In an apparent move to increase the transparency of his administration, Gov. Brian Sandoval released today the annual salaries of his staff. His 17 staff positions, one of which is vacant, consume about $1 million of the governor’s executive budget.

His highest paid employee, Chief of Staff Heidi Gansert, will earn $124,988 this year. The lowest paid, Celia Magana, is an administrative assistant in Las Vegas earning $29,984.

Sandoval himself earns $141,000 per year, equivalent to what former Gov. Jim Gibbons earned this past year, since he earlier said he would forgo an $8,500 pay raise.

The governor had earlier encouraged other elected officials to voluntarily forfeit a 6 percent pay raise tied to cost of living increases. This is in addition to a 4.6 percent pay reduction all state workers are currently taking through a one-day-a-month furlough.

As Cy Ryan reported in the Las Vegas Sun, State Controller Kim Wallin and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto elected to keep the 6 percent raise while still taking the 4.6 percent pay reduction.

The salary release from the governor’s office is below (to view as a .pdf, click here):

Asterisk denotes employer paid retirement.

All staff is subject to 4.6 percent reduction from these salaries for furloughs.