Payroll Project: Dayton’s 10 highest-paid employees

Payroll Project: Public salaries in the Dayton area

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The Dayton Daily News is committed to watching your tax dollars. And employee payroll amounts to the largest expenditure of public funds among local governments.

The top paid city of Dayton employees in 2020 were:

1. Shelley Dickstein, city manager: $231,031

2. Joseph Parlette, deputy city manager: $174,328

3. Gilbert Turner, director of aviation: $168,169

4. Richard Biehl, police chief: $165,492

5. Clielie Lofton, deputy city manager: $162,679

6. Kenneth Couch, director of human resources: $161,482

7. Barbara Doseck, director of law: $161,004

8. Jeffrey Lykins, chief of fire: $160,553

9. Frederick Stovall, director of public works: $158,068

10. Michael Powell, director of water: $152,831