PHX Reporter

Luke Messer earned $40,656 in 2018 working as a specialist for the Department of Environmental Quality, 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 Environmental Quality—Misael Cabrera—earned $175,000 as the director.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Misael Cabrera	Director	$175,000
2	Michael Keyack	--	$148,500
3	Gary Heller	Assistant director	$143,000
4	Sudhakar Adda	--	$132,388
5	Khursheed Mallick	--	$124,665
6	Laura Malone	Assistant director	$121,992
7	Amanda Stone	--	$121,139
8	Russell Gardner	Assistant director	$120,000
9	Trevor Baggiore	Assistant director	$116,688
10	Ian Bingham	--	$115,000
11	Timothy Franquist	Assistant director	$114,400
12	Ana Vargas	--	$110,005
13	Paula Panzino	--	$110,000
14	Daniel Czecholinski	--	$109,990
15	Gregory Matas	--	$109,934
16	Steven Burr	Specialist	$109,284
17	Zachary Sadkin	--	$109,242
18	Feng Mao	--	$108,000
19	Leonard Drago	--	$107,100
20	Jared Sprunger	--	$107,000
20	Sunil Gupta	--	$107,000
22	Tara Rosie	Specialist	$105,081
23	Balaji Vaidyanathan	--	$100,776
24	Christine Wilson	--	$100,360
25	Tina Lepage	--	$97,344
26	Shawn Kendall	--	$96,466
27	Carl Farmis	--	$95,000
27	Robert Barnett	--	$95,000
29	Pamela Nicola	--	$94,350
29	Krista Osterberg	--	$94,350
29	Edwin Slade	--	$94,350
32	Margarita Lane	Program administrator	$94,000
33	Edna Mendoza	--	$93,000
33	Jennifer Peterson	--	$93,000
35	Bradley Busby	--	$92,820
36	Muthukrishnan Poornima Ramaswamy	Application developer	$91,971
37	Robin Thomas	--	$91,800
38	Thomas Adams	--	$91,229
39	Thomas Nesteruck	--	$90,168
39	Bryan Strickland	--	$90,168
39	Brian Parkey	--	$90,168
39	David Dunaway	--	$90,168
43	Terry Baer	--	$90,000
43	Patrice Spindler	Specialist	$90,000
45	Nikishaben Patel	Application developer	$89,460
46	David Crowfoot	--	$89,107
47	Steven Calderon	--	$88,434
47	Latha Toopal	--	$88,434
49	Heather Colson	--	$88,400
50	Sunitha Atluri	--	$88,292
51	Byron James	Specialist	$88,141
52	Linda Taunt	Specialist	$87,371
53	Jason Sutter	--	$86,700
53	Steve Smith	Application developer	$86,700
55	Erin Jordan	--	$85,800
56	Cindy Arreola	Accounting manager	$85,280
57	Jerry Smit	--	$85,000
57	Nicole Delgado	--	$85,000
57	Robert Stewart	--	$85,000
57	Nabila Taha	--	$85,000
57	Phil Whitmore	--	$85,000
57	Jorge Espinosa	--	$85,000
57	Hemlata Rohira	--	$85,000
57	Richard Whittaker	--	$85,000
65	Steven Heaton	--	$84,729
66	Jason Jones	Specialist	$84,240
67	Glenn Russell	Administrative services officer	$84,157
68	Jason Kocer	--	$83,640
68	Scott Green	--	$83,640
68	Sarah Poole	Administrative services officer	$83,640
71	Ryan Richards	--	$82,318
72	Kim Peterson	--	$81,798
73	Richard Hamouris	Senior app developer	$81,605
74	Naveen Savarirayan	--	$81,600
74	Robyne Clark	--	$81,600
74	Eric Mannlein	--	$81,600
74	John Gallegos	--	$81,600
78	Maribeth Greenslade	--	$81,304
79	Michael Sonenberg	--	$81,120
80	Kyle Johnson	--	$80,000
80	Valerie Thorsen	--	$80,000
82	Diana Deming	--	$79,710
82	Wayne Miller	--	$79,710
82	Farah Mohammadesmaeili	--	$79,710
85	Sabrina Narido	--	$79,560
85	Michael Latin	--	$79,560
85	Natalie Muilenberg	--	$79,560
88	Anthony Leverock	--	$79,239
89	Ryan Templeton	Environmental engineer specialist	$78,348
90	Lynn Cassidy	--	$78,315
91	Raymond Morgan	--	$78,148
92	Patricia Tellinghuisen	Business analyst	$78,030
92	James Bustead	--	$78,030
94	Brian Stonebrink	--	$78,000
94	Tracy Neal	--	$78,000
94	Tiffany Yee	Environmental engineer specialist	$78,000
94	Luke Peterson	Environmental engineer specialist	$78,000
94	Matthew Pace	Specialist	$78,000
94	Jason Bobko	--	$78,000
100	Vivek Kapur	Environmental engineer specialist	$77,852