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Cecilia Peller earned $53,754 in 2018 working for the city of Scottsdale, 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 city of Scottsdale—James Thompson—earned $218,005 as the city manager.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	James Thompson	City manager	$218,005
2	Robert Washburn	City attorney	$213,886
3	Alan Rodbell	Police chief	$191,714
4	Joseph Olcavage	--	$190,008
5	William Murphy	--	$177,715
6	Thomas Shannon	Fire chief	$175,053
7	Daniel Worth	--	$174,699
8	Bradley Hartig	--	$173,888
9	Brian Biesemeyer	--	$169,000
10	Jeffery Nichols	--	$167,398
11	Scott Popp	--	$165,610
11	Richard Slavin	--	$165,610
11	Rosa Gandara	--	$165,610
11	Kroy Ekblaw	--	$165,610
11	Brian Dygert	--	$165,610
16	Orest Jejna	--	$165,318
16	Statia Hendrix	--	$165,318
16	James Blake	--	$165,318
19	Gary Mascaro	--	$162,469
20	David Petty	--	$160,035
21	Caron Close	--	$157,726
21	Sherry Scott	--	$157,726
21	Joseph Padilla	--	$157,726
21	Danielle Casey	Economic development director	$157,726
25	Sharron Walker	--	$156,874
26	Carolyn Jagger	--	$154,794
27	Ryan Freeburg	--	$151,091
28	Randall Grant	--	$150,218
29	Kelly Corsette	--	$147,347
30	Eric Valliere	--	$143,894
31	Christopher Hall	--	$143,062
31	Thomas Henny	--	$143,062
31	Aaron Minor	--	$143,062
31	Bruce Ciolli	--	$143,062
31	Luis Santaella	--	$143,062
31	Eric Anderson	--	$143,062
31	Lori Davis	--	$143,062
38	Donna Brown	Human resources director	$142,043
39	Joseph Leduc	--	$139,589
40	William Hylen	--	$139,256
41	Scott Smith	Police lieutenant	$137,639
42	Steven Randall	--	$137,030
42	James Ford	--	$137,030
44	Brent M. Stockwell	Assistant city manager	$136,261
44	John Lundahl	--	$136,261
46	Christopher Coffee	Police lieutenant	$135,689
47	Christopher Dipiazza	Police lieutenant	$133,107
48	Ramsey Campbell	Police lieutenant	$131,094
49	Mark Debruyckere	--	$130,785
50	Janis Bladine	--	$130,312
51	Raun Keagy	--	$129,771
51	Arthur Nunez	--	$129,771
51	Tim Curtis	--	$129,771
51	Michael Clack	--	$129,771
51	Michael Keran	--	$129,771
51	Robert Fisher	--	$129,771
57	Suzanne Grendahl	--	$129,688
58	Kerry Swick	--	$129,410
59	Paul Basha	--	$129,397
60	Jacob Beard	--	$127,442
61	Robert Rucker	--	$127,327
62	John Whitney	--	$126,841
63	Mark Zimmerman	--	$126,751
64	Margaret Wilson	--	$125,590
65	Thomas Myers	Police lieutenant	$125,524
66	Matthew Evans	Police lieutenant	$125,076
67	Matthew Roadifer	Police lieutenant	$124,455
68	Joseph Early	--	$124,301
69	Wesley Shaffer	Police sergeant	$124,221
70	Charles Cabrera	Police lieutenant	$123,826
71	Robert Bonnette	Police lieutenant	$123,800
72	De La Michael Cruz	--	$123,594
72	Kenneth Flint	--	$123,594
72	Kris Cano	--	$123,594
72	Milan Dobras	--	$123,594
72	Donald Thelander	--	$123,594
72	Dean Schmidt	--	$123,594
78	Larry Marmie	Police lieutenant	$123,287
79	Matthew Pearson	Police sergeant	$122,766
80	Gary Thornton	Police sergeant	$120,823
81	Patrick Connor	Police lieutenant	$120,720
82	Christopher Blumling	Police lieutenant	$120,604
83	Randall Ghezzi	--	$120,016
84	Thomas Davidson	Police sergeant	$119,871
85	Eric Rasmussen	Police lieutenant	$119,412
86	Michael Snader	Police sergeant	$119,393
87	Joseph Nichols	Police lieutenant	$119,059
88	Kimberly Campbell	--	$118,976
89	Daniel Kiricoples	Police sergeant	$118,795
90	Stephanie Heizer	--	$118,768
91	Robert Rucker	Police sergeant	$118,402
92	Chris Schibi	--	$118,373
93	Patrick Regan	Police lieutenant	$118,368
94	Thomas Melton	--	$118,269
95	Mark Walther	Police lieutenant	$118,205
96	Judy Doyle	--	$118,019
96	Joshua Crum	--	$118,019
98	Scott Galbraith	Police sergeant	$117,810
99	Benjamin Hoster	Police sergeant	$117,711
100	Phillip Kercher	--	$117,707