Nevada · 2026 pay
How much do Controller's Office (Nevada) employees make?
$82,000typical pay for full-year employees in 2026
$52,592 – $116,210what most people earned
Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $78,810.
Nevada State Controller (Open Payroll) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Accountant Acfr
✓ 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.
$42,416
$77,131
$113,586
$183,225
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 $69,243 in 2024 to $82,000 in 2026 (+18%).
What changed since 2025
- −5.3%Typical pay for full-year employees went down from $86,596 to $82,000.
- +3.2%Typical raise for the 46 people paid in both 2025 and 2026. About 26% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 8 new8 people were paid for the first time in 2026, and 2 people paid in 2025 were no longer on the payroll.
- +18%Since 2024, typical pay for full-year employees has gone from $69,243 to $82,000, while the number of people paid went up from 51 to 54.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay slip · 2026
A typical worker's year
Controller's Office (Nevada)
official data
2024–2026
| Regular pay | $76,661 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $470 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $77,131 |
Average of the 3 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.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountant Acfr | 5 | $116,369 | $101k – $138k |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k2
- $10k – $30k7
- $30k – $50k7
- $50k – $70k6
- $70k – $90k10
- $90k – $110k7
- $110k – $150k12
- $150k or more3
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Controller's Office in 2026
- 1Michaela L WoodburnSenior Accountant Acfr$183,225▲ $18,159 vs 2025
- 2Jocelyn A HollySenior Accountant Acfr$166,117▼ $379 vs 2025
- 3James W SmackChief Deputy Controller$151,320▲ $865 vs 2025
- 4Jinat FerdausSenior Accountant Acfr$146,249▲ $18,961 vs 2025
- 5Robert D LefeverAccountant Acfr$137,865▲ $7,384 vs 2025
- 6Shalini L SinghAccountant Acfr$137,642▲ $7,521 vs 2025
- 7Nielsine J SherkDep Controller Financ Reportng$128,040
- 8Paula M WalkinsIT Professional 4$127,674▼ $133 vs 2025
- 9Haydee D MeekerChief Accountant$127,086▲ $7,562 vs 2025
- 10Michael A DaulIT Professional 3$120,892▲ $1,115 vs 2025
Common questions
How much does a Controller's Office (Nevada) employee make?
Full-year employees were typically paid $82,000 in 2026; most earned between $52,592 and $116,210. Counting all 54 people paid during the year, typical pay was $78,810.
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 (92.6% of all pay), overtime (7.4%) 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