Xenia’s highest-paid employees in 2018: Payroll Project

Editor’s note: The Dayton Daily News is gathering payroll data for local governments across our region, as well as state government and higher education, as part of our Payroll Project. You can search Payroll Project data here. We are gathering payroll data for 2018 and will add it to the database as it is collected. If you have a suggestion for our Payroll Project, email Dayton Daily News reporter Josh Sweigart at Josh.Sweigart@coxinc.com.

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Sixteen employees of the city of Xenia were paid over $100,000 in 2018, according to the Dayton Daily News Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.

Capt. Steven Lane, who has been with the Xenia Police Division since 1991 and is now the city’s highest-paid employee, made just over $120,000 last year, a roughly $6,000 increase over his 2017 income.

The US Census estimates that Xenia’s per capita income in 2017 was $23,206. These estimates are the most recent that the government database offers.

Local governments make payroll with your money, which is why the Dayton Daily News has assembled and made available a searchable database of pay for public employees.

Of Xenia’s 10 highest-paid employees, the law director and city manager are the only two employees that do not work within the city’s fire or police divisions.

Xenia’s 10 highest-paid employees in 2018 were:

1. Steven Lane, police captain: $120,382

2. Brent Merriman, city manager: $119,997

3. Jeffrey Bruggeman, fire captain: $118,608

4. Michael Bogan, fire captain: $114,433

5. Alonzo Wilson, police captain: $112,416

6. Donnette Fisher, law director: $109,342

7. Jason Kinley, fire captain: $109,093

8. Brian Brennaman, fire captain: $107,277

9. Donald Person, police chief: $105,237

10. Gary Johnson,police captain: $104,899

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