WILLS HIGHEST PAID COUNTY OFFICIAL: $277,811 ANNUALLY

Top 10 Yavapai College employees annual average salary at $141,865

An article in the Verde Independent newspaper,  written by Dan Engler and published July 18, 2017, contain a wage study conducted by the Verde Valley Newspapers, Inc. The highest-paid County official was found to be Yavapai College President Penelope Wills. Her annual salary was reported at $277,811. According to the study, this salary exceeds the “second highest paying government job in the region,” which is held by the Yavapai County Medical Examiner, by $63,611.

The Yavapai College Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services receives $173,877. The College Vice President of Instruction and Student Development receives $164,800. The top 10 salaries at Yavapai College average $141,865 a year.

The report notes that the median household income in Cottonwood is $43,323 while the median income in the Verde Village is $42,987.

You may read the entire article in the Verde Independent by clicking here.