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Texas Facilities Commission paid an average compensation of $55,603 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

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.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full-time were included.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Michael Novak	$177,982
2	John Raff	$154,181
3	Diane Jackson	$152,000
4	Joel Speight	$135,000
5	Marty Martinez	$130,000
6	Sonya Etheridge	$125,000
6	Stephen Foster	$125,000
8	Marthisela Walsh	$120,877
9	Craig Wingfield	$119,077
10	Daniel Benjamin	$115,000
11	Farshad Shahsavary	$110,036
12	Martha Gamez-Smith	$110,000
13	Janine Mays	$108,000
14	Steven Halpin	$102,000
15	Kristy Fierro	$100,000
16	Julia Gribble	$99,976
17	Mark Diaz	$99,860
18	Robert Sandberg	$98,800
19	Jay Franklin	$98,500
20	Frederic Hall	$97,004
21	Hossein Nezamabadi	$96,700
22	Caesar Delao	$96,000
23	George Wells	$95,000
24	Matthew Groce	$95,000
25	Martin Blair	$94,000
26	Daniel Yen	$92,170
27	Richard Gamino Jr.	$92,000
28	James Overton	$91,945
29	Dorothy Spearman	$91,545
30	David Tarver	$91,297
31	Michael Williams	$91,020
32	Yolanda Strey	$91,008
33	Richard Glancey	$91,000
34	Guillermo Munoz	$90,000
34	Kathryn Panak	$90,000
34	Jonathan Conant	$90,000
34	Davis Gayla Beckham	$90,000
34	Walter Tacquard	$90,000
34	Cheryl Taylor	$90,000
34	Steven Brown	$90,000
34	Prince Chavis	$90,000
34	Willie Jones Jr.	$90,000
34	William Knapp Jr.	$90,000
34	Kevin Mathis	$90,000
45	Miguel Morales	$88,500
46	Joel Stokes	$88,008
47	Joshua Porosky	$88,000
48	Donna Steadman	$86,400
49	Nientzu Hsia	$85,000
50	James Gonzalez	$84,000
50	John Hickson	$84,000
52	Rafael Arredondo	$83,000
53	Elma Velasco	$82,200
54	Robert Kuykendall	$81,996
55	Robert Schryer	$81,100
56	Michelle Ash	$80,849
56	Patrick Barry	$80,849
58	Cassidy Galindo	$80,560
59	Michael Barker	$80,040
60	James Lacombe	$80,000
60	Bailey Gonzalez	$80,000
62	Pedro Garcia	$79,774
63	Shonte Gordon	$78,953
64	Kyle Howard	$78,000
65	Jeffry Mullins	$76,012
66	Morris Miller	$75,850
67	Noreen Ozment	$75,000
67	Ian Bishop	$75,000
67	Nick Sultemeier	$75,000
67	Joshua Weise	$75,000
67	Teionne Woods	$75,000
67	Kevin Hagood	$75,000
73	Amanda Brainard	$73,356
74	Veronica Perez	$72,000
74	Josh Yang	$72,000
76	Susan Robinson	$71,750
77	Dragan Maric	$71,500
78	Laura Mangalindan	$71,004
79	Laura Hall	$70,320
80	Mary Sacharnoski	$70,200
81	Terry Aning	$70,000
81	Megan Sim	$70,000
81	Heidi Gonzales	$70,000
81	James Hickman	$70,000
81	James Howard	$70,000
86	Danny Simms	$70,000
86	Mario Sanchez	$70,000
86	Mandy Burrell	$70,000
89	Leslie Bowman	$69,778
90	David Roes	$68,042
91	Melissa Hill	$68,004
92	Ivana Maric	$67,531
93	Jon Smart	$65,846
94	Carl Roell	$65,800
95	Gregory Aulick	$65,525
96	Francoise Luca	$65,100
97	Anthony Ontiveros	$65,000
98	Samuel Coonrod	$64,956
99	Ofelia Matamoros	$64,774
100	Rick Sosa	$64,493