NE Valley Times

Jason Sims earned $43,000 in 2018 working for the Governor's Office, 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 Governor's Office—Gilbert Davidson—earned $200,000 as the exempt employee.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Gilbert Davidson	Exempt employee	$200,000
2	Kirk Adams	Exempt employee	$169,950
3	Henry Darwin	Exempt employee	$165,000
4	Michael Liburdi	Exempt employee	$163,523
5	Daniel Scarpinato	Exempt employee	$162,000
6	Gretchen Conger	Exempt employee	$159,000
7	Daniel Seiden	Exempt employee	$157,961
8	Dawn Wallace	Exempt employee	$152,000
9	John McCleve	Exempt employee	$147,420
10	Anni Foster	Exempt employee	$147,000
11	Daniel Ruiz	Exempt employee	$142,000
12	Juan Ciscomani	Exempt employee	$140,000
13	Matthew Gress	Exempt employee	$130,000
13	Christina Corieri	Exempt employee	$130,000
13	Maria Fuentes	Exempt employee	$130,000
16	Ernest Moore	Exempt employee	$126,000
17	Nicole Colyer	Exempt employee	$120,000
17	Katherine Fischer	Exempt employee	$120,000
19	Barbara Conley	Exempt employee	$112,860
20	Timothy Roemer	Exempt employee	$110,000
21	William Greeney	Exempt employee	$109,900
22	Jean Bell	Exempt employee	$109,000
23	Emily Rajakovich	Exempt employee	$108,150
24	Kari Granfelt	Exempt employee	$100,880
25	Travis Price	Exempt employee	$100,165
26	Benjamin Henderson	Exempt employee	$100,000
26	Kwame Hightower	Exempt employee	$100,000
26	Tonya Hamilton	Exempt employee	$100,000
26	Patrick Ptak	Exempt employee	$100,000
30	Alec Thomson	Exempt employee	$95,000
30	Douglas Ducey	--	$95,000
32	Glenn Farley	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Brendon Cross	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Sarah Pirzada	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Benjamin Blink	Exempt employee	$90,000
32	Jennifer Thomsen	Exempt employee	$90,000
37	Deborah Moak	Exempt employee	$89,000
38	Kaitlin Harrier	Exempt employee	$88,000
38	Rebecca Freeman	Exempt employee	$88,000
40	Cynthia Gosney	Exempt employee	$85,000
41	Joseph Cuffari	Exempt employee	$84,000
42	Renee Rothblum	Exempt employee	$82,934
43	Laura Raymond	Exempt employee	$75,939
44	Karen BuMcRot	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Trista Guzman	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Laddie Shane	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Charles Martin	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Mara Mellstrom	Exempt employee	$75,000
44	Alynn Damico	Exempt employee	$75,000
50	Geoffrey Shoemaker	Exempt employee	$74,800
51	Kristen Lindstrom	Exempt employee	$74,000
52	Shelley Witt	Exempt employee	$72,000
53	Robert Shogren	Exempt employee	$71,000
53	Ariel Gonzalez	Exempt employee	$71,000
55	Aaron Favreau	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Ryan Vergara	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Terrilyn Miller	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Elizabeth Berry	Exempt employee	$70,000
55	Kristine Firethunder	Exempt employee	$70,000
60	Tao Jin	Exempt employee	$69,000
61	John Raeder III	Exempt employee	$68,650
62	Heather Farrier	Exempt employee	$68,250
63	Amy Funari	Exempt employee	$67,000
63	Kristin Sorensen	Exempt employee	$67,000
65	Shahrokh Madi	Exempt employee	$66,475
66	Samuel Burba	Exempt employee	$66,137
67	Lorena Rueda	Exempt employee	$65,000
67	Karin Jimenez	Exempt employee	$65,000
67	Alix Skelpsa	Exempt employee	$65,000
70	Jacob Wingate	Exempt employee	$64,000
71	Cassandra Wicklund	Exempt employee	$63,000
72	Brett Galley	Exempt employee	$62,000
73	Cristina Tunon	Exempt employee	$60,500
73	David Starns	Exempt employee	$60,500
75	Carla Friedman	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Michael Beck	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Shelley Baudean	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Trevor Abarzua	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Nicole Green	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Brian Anderson	Exempt employee	$60,000
75	Ashley Beason	Exempt employee	$60,000
82	Sonya Pierce-Johnson	Exempt employee	$59,000
83	John Erskine	Exempt employee	$57,750
84	Marshall Pimentel	Exempt employee	$57,500
84	Jordan Dale	Exempt employee	$57,500
84	Taylor Pair	Exempt employee	$57,500
87	Diane Dudley	Exempt employee	$57,000
87	Steven Selover	Exempt employee	$57,000
87	Tamara Skinner	Exempt employee	$57,000
90	Dawna Allington	Exempt employee	$55,000
90	Vanessa Villalobos	Exempt employee	$55,000
90	Grace Gegenheimer	Exempt employee	$55,000
90	Rebecca Chesley	Exempt employee	$55,000
94	Sarah Bean	Exempt employee	$54,000
95	Nicholas Loper	Exempt employee	$50,615
96	Myriah Mhoon	Exempt employee	$50,000
96	Thomas Callahan	Exempt employee	$50,000
96	Evette Cruz	--	$50,000
96	Ruth Soberanes	Exempt employee	$50,000
96	Marisol Chavez	Exempt employee	$50,000