Your Money, Now

A peek at Denverites paychecks and how they spend their hard-earned dough.

Denver Salaries 2009

Who makes what in our city? A list of more than 200 local salaries.

ANIMAL HOUSE

• Gene Butterfield
  Veterinarian; Denver Dumb Friends League: $68,143
• Zookeeper, Denver Zoo: $30,391
• Lindsey Sterling Krank
  Executive Director; Prairie Dog Coalition: $31,900
• Susanne Costello
  Owner; Pupsicle Dog Care: $70,000
• Jenifer Doane
  Marketing Director; Butterfly Pavilion: $39,000
• Marie Belew Wheatley
  President and CEO; American Humane Association: $207,660
• Dog Walker, The Pet Valet : $12 per half hour
• Deidre S. Hered
  Pet Stylist, Owner, and Manager; The Wag Shop : $36,000

AT YOUR SERVICE

• Heather Annese
  Barista; Café Europa : $7.65 per hour, plus tips
• Lauren W.
  Customer Services Representative; Diamond Shamrock: $7,761 part-time
• Karen Padrevita
  Business Development and Marketing Director; Metrum Community Credit Union: $36,480
• Julian
  Marijuana Dealer: $20,800 plus: $15,600 from a day job
• Full-time Nanny: $26,000

THE DIGGERS

• Frontload Trash Collector: $60,000
• Susan M. Collins
  Archaeologist; Colorado Historical Society: $70,013
• Roger Parker
  CEO; Delta Petroleum Corporation: $520,000
• Richard T. O'Brien
  President and CEO; Newmont Mining Corporation: $760,000

BODY WORK

• Tammy Stephen
  Hairstylist; Atmospheres: $58,000
• Nico Pratt
  Funeral Director and Embalmer; DeWitt and Tabler Funeral Home: $35,000
• L.E.
  Certified Massage Therapist: $25,000
• Chiropractor: $130,000
• Thomas J. Croghan
  Dentist; Park Hill Dental Arts: $81,000
• Dentist, Self-employed: $210,000
• Full-time Pilates Instructor, Pilates Bodies: $39,500
• Sarah Clark
  Makeup Artist; Simply Moore: $22,000
• Personal Trainer, The Denver Athletic Club: $51,741
• Piercer, Tribe Tattoo: $20,800
• Tattoo Artist, Tribe Tattoo: $102,000

BY POPULAR VOTE

• John Hickenlooper
  Mayor; City of Denver: $145,601
• Peter Groff
  Senate President; Colorado General Assembly: $35,967
• Andrew Romanoff
  Speaker; Colorado House of Representatives: $47,244
• Michael H. Coffman
  Secretary of State; State of Colorado: $68,496
• Bill Ritter
  Governor; State of Colorado: $90,000
• Betsy Markey
  Representative; U.S. House of Representatives: $169,300
• Mark Udall
  Senator; U.S. Senate: $169,300
• Ken Salazar
  Senator; U.S. Senate: $169,300

BY THE HOUR

• Dishwasher, Bang! restaurant: $7 per hour
• Librarian, Schlessman Family Branch; Denver Public Library: $22.83 per hour
• Caitlyn Cavanaugh
  Movie Theater Manager; Harkins Theatres: $9.45 per hour
• Program Participant, Women's Bean Project: $7.50 per hour
• Prison Inmate: $0.12 per hour

CURTAIN CALLS

• Michael Butterman
  Music Director; Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra: $49,464
• Corps de Ballet, Colorado Ballet: $21,450 per season
• Principal, Colorado Ballet: $30,442 per season
• Soloist, Colorado Ballet: $25,040 per season
• Chip Walton
  Producing Artistic Director; Curious Theatre Company: $47,392
• Julie Nowasell
  Staff Accountant; Opera Colorado: $50,375
• Ruppert Hemmings
  Production and Technical Director; Opera Colorado: $83,137

THE DEDICATED

• Melissa May
  Clothing Designer and Owner; Incroyables by Melissa May: $1,000, plus: $13,200 from a day job
• Stephanne MacCarter
  Docent; Molly Brown House: $0
• Chris Ransick
  Denver's Poet Laureate: $2,000 honorarium
• Wayne Shephard
  Deputy Chief of Fire Operations; Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department: $0

DO-GOODERS

• Tamra Ryan
  CEO; Women's Bean Project: $79,144
• Mary Lou Makepeace
  Executive Director; Gay & Lesbian Fund of Colorado: $143,082
• Patricia Disney
  Chief Financial Officer; National Sports Center for the Disabled: $22,500
• Craig Pollitt
  President and CEO; National Sports Center for the Disabled: $132,500
• Ernest Duff
  Executive Director; Rocky Mountain Survivors Center: $63,000
• Katherine Peck
  Chief Operating Officer; Gill Foundation: $41,863
• Rodger McFarlane
  Executive Director and Senior Adviser; Gill Foundation: $73,119

