Nevada · 2026 pay
How much do Commission on Ethics (Nevada) employees make?
$72,836typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2026
$45,708 – $92,851what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Nevada State Controller (Open Payroll) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs:
✓ Official data from Nevada State Controller (Open Payroll)Matches the agency's latest releasecontroller.nv.gov ↗
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $70,923 in 2024 to $72,836 in 2026 (+3%).
What changed since 2025
- −0.9%Typical pay went down from $73,483 to $72,836.
- +0.6%Typical raise for the 7 people paid in both 2025 and 2026. About 29% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 2 new2 people were paid for the first time in 2026, and 1 people paid in 2025 were no longer on the payroll.
- +3%Since 2024, typical pay has gone from $70,923 to $72,836, while the number of people paid went up from 7 to 9.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2026.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn |
|---|
How many people earn what
- Under $10k1
- $10k – $30k1
- $30k – $50k1
- $50k – $70k1
- $70k – $90k2
- $90k – $110k1
- $110k – $150k1
- $150k or more1
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Commission on Ethics in 2026
- 1Ross ArmstrongExecutive Director Ethics$150,509▲ $860 vs 2025
- 2Elizabeth J BassettCommission Counsel$127,207▼ $974 vs 2025
- 3Erron TerryInvestigator$92,851▲ $530 vs 2025
- 4Curtis A HazlettAssociate Counsel$84,321▲ $28,161 vs 2025
- 5Sam N HarveyEducation and Information Officer$72,836▲ $4,645 vs 2025
- 6Elvira SaldanaExecutive Assistant$67,039
- 7Caitlin R PagniSenior Legal Researcher$45,708
- 8Paul J McmahonSenior Legal Researcher$10,067▲ $8,763 vs 2025
- 9Kari A SkalskyExecutive Assistant$9,142▼ $69,632 vs 2025
Common questions
How much does a Commission on Ethics (Nevada) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $72,836 in 2026: half of the 9 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $45,708 and $92,851.
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. 1 people (11.1%) 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 (100.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) 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