NE Valley Times

Danny Arce earned $49,574 in 2018 working for the Department of Agriculture, 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 Department of Agriculture—Mark Killian—earned $132,000 as the director.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Mark Killian	Director	$132,000
2	Jeffrey Grant	--	$126,500
3	Jack Peterson	Assistant director	$109,242
4	Gianandrea Caravetta	Assistant director	$109,189
5	Peter Mundschenk	--	$105,000
6	Leatta McLaughlin	Assistant director	$100,000
7	Christopher McCormack	Assistant director	$95,000
7	Vince Craig	Assistant director	$95,000
7	Michelle Wilson	Assistant director	$95,000
10	Louise Houseworth	Assistant director	$92,000
10	Claude Foster	Assistant director	$92,000
12	Cody Egnor	--	$90,000
13	Van Brass	--	$85,000
13	Ryan Wolker	--	$85,000
15	Douglas Marsh	Assistant director	$79,131
16	James Spellman	--	$78,707
17	Robert Smook	--	$75,000
17	Susan Chase	Assistant director	$75,000
17	Sharma Torrens	--	$75,000
20	Van Mark Kleeck	Administrative services officer	$71,564
21	Anita Landy	--	$71,000
22	Teressa Lopez	Administrative services officer	$70,000
22	Elizabeth Mania	Administrative services officer	$70,000
22	Rachel Paul	--	$70,000
25	Michael Cavanaugh	Senior app developer	$65,000
25	Ming Ong	Senior app developer	$65,000
27	Roland Mader	--	$64,897
28	Richard Shore	--	$64,688
29	Charmayne Torres	Administrative services officer	$64,000
30	Shau Booker	Program manager	$63,132
31	De La Luis Ossa	Program manager	$63,000
31	Melissa Meek	--	$63,000
33	Juan Ley	Auditor	$62,425
34	Jeffry Black	--	$62,140
35	Robert Tolton	--	$62,000
36	Adrian Gumowski	--	$60,000
36	Sarumathi Venkatanarayanan	Senior app developer	$60,000
38	Marilyn Evans	--	$59,700
39	Linda Gonzales	--	$59,280
40	James Legg	--	$59,208
41	Floyd Baptista	--	$58,968
41	Brian McGrew	--	$58,968
43	Keith Miller	--	$58,640
43	Tony Joseph	--	$58,640
43	Edward Carr	--	$58,640
46	Brian Sellers	--	$58,099
47	Joseph Oddo	--	$58,000
48	Ernesto Leonhardt	Auditor	$57,707
49	Ricky Mann	--	$57,340
50	Deborah Wahlers	--	$57,010
51	Manuel Angulo	--	$56,930
52	David Pineda	--	$56,858
53	David Mills	--	$56,724
54	Lisa James	--	$56,712
55	Michael Comeau	--	$56,500
56	Dominique Ramirez	--	$56,000
57	Federico Marquez	--	$55,774
58	Randall Porter	--	$55,562
59	Deborah Landon	--	$55,427
60	James Crawford	--	$55,120
61	Wendi Hurst	--	$54,000
62	Darrel Hale	--	$52,782
63	Jennifer Weber	--	$52,725
64	Krysti Gingrass	--	$52,500
65	Casey Jones	--	$52,307
66	Maria-Teresa Ruiz	--	$52,170
67	Raymon Christensen	--	$52,119
68	Jacquelyn Hughes	Program administrator	$52,000
69	Jenny Pack	--	$51,321
70	Vladimir Krivak	--	$50,380
71	Theresa Crisostomo	--	$50,003
72	Jose Lobatos	--	$49,856
73	Danny Arce	--	$49,574
74	Oliver Krivak	--	$48,617
75	Michael Brown	Training officer	$48,450
76	Alan Pugh	--	$48,346
77	John Danovich	Planner	$48,095
78	Stephanie McHaffey	--	$48,062
79	Norman Barnett	Training officer	$48,000
80	Alexander Bellotti	--	$47,840
80	Ernesto Lugo	--	$47,840
80	Roberto Rios	--	$47,840
83	Maria Sanchez	--	$47,768
84	Lynn Korn	--	$47,528
85	Ashley Estes	--	$47,476
86	Richard McDaniel	--	$47,285
87	Paul Cook	--	$47,240
88	Eric Gaedert	--	$47,130
89	Brian Kennedy	Administrative services officer	$46,624
89	Kellie Smith	Administrative services officer	$46,624
91	Damien Desantiago	--	$46,000
92	Miso Miovcic	--	$45,906
93	Michael Ordahl	--	$45,732
94	Lana Hall	Program manager	$45,364
95	Jorge Tapia	--	$45,295
96	Ronald Walker	Program project specialist	$45,150
97	Maria Lopez	--	$44,772
98	Frank Portillo	--	$44,584
99	Jessica Jones	--	$44,215
100	Vince Wolpert	--	$43,859