Nevada · 2026 pay
How much do Attorney General's Office (Nevada) employees make?
$92,368typical pay for full-year employees in 2026
$69,992 – $127,207what most people earned
Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $84,330.
Nevada State Controller (Open Payroll) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Senior Deputy Attorney General EaDep Attorney General EaAg Legal Secretary
✓ Official data from Nevada State Controller (Open Payroll)Matches the agency's latest releasecontroller.nv.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$64,275
$84,925
$126,097
$198,058
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay for full-year employees went from $85,389 in 2024 to $92,368 in 2026 (+8%).
What changed since 2025
- +0.1%Typical pay for full-year employees went up from $92,321 to $92,368.
- +0.6%Typical raise for the 327 people paid in both 2025 and 2026. About 17% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 55 new55 people were paid for the first time in 2026, and 58 people paid in 2025 were no longer on the payroll.
- +8%Since 2024, typical pay for full-year employees has gone from $85,389 to $92,368, while the number of people paid went up from 376 to 382.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay slip · 2026
A typical worker's year
Attorney General's Office (Nevada)
official data
2024–2026
| Regular pay | $84,903 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $21 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $84,925 |
Average of the 19 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2026. "Full-year" is typical pay for people employed all year (shown when 5 or more); "Everyone" includes part-year and seasonal workers.
| Job | People | Full-year | Everyone | Most earn | Since 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Deputy Attorney General Ea | 84 | $127,207 | $127,207 | $117k – $142k | ▼ 0.8% |
| Dep Attorney General Ea | 74 | $111,215 | $86,221 | $51k – $114k | ▼ 11.8% |
| Ag Legal Secretary | 56 | $70,483 | $70,463 | $61k – $72k | ▲ 0.5% |
| Chief Deputy Attorney General Ea | 16 | $140,609 | $140,609 | $141k – $141k | ▼ 0.8% |
| Legal Researcher Ea | 14 | $70,086 | $66,845 | $31k – $76k | ▼ 10.7% |
| Supervisor Ag Legal Secretary | 13 | $77,083 | $77,083 | $77k – $84k | new |
| Admin Assistant 4 | 13 | $62,055 | $62,055 | $53k – $71k | ▲ 8.9% |
| Ag Criminal Investigator Supervisor | 8 | $117,258 | $117,258 | $107k – $121k | ▲ 0.2% |
| Temporary Aid 1 | 6 | – | $209 | $0k – $1k | new |
| Investigator Ea | 5 | $78,473 | $78,473 | $78k – $84k | ▲ 6.0% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k23
- $10k – $30k16
- $30k – $50k23
- $50k – $70k53
- $70k – $90k87
- $90k – $110k38
- $110k – $150k110
- $150k or more32
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Attorney General's Office in 2026
- 1Craig A NewbyAssistant Attorney General Ea$198,058▲ $1,133 vs 2025
- 2Leslie M Nino PiroGeneral Counsel$186,701▲ $1,067 vs 2025
- 3Michelle D BriggsSpecial Counsel Ea$186,701▲ $1,067 vs 2025
- 4Susan K StewartConstruction Law Counsel$186,701▲ $1,067 vs 2025
- 5Jeffery M ConnerBureau Chief Ea$179,837▲ $1,028 vs 2025
- 6Jessica WhelanBureau Chief Ea$179,837▲ $18,908 vs 2025
- 7Christine L BradyAssistant Attorney General Ea$167,390▼ $1,284 vs 2025
- 8David W NewtonSpecial Counsel Ea$167,005▲ $9,601 vs 2025
- 9Sharon L BensonChief Deputy Attorney General Ea$166,358▲ $950 vs 2025
- 10Matthew J RashbrookChief Deputy Attorney General Ea$166,358▲ $950 vs 2025
Common questions
How much does a Attorney General's Office (Nevada) employee make?
Full-year employees were typically paid $92,368 in 2026; most earned between $69,992 and $127,207. Counting all 382 people paid during the year, typical pay was $84,330.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 23 people (6.0%) were paid under $10,000.
Who counts as a full-year employee?
"Employed all year" means the Controller's data shows a start date on or before July 1 (or the person was on the previous year's payroll) and no service end date during the fiscal year.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (99.7% of all pay), overtime (0.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.0%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Nevada State Controller's Office (controller.nv.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the Controller's data shows a start date on or before July 1 (or the person was on the previous year's payroll) and no service end date during the fiscal year. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals