NE Valley Times

The Department of Corrections paid an average compensation of $44,465 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 34 percent more with a compensation of $59,597. 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 public employee working for the Department of Corrections—Charles Ryan—earned $185,000 as the director.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Charles Ryan	Director	$185,000
2	David Robertson	--	$178,500
3	Joseph Profiri	--	$140,000
4	Carson McWilliams	--	$136,000
5	Brad Keogh	--	$128,300
6	Karen Hellman	--	$127,497
7	Michael Kearns	--	$126,000
8	Richard Pratt	--	$120,000
9	Steven Lauchner	--	$117,700
10	Robert Wilder	--	$115,000
10	Dwight Cloud	--	$115,000
12	Denise Stravia	--	$110,000
13	James O'Neil	--	$107,000
13	Jacob Gable	--	$107,000
13	Keith Smith	--	$107,000
16	Martin Winland	--	$104,368
17	Gergana Kovatcheva	--	$100,000
17	Derleen Spence-Ogilvie	--	$100,000
17	Brian Radecki	--	$100,000
17	Andrew Dean	--	$100,000
17	Courtney Glynn	Attorney	$100,000
17	Teresa Eierdam	--	$100,000
23	Stacey Crabtree	--	$99,655
23	Ronald Credio	--	$99,655
23	Ernest Trujillo	--	$99,655
23	Tara Diaz	--	$99,655
27	Ryan Allison	--	$99,500
28	Jason Johnson	Correctional lieutenant	$98,499
29	David Clark	Correctional officer	$98,363
30	Arthur Harding	--	$98,000
30	Benjamin Alteneder	--	$98,000
32	Brady Harvey	Correctional officer	$97,474
33	Travis Johnson	Correctional sergeant	$95,522
34	Nicole Taylor	--	$95,000
35	Vanessa Headstream	--	$94,500
35	Kathleen Campbell	--	$94,500
35	Diane Rockett	--	$94,500
38	Thomas Collins	Correctional sergeant	$94,466
39	Paul O'Connell	--	$91,576
40	John Bogert	--	$91,500
41	Mary Keefe	Correctional lieutenant	$91,230
42	Therese Schroeder	--	$91,000
43	Anthony Zelenak	Administrative services officer	$90,525
44	Harry Dolny	Administrative services officer	$90,300
45	Joseph Nicoletti	--	$90,000
45	Gerald Thompson	Correctional administrator	$90,000
45	Ruben Montano	--	$90,000
45	Kimberly Currier	--	$90,000
45	Richard Evitch	Administrative services officer	$90,000
45	Chris Moody	--	$90,000
45	Charles Manning	--	$90,000
45	Mark Jones	--	$90,000
53	Jeremy Rios	Correctional sergeant	$89,826
54	Michael Landry	--	$89,670
55	Eric Brandner	Correctional lieutenant	$89,603
56	Kelly Randolph	Correctional lieutenant	$89,490
57	Robert Patton	Program administrator	$89,000
57	Erin Barlund	--	$89,000
59	James Plucker	Correctional sergeant	$88,764
60	Linda Davis	Correctional lieutenant	$88,715
61	Thomas Basoco	--	$88,059
62	Juli Roberts	Correctional administrator	$88,000
63	Laurel Sanderson-McCabe	Correctional sergeant	$87,094
64	Jamie Guzman	--	$87,000
65	David Larson	Correctional officer	$86,227
66	Kevin Curran	Correctional administrator	$86,000
67	Chad Blackwell	Correctional sergeant	$85,836
68	Ivan Ballesteros	Correctional sergeant	$85,705
69	Michael Terry	Correctional lieutenant	$85,578
70	John Hernandez	Correctional sergeant	$85,332
71	Robert Winfrey	Correctional sergeant	$85,139
72	Berry Larson	Correctional administrator	$85,000
72	Stephen Morris	Correctional administrator	$85,000
72	Robert Camp	--	$85,000
75	Dale Beatty	--	$84,967
76	Rose Freitag	Correctional lieutenant	$84,728
77	Ismael Lopez	Correctional sergeant	$84,533
78	Daniel Carpenter	Correctional sergeant	$84,406
79	Ferdinand Caruso	Correctional sergeant	$84,018
80	Regina Dorsey	Correctional administrator	$84,000
80	Lance Hetmer	Correctional administrator	$84,000
80	Steven Johnson	--	$84,000
80	Andrew Jackson	Correctional administrator	$84,000
84	Norman Twyford	--	$83,927
85	Vivian Baltierra	Correctional administrator	$83,849
86	April Boutchyard	--	$83,000
87	Edward Williams	Correctional lieutenant	$82,883
88	Mark Haldane	Program administrator	$82,800
89	Orin Romney	--	$82,760
90	Erik Dingman	Correctional lieutenant	$82,141
91	George Lemoine	Correctional lieutenant	$82,101
92	Glenn Pacheco	Correctional administrator	$82,000
92	Walter Hensley	Correctional administrator	$82,000
92	Edwin Jensen	Correctional administrator	$82,000
92	Alfred Ramos	Correctional administrator	$82,000
92	Tabitha Johnson	--	$82,000
97	Eric Randall	Correctional lieutenant	$81,932
98	James Tarantino	--	$81,900
99	Raymond Littleton	Correctional lieutenant	$81,848
100	Smith Annemarie Whitson	Correctional administrator	$81,843