NE Valley Times

Melanie Martinez earned $43,000 in 2018 working as an auditor for the Real Estate 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 Real Estate Department—Judith Lowe—earned $110,250 as the director.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Judith Lowe	Director	$110,250
2	Louis Dettorre	--	$93,740
3	Kevin Goode	Senior app developer	$83,000
4	Carla Randolph	--	$70,414
5	Dobbins Sarah Banks	Executive staff assistant	$63,000
6	Daniel Jones	--	$61,000
7	Robin King	--	$55,095
8	Dan Gardner	--	$55,000
9	Roselinda Fraze	--	$52,464
10	Abby Hansen	Executive staff assistant	$50,254
11	Richards Mead	Administrative assistant	$49,071
12	Dawn Shepard	Administrative assistant	$49,000
12	Brandon Stuart	--	$49,000
14	Stephen Ochoa	--	$48,400
15	Linda Bevins	--	$47,754
16	Borel Taing	--	$45,000
17	Melanie Martinez	Auditor	$43,000
18	Constance Johnson	--	$42,920
19	Wayne Jackson	--	$41,206
20	Douglas Grove	Auditor	$41,000
21	Steve Ndungi	Auditor	$40,231
22	Nicole Cano	Legal assistant	$37,213
23	June Marshall	Legal assistant	$36,973
24	Teer Jennifer Daley	Administrative assistant	$36,190
25	James Williams	--	$35,976
26	Ayla Hopper	Custody service representative	$35,202
27	Dalton Cason	Auditor	$35,107
28	Linda Panattoni	Administrative assistant	$35,000
29	Shauna Ross	Custody service representative	$33,167
30	Sophie Gonzales	Custody service representative	$32,260
31	Timothy Andert	Administrative assistant	$30,249
32	Anne Joseph	Custody service representative	$30,173
33	Lisa Morgan	Administrative assistant	$30,000
34	Thomas Adams	--	$14,953