
3	Simone Hall	--	$105,000
3	Sean Burke	Assistant director	$105,000
3	Aaron Magezi	Assistant director	$105,000
10	Andrew Conlin	Program administrator	$104,000
11	Ryan Johnson	Assistant director	$100,000
12	Angela Calabrasi	--	$90,000
13	Mark Fast	--	$86,000
14	Pam Muse	--	$84,000
14	William Reed	--	$84,000
14	Ruben Ojeda	--	$84,000
17	Brian Blockey	--	$82,000
18	William Palmisano	--	$80,000
19	Tiffani Graham	--	$75,000
19	Ian Atupan	Application developer	$75,000
19	Monica Lobato	Human resources manager	$75,000
19	Curtis Pulford	--	$75,000
23	Arthur Sarumov	--	$73,000
24	Frederick O'Hara	Administrative services officer	$72,000
25	Perry Warner	Property appraiser	$70,000
25	Christine Thurston	--	$70,000
25	Deborah Mosakowski	--	$70,000
28	Manish Patel	--	$68,675
29	James Rees	--	$68,250
30	Steven Rusiecki	--	$68,000
30	Jacqueline Thomas	--	$68,000
30	Michael Valenti	Systems administrator	$68,000
33	Raymond Moore	--	$66,705
34	Michael Naber	--	$66,447
35	Mark Scarp	--	$66,000
36	Charles Vencill	Administrative services officer	$65,000
37	Nancy Garcia	--	$64,200
38	Dawn Dillman	--	$63,000
38	Micah Horowitz	Planner	$63,000
38	Heide Kocsis	Water resources specialist	$63,000
41	Helen Green	Planner	$62,492
42	Cheryl Blockey	--	$62,337
43	Joseph Dixon	--	$62,173
44	Julius Amman	--	$62,000
44	Christopher Lowman	--	$62,000
44	Matthew Behrend	Administrative services officer	$62,000
47	Ronald Huettner	--	$60,719
48	Jennifer Spratling	--	$60,000
48	Sharmin Khondoker	--	$60,000
50	Carolyn Brown	--	$59,810
51	Tim Colman	--	$59,764
52	Dayna Brown	--	$59,482
53	Kenneth Hankish	--	$58,049
54	Robert Harding	--	$58,000
54	Diana Faude	--	$58,000
56	John Schieffer	--	$57,750
57	William Haney	--	$56,640
58	Laura Gilbreath	--	$56,000
59	Cody Hatfield	--	$55,300
60	Keenan Murray	--	$55,157
61	Jenna Leveille	--	$55,000
61	John Nebrich	--	$55,000
61	Cheryl Doyle	Water resources specialist	$55,000
64	Cindy Garcia	Accountant	$54,075
65	Susan Russell	--	$53,550
66	David Haag	--	$53,000
67	Max Masel	--	$52,500
68	Janette Weaver	--	$52,000
68	Richard Spencer	--	$52,000
70	Alexander Kuchansky	Water resources specialist	$51,672
71	Mario Preciado	--	$51,185
72	David Schreiber	--	$51,002
73	Joshua Grace	--	$50,487
74	Le Bradley Vasseur	--	$50,080
75	Gloria Nichols	--	$50,000
75	Carina Chavira	Administrative assistant	$50,000
75	Michael Nesselrode	--	$50,000
75	Bruce Campbell	--	$50,000
79	Dennis Pomroy	--	$49,920
80	Amber Troidl	--	$48,900
81	Michael Mcintire	--	$48,006
82	Linnae Tanner	Auditor	$48,000
82	Lonnie Buckels	--	$48,000
84	Ronnie Tsosie	--	$47,476
85	Lani Drew	Program project specialist	$47,000
85	Keri Williams	Auditor	$47,000
87	Lisa Weber	--	$46,785
88	Rebecca Molina	--	$46,350
89	Crystal Carrancho	--	$46,000
89	April Tutt	--	$46,000
91	David Nielson	Property appraiser	$43,514
92	Delfino Martinez	--	$43,260
93	Laura Bonardi	--	$42,500
94	Gabriel Esparza	--	$39,140
94	Trinity Perlberg	Program project specialist	$39,140
96	Susan Nielson	Program project specialist	$35,360
97	Franklin Strickler	Property appraiser	$34,125
98	Cynthia Sharp	Accounting specialist	$33,946
99	Maria Netherlin	Custody service representative	$33,280
100	Joseph Hernandez	Custody service representative	$31,500