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The Arizona Supreme Court paid an average compensation of $63,542 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 7 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 Arizona Supreme Court—David Byers—earned $172,721.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	David Byers	--	$172,721
2	William Bales	--	$164,836
3	Ann Timmer	--	$159,685
3	Andrew Gould	--	$159,685
3	Robert Brutinel	--	$159,685
3	John Lopez IV	--	$159,685
3	Clint Bolick	--	$159,685
8	Charles Baumstark	--	$157,971
9	William Oneil	--	$156,852
10	Karl Heckart	--	$147,663
11	Judith Schaffert	--	$136,680
11	Janet Johnson	--	$136,680
13	Susan Harris	--	$134,415
14	Marcus Reinkensmeyer	--	$129,226
15	Mark Wilson	--	$127,965
16	Jeffrey Schrade	--	$126,074
16	Joseph Kelroy	--	$126,074
16	Kathy Waters	--	$126,074
16	Kevin Kluge	--	$126,074
16	Caroline Lautt-Owens	--	$126,074
21	Jerry Landau	Officer	$122,883
22	Harry Price	Manager	$115,850
23	David Withey	Officer	$114,754
24	George Riemer	--	$113,633
25	Richard Blair	Manager	$111,638
26	Rod Franklin	Manager	$107,425
27	Harkanwal Kanwal	Specialist	$106,087
28	Pamela Peet	Manager	$105,608
29	Margaret Downie	--	$105,000
30	David Summers	Officer	$104,855
31	Gene Stout	Specialist	$103,511
32	Paul Julien	Officer	$102,224
33	Kathirvelu Sennappangowder	Specialist	$99,722
34	Patrick McGrath	Manager	$99,526
34	Adele May	Manager	$99,526
34	Susann Holland	Manager	$99,526
34	George Rapier	Manager	$99,526
34	James Price	Manager	$99,526
34	Robert Macon	Manager	$99,526
40	Steven Gavette	Specialist	$98,661
41	Robert Roll	Manager	$98,565
42	Timothy Lavin	Specialist	$98,400
43	Brian Heady	Specialist	$97,375
43	Donald Jacobson	--	$97,375
45	Catherine Clarich	Manager	$96,862
46	Kyle Bridgford	Specialist	$95,352
47	Anthony Shanks	Specialist	$95,029
48	Amy Love	Officer	$94,787
49	Candace Atkinson	Manager	$94,300
50	Donna Hallam	--	$94,040
51	Alma Hernandez-Smith	Specialist	$93,357
52	Lucinda Trimble	Officer	$92,672
53	Theresa Barrett	Manager	$92,250
53	Carol Mitchell	Manager	$92,250
55	Mariannina Preston	Officer	$90,369
56	Summer Dalton	Manager	$90,000
57	Jeffrey Davis	Specialist	$89,657
58	Ronald Reinstein	--	$89,616
59	Randall Baxter	Manager	$89,113
59	Norrland McLemore	Specialist	$89,113
61	Sathya Muthusamy	Specialist	$88,053
62	Lisa Banen	--	$87,415
62	Jaleh Najafi	--	$87,415
62	John Rogers	--	$87,415
65	Michele Gillich	Manager	$87,125
66	Stewart Bruner	Manager	$86,992
66	John Gloster	Specialist	$86,992
68	April Elliott	Officer	$86,214
69	Joseph Sebastian	Specialist	$85,075
69	Drazenko Markovic	Specialist	$85,075
69	Lakshmi Sita RaMacHandran	Specialist	$85,075
72	Jaja Harris	Specialist	$85,000
73	Jennifer Greene	Officer	$84,961
74	Alexander Wittig	Specialist	$84,870
74	Amanda Gavette	Specialist	$84,870
74	Srimanoharan Dhamodharan	Specialist	$84,870
74	Bruce Lackore	Specialist	$84,870
78	Rajesh Das	Specialist	$84,658
79	Candice Frazier	Manager	$84,255
79	Louis Ponesse	Manager	$84,255
81	Jeffry Viemont	Specialist	$83,576
82	Michael Smith	Specialist	$82,513
83	Xiaoping Li	Specialist	$82,000
83	Lakshmi Sri Govindarajalu	Specialist	$82,000
83	Reuben Otis	Specialist	$82,000
86	Fernandez De Alex Jauregui	Specialist	$81,687
87	Jacqueline Jones	Specialist	$80,975
88	Susan Hamilton	Specialist	$80,899
89	Douglas Kooi	--	$80,000
90	Maurice Davis	Specialist	$79,565
91	Kelcy Layton	Specialist	$79,540
92	John Glowacki	Specialist	$79,534
93	Cindy Siems	Specialist	$79,000
94	Hugh Cowan	Specialist	$78,925
94	Lori Dennison	Manager	$78,925
96	Jeffrey Dickerson	Manager	$78,706
97	Amy Stuart	Manager	$78,634
98	Paula Taylor	Manager	$78,633
99	Thurston Franks	Manager	$78,545
100	Jethro Sheridan	Specialist	$78,505