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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.
The 100 highest earners at Texas Workforce Commission in 2020
Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alvarez | $201,000 |
1 | Robert B. Daniel | $201,000 |
1 | Aaron Demerson | $201,000 |
4 | Edward Serna | $182,500 |
5 | Randy L. Townsend | $170,000 |
6 | Clayton B. Cole | $155,000 |
6 | Leslie Trobman | $155,000 |
8 | Cheryl A. Fuller | $145,000 |
8 | Courtney Arbour | $145,000 |
8 | Sarah Reagan Miller | $145,000 |
11 | Chris J. Nelson | $140,000 |
12 | Heather Hall | $138,588 |
13 | Tom A. McCarty | $137,222 |
14 | Lowell A. Keig | $137,000 |
15 | Mary H. York | $135,000 |
16 | Paul D. Carmona | $133,955 |
17 | Susanna Holt Cutrone | $133,875 |
18 | Andre Lasha Lenzy | $130,955 |
19 | Susan K. Durso | $129,137 |
20 | Jeffery C. Peden | $125,000 |
20 | John G. Greytok | $125,000 |
22 | Judy A. Sandberg | $124,928 |
23 | Adam Rice Leonard | $124,488 |
24 | Dawn M. Cronin | $119,807 |
24 | Leslie A. Kruse | $119,807 |
24 | Kerry Ballast | $119,807 |
27 | Leo J. Paterra | $119,700 |
28 | Eric N. Holen | $119,050 |
29 | Julie A. Lindsey | $118,980 |
30 | Tammy Martin | $118,667 |
31 | William T. Simmons | $118,388 |
32 | Cruz Vera J. Dela | $117,445 |
33 | Timothy A. Urbanovsky | $117,397 |
34 | Michael W. Hooks | $117,153 |
35 | Ashley Sagebiel | $116,474 |
36 | Jewell A. Patricio | $116,328 |
37 | Dan Ngo | $116,160 |
38 | Bryan D. Snoddy | $115,944 |
39 | John M. Fowler | $115,200 |
40 | Brian Owens | $115,000 |
41 | Nicholas R. Lealos | $114,639 |
42 | Kimberly Nicole Watson | $114,494 |
43 | Christopher Bunton | $114,330 |
44 | Kimberly R. Emmerich | $113,174 |
45 | Jennifer W. Troke | $113,016 |
46 | Joshua G. Kuntz | $113,000 |
47 | Charles E. Ross Jr. | $112,975 |
48 | Wes B. Fields | $112,961 |
49 | Jennifer K. Colehower | $112,000 |
50 | Bahman Forotanrad | $111,733 |
51 | James Arthur Knauss | $110,706 |
52 | Beth A. Durham | $110,256 |
53 | Dipanjan Chakravarty | $110,250 |
53 | Greg Herbert | $110,250 |
55 | Paul E. Morris | $109,965 |
56 | Gavra Jauer Flood | $109,199 |
57 | Maria G. Fuentes | $109,180 |
58 | Juanita M. Barker | $108,188 |
59 | Mariana Vega | $107,964 |
60 | Dorothy Fallin | $107,797 |
61 | Jerry R. White | $106,840 |
61 | Elizabeth A. Hernandez | $106,840 |
63 | Carolyn A. Francis | $106,644 |
64 | Shelly Wilder | $106,575 |
65 | Miguel Angel Olivas | $106,313 |
66 | Kimberly M. Bradford-Brown | $105,800 |
67 | Russ Ulmer | $105,600 |
68 | Theresa Ann Bradley | $105,509 |
69 | Jason M. Vaden | $105,294 |
70 | Thomas W. Beckley | $105,000 |
70 | Swati Dokka | $105,000 |
70 | Elizabeth Noelle Bell | $105,000 |
70 | Elizabeth Y. Anders | $105,000 |
70 | Robert Ohalloran | $105,000 |
75 | Joe H. Vermillion | $104,783 |
76 | Scott A. McCune | $104,782 |
77 | Kevin Clifford | $104,622 |
78 | Daniel Fierro | $104,158 |
79 | Thomas Woody Gill Jr. | $103,656 |
80 | Patrick R. Akers | $103,366 |
81 | Paul Hinojosa | $103,200 |
82 | Madeleine Colette Pena | $103,175 |
83 | Gregory T. Robinson | $102,859 |
84 | Patricia Espinoza | $102,418 |
85 | Sharla Lynn Roberts | $102,215 |
86 | Adam A. Alfar | $102,000 |
86 | Rebecca K. Regan | $102,000 |
86 | Bretney R. Patton | $102,000 |
86 | Huitang Li | $102,000 |
90 | Charles Alexander Harris | $101,456 |
91 | Jaime C. Torres | $101,072 |
92 | Laura Suzanne Rook | $100,996 |
93 | Sara K. Kendall | $100,673 |
94 | Claudia E. Peden | $99,853 |
95 | Shahrzad A. Varnado | $99,818 |
96 | Kandace Decker | $99,671 |
97 | Ricky E. Arambula | $99,510 |
98 | Wendy F. Kovar | $99,447 |
99 | Candace A. Kothmann | $99,331 |
100 | Chitta Ranjan Barik | $99,237 |