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Mariah Contreras earned $40,000 in 2018 working as an accounting specialist for the Department of Gaming, 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 Gaming—Janson Vogt—earned $135,000 as the director.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Janson Vogt	Director	$135,000
2	Rudy Casillas	--	$119,500
3	Lori Anderson	--	$105,000
4	Andrew Hawkes	--	$100,000
5	Warren Nichols	--	$97,000
6	Kristian Fasching	--	$95,000
7	Aiden Fleming	--	$94,000
8	Henry Turrey	--	$90,000
9	Shannon Young	--	$85,000
9	Susan Gale	--	$85,000
11	Caroline Oppleman	--	$84,000
12	Amy Mikkelsen	Program administrator	$81,060
13	Darren Baldwin	Program manager	$81,000
13	Gregory Stiles	Program manager	$81,000
15	Mark Calles	Program manager	$79,118
16	Douglas Jensen	Program manager	$79,019
16	Juan Garza	--	$79,019
18	Michael Magnet	--	$78,370
18	Brian Jacobsen	Program manager	$78,370
20	William Ragatz	Program manager	$77,194
21	Russell Jackson	--	$77,000
22	Donna Casillas	Accounting manager	$75,000
23	Susan Mitchell	--	$70,000
23	Aaron Knoll	Systems administrator	$70,000
23	James Waldo	--	$70,000
23	Glenn Mucci	--	$70,000
27	Margaret Sefton	--	$67,600
28	Andrea Milford	--	$67,000
29	Carl Caruso	--	$65,405
30	John Herycyk	Program administrator	$65,000
31	Juliet Kagno	--	$64,480
32	Kimberley Jordan	Executive staff assistant	$63,500
32	Ryan Ruelas	Human resources manager	$63,500
32	Michelle Ziegler	--	$63,500
35	Sheri Koss	--	$63,408
35	Juancarlos Estrada	Program supervisor	$63,408
35	Clifford Holden	Program supervisor	$63,408
38	Louis Szilagyi	--	$62,500
38	Andrew Gomez	--	$62,500
38	Dawn Revere	Program administrator	$62,500
38	Rachael Hannah-Croce	--	$62,500
42	Rory Goree	Board commisioner or committee member	$62,400
42	David Heiple	Board commisioner or committee member	$62,400
44	Karrie Alvarado	Administrative services officer	$61,642
45	Luray Johnson	Auditor	$61,007
46	Jason Shaird	Systems administrator	$61,000
47	Brenda Fung	Auditor	$60,000
47	Peggy Nannenga	--	$60,000
47	Andrea Deanda	--	$60,000
47	David Schenk	Auditor	$60,000
47	Francisco Meneses	Program administrator	$60,000
52	Kathy Donner	Program administrator	$59,220
53	Albert Krieg	Auditor	$58,500
54	Shawn Shahsavari	Auditor	$58,093
55	Lorenzo Marquez	--	$58,000
56	David Valencia	--	$57,820
57	Merry Huffman	--	$57,800
58	Christine Loring	Auditor	$57,000
58	Joseph Francis	Auditor	$57,000
58	Marsden Burton	Auditor	$57,000
58	Christy Bender	Auditor	$57,000
62	Stanley Tadlock	--	$55,868
63	Clarence Turner	--	$55,865
63	Arnold Anderson	--	$55,865
63	David Bugallo	--	$55,865
66	Travis Bird	--	$55,864
66	Terry Staten	--	$55,864
66	Roger Geisler	--	$55,864
69	Dean Erb	--	$55,853
69	William Hanns	--	$55,853
69	Raymond Friend	--	$55,853
72	Rodger Brumbaugh	Investigator	$55,333
72	Shanna Lingel	Investigator	$55,333
74	Laureano Rivera	--	$55,000
74	Victor Chavira	--	$55,000
74	Marcus Metivier	--	$55,000
77	Cassie Goodwin	--	$54,641
78	Michael Scott	--	$54,218
78	Johnny Vasquez	--	$54,218
78	Bobbi Delabreau	Investigator	$54,218
81	Linda Monas	Investigator	$53,627
82	Clifton Jewell	--	$53,205
82	Marsha Graves	Investigator	$53,205
84	Clifton Elliott	--	$53,204
85	Thomas Gallo	Investigator	$53,025
86	Josue Barrios	Investigator	$52,500
87	Aaron Mack	--	$52,000
87	George Tiznado	--	$52,000
87	Isaiah Alvarez	--	$52,000
90	Edgar Garcia	Auditor	$51,500
91	Magdaleno Perez	--	$49,999
92	Tiffany Thindwa	--	$49,983
93	Norma Rivero	Program project specialist	$45,100
94	Leonor Sario	--	$45,065
95	Fantasia Young	Administrative assistant	$45,011
96	Peggy Reed	Accounting specialist	$45,000
97	Barbara Evans	Administrative assistant	$44,720
98	Linda Duren	Administrative assistant	$44,443
99	Janet Davis	Program project specialist	$43,817
100	Carlo Becerra	Program project specialist	$43,680