SW Arizona News

The Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing paid an average compensation of $61,418 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 3 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 Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing—Sherri Collins—earned $129,954 as the director.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Sherri Collins	Director	$129,954
2	Carmen Smith	--	$98,815
3	Curtis Humphries	--	$92,950
4	Michele Michaels	Health program manager	$68,500
5	Jeremy McCown	--	$62,000
6	Rebecca Bailey	--	$61,616
7	Emmett Hassen	Program project specialist	$59,199
8	Aimee Mousavi	--	$56,500
9	Vicki Thompson	Administrative services officer	$54,616
10	Shari Cochran-Burda	Administrative services officer	$54,000
11	Kimberly Minard	Program project specialist	$52,000
12	Heidi Lovato	--	$48,000
12	Danielle Wright	--	$48,000
14	Victoria Vaughn	--	$47,840
15	Christine Milano	Administrative assistant	$44,715
16	Sherita Teachey	Administrative assistant	$43,500
17	Noneshi Anderson	Administrative assistant	$42,500
18	Giselle Galindo	Administrative assistant	$40,825