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Lucy Ruiz earned $42,391 in 2018 working as an accounting specialist for the Department of Forestry and Fire Management, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic on more than 150,000 employees in the state.

The employee's 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 employee working for the Department of Forestry and Fire Management—John Truett—earned $115,979.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	John Truett	--	$115,979
2	Steven Millert	--	$104,604
3	Jeffery Whitney	Director	$102,395
4	Russell Shumate	--	$94,509
5	Roy Hall	Program project specialist	$92,543
6	Tiffany Davila	--	$92,360
7	Darrell Willis	--	$91,479
8	Phillip Elliott	--	$85,291
9	William Boyd	--	$85,000
9	Bashar Naji	Assistant director	$85,000
11	Daniel Colgan	--	$84,374
12	Norval Tyler	--	$82,771
13	Walter Rosas	--	$80,200
14	Joseph Roznovak	--	$79,728
15	Jacob Pace	--	$78,097
16	Aaron Green	--	$76,422
17	Jeffrey Gallivan	--	$74,935
18	Andrew Owen	--	$73,666
19	Michael Renovato	--	$73,378
20	Steven Griego	Firefighter	$70,610
21	Teresa Hernandez-Stafford	Human resources manager	$70,000
22	Jd Ottman	Firefighter	$68,763
23	Robert Arthur	--	$68,216
24	Michael Guadiana	--	$68,082
25	Byron Kimball	--	$68,039
26	Thomas Vogt	Administrative services officer	$68,000
27	Louis Sandoval	--	$67,809
28	David Birtcher	--	$67,055
29	Pruett Small	--	$66,289
30	Brennan Baldwin	--	$65,898
31	Daniel Kaady	--	$65,554
32	Jackie Upchurch	--	$65,530
33	Joe Barreras	--	$65,427
34	Jerald Payne	--	$65,000
35	James Robbins	--	$64,594
36	Dea Funka	--	$64,568
37	Brian Perrone	--	$63,943
38	Michael Cherrington	--	$63,831
39	Kurt Schneider	--	$63,563
40	Stuart Rodeffer	--	$63,309
41	Lehi Vizcaino	--	$62,757
42	Brett Larsen	Administrative services officer	$62,000
43	James Gacey	--	$61,614
44	Jonathan Riley	Application developer	$61,569
45	Jeffrey Quick	Program project specialist	$61,445
46	James Anderson	--	$61,000
47	David Barringer	Firefighter	$60,904
48	Eric Huddleston	Firefighter	$60,753
49	John Richardson	--	$60,675
50	Michael Laing	--	$60,666
51	Thomas Ortega	--	$60,602
52	Dale Brown	--	$60,506
53	Nathan Jones	--	$60,256
54	Rosalio Vasquez	--	$60,098
55	Kristin Rogstad	--	$60,000
55	Mark Brehl	--	$60,000
57	Ryan Truett	--	$59,801
58	Clint Kelley	--	$59,249
59	James Etshokin	--	$59,118
60	Terry Hudson	--	$58,954
61	Robert Pena III	Firefighter	$58,790
62	Mayra Moreno-Parrish	--	$58,744
63	Leslie Atkinson	Business analyst	$58,425
64	Susan Burger	--	$58,009
65	Jeremiah Weiner	--	$58,000
66	Demetri Baca	Firefighter	$57,643
67	Lee Beery	--	$57,605
68	Brian Lauber	--	$57,506
69	Cassie Peters	Program project specialist	$57,102
70	Josiah Brant	--	$56,423
71	Charles Turner	--	$56,374
72	Christopher Shand	Systems administrator	$56,135
73	Christopher Jack	--	$55,850
74	Shannon Kelly	--	$55,248
75	James Downey	--	$55,193
76	Keith Pajkos	--	$55,000
77	Patrick Rappold	--	$54,636
78	Dustin Sciacca	Firefighter	$54,238
79	Jacob Avila	--	$54,203
80	Todd Weverka	Firefighter	$53,455
81	Donal Boursier	--	$53,235
82	Adriana Harrington	Program project specialist	$52,609
83	Brad Bulgrin	--	$51,286
84	Darrell Craig	--	$51,264
85	Joseph Hernandez	--	$51,176
86	Robert Merigan	--	$50,791
87	George Chavez	--	$50,709
88	Stephen Estelle	Firefighter	$50,648
89	Elizabeth Nehring	Program project specialist	$50,581
90	Anthony Shamblen	--	$50,062
91	Andrew Nasello	--	$50,000
92	Richard Moreno	--	$49,951
93	Karl Gehrke	Planner	$49,684
94	Peter Borszich	--	$48,768
95	Paul Musser	--	$48,488
96	George Adcock	Firefighter	$48,193
97	Richard Borunda	--	$47,874
98	Virgil Esmont	--	$47,596
99	Richard Johnson	--	$47,575
100	Randall Justus	Firefighter	$47,248