Department · as of Aug. 24, 2026

Auditor of Public Accounts — Commonwealth of Kentucky (Executive, Judicial, Legislative branches) — positions with work county Fayette

8 employees. Median pay $73,210.

Pay distribution — Auditor of Public Accounts

$0–$24,9991

$25,000–$49,9990

$50,000–$74,9993

$75,000–$99,9993

$100,000–$149,9991

$150,000–$199,9990

$200,000+0

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Name	Title	Annual salary
Richard D Dienst	Executive Advisor	$106,060
Breanna M Branham	Public Accounts Auditor V	$85,329
Tara D Cecil	Citizen Assistance Specialist	$75,900
Lee A West	Citizen Assistance Specialist	$75,900
Darrell K Chaney	Public Accounts Auditor III	$70,520
Alyssa Banuelos	Public Accounts Auditor I	$58,278
Bryn L Boaventura	Public Accounts Auditor I	$56,588
Amy Ahern	Public Accounts Auditor VI	$45

Source: Kentucky OpenDoor / transparency.ky.gov State Employee Salary Search (Personnel Cabinet KHRIS + institution-supplied), retrieved Sept. 12, 2026. Figures are each position's annual salary rate as of Aug. 24, 2026 per the Personnel Cabinet's KHRIS snapshot; not gross pay, no overtime or benefits. annualSalary is the API field totalSalary, which the site presents as the employee's current annual salary rate (not gross pay, no overtime). Head-coach rows show multi-year contract totals, so treat outliers with care. county is the work county for Executive/Judicial/Legislative rows (populated), and null for post-secondary institution rows. ky-state-employees-fayette.json is the Fayette-county subset. Rows are per person-position; a person with two positions may appear twice.