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Maricopa Community Colleges paid an average compensation of $66,467 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 11 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 at Maricopa Community Colleges—Maria Harper-Marinick—earned $413,000.

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

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Maria Harper-Marinick	--	$413,000
2	Shari L. Olson-Nikunen	--	$221,482
3	James E. Hibbs	--	$221,421
4	Jan L. Gehler	--	$218,343
5	Christina Schultz	--	$216,726
6	Ernest A. Lara	--	$215,163
7	Cristobal A. Bustamante	--	$207,100
7	Paul A. Dale	--	$207,100
9	Gaye G. Murphy	--	$200,000
10	Edward C. Kelty	--	$199,038
11	Steven Gonzales	--	$190,975
11	Lacoya Shelton-Johnson	--	$190,975
13	Karla A. Fisher	--	$190,000
13	Leslie Cooper	--	$190,000
15	William F. Guerriero	--	$170,850
15	Christina M. Haines	--	$170,850
15	Debbie S. Kushibab	--	$170,850
15	Sasan K. Poureetezadi	--	$170,850
15	Leyba Teresa Ruiz	--	$170,850
20	Sonya D. Pearson	--	$165,360
21	William H. Crawford III	--	$158,745
21	Casandra G. Kakar	--	$158,745
21	Randall Kimmens	--	$158,745
21	Mary L. Mosley	--	$158,745
21	Todd W. Simmons	--	$158,745
21	Arlen Solochek	--	$158,745
27	Anthony G. Asti	--	$156,407
27	Kishia R. Brock	--	$156,407
27	Patricia Cardenas-Adame	--	$156,407
27	Kimberly B. Granio	--	$156,407
27	Paul Rodney Holmes	--	$156,407
27	Patricia M. Honzay	--	$156,407
27	Osaro O. Ighodaro	--	$156,407
27	Eric C. Leshinskie	--	$156,407
27	Janet L. Ortega	--	$156,407
27	Vincent James Paluzzi	--	$156,407
27	Darcy Renfro	--	$156,407
27	Maria A. Reyes	--	$156,407
27	Maria L. Wise	--	$156,407
40	Kathy Brooks	--	$150,150
40	Paul J. Derose	--	$150,150
40	Mark Dempt	--	$150,150
40	Stephanie J. Fujii	--	$150,150
40	Susan T. Kater	--	$150,150
40	Mark Russell Koan	--	$150,150
40	Corey B. Pruitt	--	$150,150
40	Heather A. Weber	--	$150,150
48	Melissa Flores	--	$148,720
49	Arora Alka Singh	--	$143,894
49	Denise A. Digianfilippo	--	$143,894
49	Miguel Hernandez IV	--	$143,894
49	Charles Nwankwo	--	$143,894
49	Matthew Reeves	--	$143,894
49	Reynaldo Rivera	--	$143,894
49	Donna G. Young	--	$143,894
56	Samantha E. Blevins	--	$142,567
57	Fernando A. Camou	--	$140,998
57	Charles F. Jeffery	--	$140,998
57	Rick A. Kemp	--	$140,998
57	Michael Arthur Longman	Police chief	$140,998
57	David Martin	--	$140,998
57	Margaret E. McConnell	--	$140,998
57	Willa Morgan	--	$140,998
57	Sylvia M. Orr	--	$140,998
57	Rene G. Willekens	--	$140,998
66	Clyne Namuo	--	$140,914
67	Barbara L. Khalsa	--	$138,991
67	Ignacio Molina	--	$138,991
69	Marie Brianna Degeus	Program manager	$138,921
69	Erick J. Candanedo	--	$138,921
69	Ilya Smith	--	$138,921
69	Lulut N. Clow	--	$138,921
73	Greg S. Pereira	--	$138,565
74	Carl E. Ward	--	$137,903
75	Jeffrey N. Darbut	--	$137,638
75	Augustine E. Erpelding	--	$137,638
75	Felicia L. Ganther	--	$137,638
75	Mary J. O'Connor	--	$137,638
75	Catherine E. Smith	--	$137,638
75	Richard N. Strand	--	$137,638
75	Lerodrick Terry	--	$137,638
82	Carol J. Achs	--	$133,364
82	Jeffrey T. Andelora	--	$133,364
82	Jody D. Labenz	--	$133,364
82	Jared A. Langkilde	--	$133,364
82	Phil Meyer	--	$133,364
82	Nancy J. Neff	--	$133,364
82	Wilbert L. Nelson	--	$133,364
82	Robert Schwing	--	$133,364
90	Rose M. Rojas	--	$131,972
91	Patrick Anthony Bryson	--	$131,381
91	Colleen M. Charleston-o'Neill	--	$131,381
91	Herman Gonzalez Jr.	--	$131,381
91	Bradley S. Kendrex	--	$131,381
95	Kevin P. Bilder	--	$127,808
95	Sandra Burris	--	$127,808
95	Daniel R. Herbst	--	$127,808
95	Cathleen A. Hernandez	--	$127,808
95	Kathleen A. Iudicello	--	$127,808
95	Sandra McDill	--	$127,808