SW Valley Times

Esther Soto earned $42,037 in 2018 working for Maricopa County, 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 Maricopa County—Jeffrey Alvarez—earned $259,251.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Jeffrey Alvarez	--	$259,251
2	Joy Rich	--	$255,840
3	Pamela Drapeau	--	$241,758
3	Patricia Fangohr	--	$241,758
3	David Kidwell	--	$241,758
6	Jeffrey Johnston	--	$238,846
7	Renuka Khurana	--	$238,680
8	Grant Phillips	--	$230,422
9	Leigh Sorokin	--	$230,194
10	Anyalynn Newson	--	$229,549
11	Dheerendranath Raikhelkar	--	$227,635
12	Bridget Eutenier	--	$225,784
13	Robert England	--	$217,006
14	Kevin Horn	--	$211,931
15	Edward Winfield	--	$211,661
16	Lesley Wallis-Butler	--	$209,851
17	William Stano	--	$208,000
18	Andrea Wiens	--	$206,918
19	Mark Shelly	--	$204,776
20	Reid Spaulding	--	$203,258
21	Latanja Watkins	--	$199,576
21	Van Chrystal Dusen	--	$199,576
23	Mark Faull	--	$199,139
24	Robert O'Connor	--	$198,078
25	Richard Friedman	--	$193,274
26	Christina Phillis	--	$191,838
27	Caroline Cross	--	$191,589
27	Grant Herndon	--	$191,589
27	Amanda Maskovyak	--	$191,589
30	Gerardo Gregorio	--	$190,466
31	Wendy Orm	--	$189,550
32	Jennifer Toth	--	$187,408
33	Amber Wang	--	$186,992
34	Beth Frost	--	$186,742
35	Victor Gan	--	$183,269
36	Derek Bumgarner	--	$182,000
37	James Haas	--	$181,938
38	Douglas Irish	--	$177,840
39	Shelby Scharbach	--	$175,406
40	Bryan Cluff	Law enforcement officer	$175,180
41	Thomas Liddy	--	$175,032
42	Eric Little	--	$174,408
43	Mary Sheppard	--	$172,536
44	Hector Gonzalez	--	$171,018
45	Mary Martin	--	$170,560
46	Ben Henry	--	$170,019
47	Leeann Bohn	--	$169,998
48	Richard Wegele	--	$169,229
49	Bruce Peterson	--	$168,688
50	Jeremy Mussman	--	$168,501
51	Martin Lieberman	--	$165,818
52	Michael McVey	--	$163,530
53	Philip McNeely	--	$162,906
54	Timothy Boncoskey	--	$162,136
55	Richard Cardin	--	$161,470
56	Keith Manning	--	$161,304
57	Stephanie Cherny	--	$161,179
58	Gary Peet	--	$160,306
59	Richard Miller	--	$160,139
60	Barbara Marshall	Attorney	$160,035
60	Michael Fulton	--	$160,035
62	Cynthia Goelz	--	$159,952
63	John Lewis	--	$159,536
64	Todd Bright	--	$159,162
65	Leonardo Ruiz	Attorney	$158,413
66	Dawn Noggle	--	$158,246
67	Carol Johnson	--	$158,018
68	Rosemarie Pena	--	$157,893
69	Bruce Liggett	--	$157,061
70	Russell Pearce	--	$156,998
71	Jan Plank	--	$156,853
72	Matthew Giordano	--	$156,437
73	Steven Goode	--	$155,938
74	Marlene Navedo	--	$155,230
75	Keely Hartsell	--	$155,002
76	Jean Rice	Attorney	$153,088
77	Richard Woods	--	$153,046
78	Steven Oney	--	$153,005
78	Liane McGarvie-Yeager	--	$153,005
80	Jason Kalish	Attorney	$152,880
81	Cynthia Kolaczynski	--	$152,568
82	Edward Johnson	--	$152,464
83	Robert Shutts	Attorney	$152,006
83	Vince Imbordino	Attorney	$152,006
83	Elizabeth Beringhaus	Attorney	$152,006
86	Deborah Lukens	--	$151,382
87	Thomas Gendron	--	$151,320
88	Tania Lynch	--	$151,278
89	Larry Gann	--	$150,550
90	Steve Koestner	--	$150,384
91	Tiernan Thompson	--	$150,363
92	Karen Connelley	--	$150,280
93	Patricia Stevens	Attorney	$150,114
94	Darcy Kober	--	$150,010
94	Jennifer Pokorski	--	$150,010
96	Brian Hushek	--	$149,802
97	Rachel Mitchell	Attorney	$149,698
98	Ayers Sabrina Fisher	--	$149,531
99	Karen Ashley	--	$149,053
100	Rachelle Leibsohn	Attorney	$149,032