DOWNTOWN DIVERSIONS

• Parking Attendant: $7.50 per hour
• Shoe Shiner, Shine: $26,000
• Hippie Skippy
  Street Musician: $40 per day
• Crystal Robinson
  Street Artist: $100 per day
• Hot Food Vendor: $86,400

THE ENTERTAINERS

• Erwin Haitzmann
  Chairman of the Board and Co-CEO; Century Casinos: $456,444
• Jared Ewy
  Comedian and Radio Guy; Jared Ewy LLC: $48,000
• Nicolette
  Entertainer; Shotgun Willie's strip club : $80,000 part-time
• Micheal L. Ocello
  Chief Operating Officer and President; VCG Holding Corporation (parent company of Diamond Cabaret and other adult nightclubs): $450,000
• Phelyx Hopkins
  Mentalist Magician: $50,000

GOING PLACES

• Tow Truck Operator, City of Denver: $37,657
• Bus Driver, Denver Public Schools: $13.89 per hour
• Elliott Leslie
  Bicycle Courier and Assistant Dispatcher; Denver/Boulder Couriers: $26,000
• Russell Lloyd George
  Department Executive Director; Colorado Department of Transportation: $140,000
• Valet Driver: $200 per weekend night
• Delivery Driver, Taste of Philly: $6 per hour
• Flight Attendant: $60,000
• Helicopter Pilot: $75,000
• Simon Roberts
  Part-time Flight Instructor: $40-: $60 per hour

GOING PRO

• Conor Casey
  Forward; Colorado Rapids: $180,000
• Pablo Mastroeni
  Midfielder; Colorado Rapids: $280,000
• Carmelo Anthony
  Forward; Denver Nuggets: $13,762,775
• Kody Lostroh
  Professional Bull Rider and Cowboy; PBR: $273,647
• Professional Cyclist: $120,000

LIVING GREEN

• Rusty Perry
  Owner; Revolution Cleaners: "Next to nothing"
• John Conde
  Solar Energy Installer; SolSource Inc.: $40,000
• Brian Stern
  Solar Energy Consultant; SolSource Inc.: $80,000

HIGHER ED

• Berton L. Glandon
  President; Arapahoe Community College: $157,362
• Linda Bowman
  President and Vice-President of Education and Student Services; Community College of Aurora and Colorado Community College System: $264,024
• George Peterson
  Chancellor; University of Colorado­, Boulder: $346,830
• Karen Reinertson
  President; Front Range Community College: $152,880
• James Rizzuto
  President; Otero Junior College: $149,863
• Tony Kinkel
  President; Pikes Peak Community College: $159,390
• Catherine Michele Haney
  President; Red Rocks Community College: $137,000

HOME BUILDERS

• Phil Riggs
  Project Engineer; Colarelli Construction Inc.: $51,500
• Chris Lanning
  Superintendent; Colarelli Construction Inc.: $72,000
• Brad Meuli
  President and CEO; Denver Rescue Mission: $126,492
• Larry Mizel
  Chairman and CEO; M.D.C. Holdings: $1,000,000
• Jean Tutolo
  Executive Director; Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative: $27,083
• Dakota Irlbeck
  Day Laborer and Student: $200 per day
• Marketing Coordinator for Commercial Real Estate: $44,800

KEEPING THE FAITH

• Ira Chernus
  Religion Studies Professor; University of Colorado: $93,361
• Jamie S. Korngold
  President and Rabbi; Adventure Rabbi: Synagogue Without Walls: $30,000
• Reverend Michael
  Sheeran S.J., President; Regis University: $0

LAW...

• Mitchell R. Morrissey
  Denver District Attorney; City of Denver: $144,720
• Gerald A. Marroney
  State Court Administrator; Judicial Department: $125,905
• Peter E. Schoon Jr.
  Larimer County Judge; Judicial Department: $112,940
• John W. Suthers
  Attorney General; State of Colorado: $80,004
• Mary J. Mullarkey
  Chief Justice; Colorado Supreme Court: $130,963
• David Getches
  Dean; University of Colorado Law School: $281,827

...AND ORDER

• Aristedes W. Zavaras
  Executive Director; Colorado Department of Corrections: $140,004
• Parking Meter Collector, City of Denver: $32,954
• Ronald C. Sloan
  Director; Colorado Bureau of Investigation: $135,000
• Mark A. Broaddus
  Warden; Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center: $109,438
• Mark V. Trostel
  Chief; Colorado State Patrol: $132,128
• Vernon L. Craig
  Probation Officer; Colorado Judicial Department: $75,410
• Police Officer, Fourth Grade, Denver Police Department: $43,824
• Police Sergeant, Denver Police Department: $79,200
• Police Captain, Denver Police Department: $102,324
• Andrew Jackson
  State Patrol Trooper; Department of Public Safety: $72,617
• Peter A. Weir
  Executive Director; Department of Public Safety: $140,000