Buckeye Reporter

Scott Wiggam earned $71,069 during 2019, a 17.3 percent increase over the previous year working as an elected official of the Ohio House of Representatives, according to the Ohio Treasurer.

Beth Hansen saw the largest decrease at the Office of the Governor, making $179,581 less in 2019 with a total compensation of $22,461.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

Change in pay can be due to a number of factors such as retirement, job advancement, or missed time.

Rank	Employee	Job	Salary
1	Bradley Young	Legislative Employee	$142,327
2	Craig Fleck	Legislative Employee	$114,966
3	Heather Blessing	Legislative Employee	$114,107
4	Larry Householder	Elected Official	$105,670
5	Andrew Dipalma	Legislative Employee	$97,638
6	Sarah Cherry	Legislative Employee	$94,287
7	Emilia Sykes	Elected Official	$93,046
8	Larry Parsons	Legislative Employee	$88,352
9	Kristin Boggs	Elected Official	$87,815
10	Daniel Lay	Legislative Employee	$82,855
11	William Seitz	Elected Official	$82,308
12	John Foster	Legislative Employee	$79,981
13	Anthony Devitis	Elected Official	$77,624
14	Ali Sagraves	Legislative Employee	$76,651
15	Nicholas Muccio	Legislative Employee	$75,470
16	Tyler Herrmann	Legislative Employee	$74,529
17	Jack Cera	Elected Official	$74,069
18	Kent Smith	Elected Official	$73,326
19	Donald Wilkin	Elected Official	$72,054
20	Robert Cupp	Elected Official	$71,969
21	Mark Romanchuk	Elected Official	$71,369
22	John Patterson	Elected Official	$71,219
22	Stephen Hambley	Elected Official	$71,219
24	James Hoops	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Scott Wiggam	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Jerome Koehler	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Anthony Vitale	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Candice Keller	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Mark Green	Elected Official	$71,069
24	George Lang	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Richard Perales	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Enrico Carfagna	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Derek Merrin	Elected Official	$71,069
24	Paul Zeltwanger	Elected Official	$71,069
24	David Greenspan	Elected Official	$71,069
24	John Becker	Elected Official	$71,069
37	Richard Brown	Elected Official	$70,849
38	Ramona Ragland	Legislative Employee	$70,771
39	Richard Stein	Elected Official	$70,704
40	Gary Scherer	Elected Official	$70,026
41	Timothy Ginter	Elected Official	$69,598
41	Phillip Lipps	Elected Official	$69,598
43	Thomas West	Elected Official	$69,354
43	Niraj Antani	Elected Official	$69,354
45	Bride Sweeney	Elected Official	$69,204
46	Stephanie Howse	Elected Official	$69,104
47	Michele Lepore-Hagan	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Riordan McClain	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Tavia Galonski	Elected Official	$69,054
47	William Dean	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Michael O'Brien	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Jeffrey Smith	Elected Official	$69,054
47	David Leland	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Craig Riedel	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Adam Miller	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Michael Sheehy	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Janine Boyd	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Ronald Hood	Elected Official	$69,054
47	John Rogers	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Catherine Ingram	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Brigid Kelly	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Darrell Kick	Elected Official	$69,054
47	Thomas Patton	Elected Official	$69,054
64	Bryan Gray	Legislative Employee	$68,788
65	Laura Lanese	Elected Official	$68,251
66	Kelsey Woolard	Legislative Employee	$67,177
67	Petey Atkinson	Legislative Employee	$64,814
68	Timothy Bally	Legislative Employee	$63,864
69	Mindy Spain	Legislative Employee	$63,786
70	Benjamin Coyle	Legislative Employee	$63,567
71	Fredrick Strahorn	Elected Official	$63,007
72	Bernadine Kent	Elected Official	$63,007
73	Pamela Wilson	Legislative Employee	$62,129
74	Scott Whitlatch	Legislative Employee	$61,300
75	Steven Plottner	Legislative Employee	$61,047
76	Brian Landis	Legislative Employee	$58,596
77	Anita Pelino	Legislative Employee	$58,476
78	John Sayers	Legislative Employee	$58,468
79	Malika Bartlett	Legislative Employee	$56,317
80	Jonathan Cook	Legislative Employee	$53,955
81	Scott Ryan	Elected Official	$52,806
82	Michael Ralstin	Legislative Employee	$52,116
83	Peter Shipley	Legislative Employee	$51,991
84	Stephen Harris	Legislative Employee	$51,238
85	Jennifer Tock	Legislative Employee	$49,934
86	Gregory Cunningham	Legislative Employee	$49,852
87	Andrew Swaim	Legislative Employee	$49,334
88	Daniel Cech	Legislative Employee	$49,125
89	Chynna Brady	Legislative Employee	$48,727
90	Robert Reed	Legislative Employee	$48,690
91	Stephan Shehy	Legislative Employee	$48,418
92	Kevin Smith	Elected Official	$47,763
93	Kristen Brett	Legislative Employee	$47,668
94	Lauren Reid	Legislative Employee	$47,323
95	Moriah Lieberman	Legislative Employee	$46,504
96	Lauren Spieth	Legislative Employee	$45,002
97	Kevin Livingston	Legislative Employee	$44,750
98	Portia Watkins	Legislative Employee	$44,109
99	Mary Chambers	Legislative Employee	$44,104
100	Joshua Ferdelman	Legislative Employee	$43,622