NE Valley Times

The Commission on the Arts paid an average compensation of $50,483 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 18 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 Commission on the Arts—Jaime Dempsey—earned $89,250 as the director.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Jaime Dempsey	Director	$89,250
2	Jaye Nelson	--	$64,000
3	Stephen Wilcox	--	$49,000
4	Kimilee McCreary	Administrative services officer	$48,000
5	Munoz Myrna Perez	Program project specialist	$46,000
6	Kristen Pierce	Program project specialist	$45,000
6	Elisa Radcliffe	Program project specialist	$45,000
8	Stacey Dutton	Administrative assistant	$39,525
8	Anastasia Freyermuth	Program project specialist	$39,525
8	Bradley Debiase	Administrative assistant	$39,525
11	Benjamin Watters	--	$21,250