NE Valley Times

The Court of Appeals Division II paid an average compensation of $77,083 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 23 percent less 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 Court of Appeals Division II—Philip Espinosa—earned $154,534.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Philip Espinosa	--	$154,534
1	Peter Eckerstrom	--	$154,534
1	Garye Vasquez	--	$154,534
1	Christopher Staring	--	$154,534
1	Sean Brearcliffe	--	$154,534
1	Karl Eppich	--	$154,534
7	Beth Beckmann	--	$140,827
7	Jeffrey Handler	--	$140,827
9	Nathan Marler	Officer	$95,000
10	Geri Mahrt	--	$90,173
11	Lisa Howell	--	$82,050
11	David McCallum	--	$82,050
13	Jeanette Boulet	--	$77,718
14	Itza French	Manager	$70,207
15	Crystal Brown-Ward	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Jennifer Blum	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Kaitlin Hollywood	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Andrew Hall	Law clerk	$62,219
15	David Winkelman	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Nathan Schott	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Jayme Weber	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Neil Zientek	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Clayton Kramer	Law clerk	$62,219
15	Noah Hilgert	Law clerk	$62,219
25	Melissa Butsback	Manager	$62,000
26	Ruth Kea	--	$61,515
26	Karen Rogers	--	$61,515
26	Therese Sadorf	--	$61,515
26	Marti Ackermann	--	$61,515
30	Virginia Kelly	--	$57,528
31	Mary Bateman	Manager	$54,000
32	Slade Smith	Law clerk	$52,094
32	Bernardo Velasco	Law clerk	$52,094
32	Krista Germeroth	Law clerk	$52,094
32	Sean McNally	Law clerk	$52,094
32	Lauren Rosen	Law clerk	$52,094
32	Joshua Weiss	Law clerk	$52,094
38	Teresa Hiatt	Deputy clerk	$49,000
39	Debra Schudel	Deputy clerk	$46,561
40	Michael Miller	--	$32,181
41	Maria Campos	--	$25,217
42	Dennice Martinez	Deputy clerk	$25,000
43	Renee Brooks	Deputy clerk	$24,136
44	Joseph Howard	--	$16,021