SW Valley Times

The Governor's Office of Highway Safety paid an average compensation of $61,477 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 4 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 Governor's Office of Highway Safety—Alberto Gutier—earned $99,750 as the director.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Alberto Gutier	Director	$99,750
2	Mari Hembeck	--	$85,000
3	Renee Bracamonte	Administrative services officer	$75,000
4	Jodi Special-Gillis	Administrative services officer	$65,649
5	Janice Fairbrook	Administrative services officer	$65,000
6	Lynda Moreno	Administrative services officer	$60,000
7	Gabriela Gallegos	Administrative services officer	$55,535
8	Shane Radford	--	$55,533
9	Terri Fornefeld	Administrative services officer	$54,954
10	Christina Held	Administrative services officer	$54,000
11	Pamela Cobb	Program project specialist	$50,261
12	Vivian Alvarado	--	$50,000
13	Bushra Yacoub	--	$45,000
13	Dolores Lamphere	Program project specialist	$45,000