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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 General Land Office and Veteran's Land Board in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Martin | $276,816 |
| 2 | Mark Havens | $224,203 |
| 3 | Jeffery Gordon | $205,504 |
| 4 | John Berkely | $200,631 |
| 5 | Brian Carter | $189,276 |
| 6 | David Repp | $178,464 |
| 7 | Brent McNguyen | $172,800 |
| 8 | Heather Urbanovsky-Lagrone | $172,600 |
| 9 | David Green | $170,000 |
| 10 | Hector Valle | $169,440 |
| 11 | Cory Wilburn | $168,043 |
| 12 | Marc Barenblat | $158,995 |
| 13 | Mark Lambert | $158,244 |
| 14 | Robert Hatter | $158,213 |
| 15 | Wiley Collier | $156,963 |
| 16 | Jeffery Kauffmann | $155,634 |
| 17 | David Land | $155,328 |
| 18 | Wendy Foster | $153,504 |
| 19 | John Hernandez | $153,000 |
| 20 | Charlotte Mumphord | $151,008 |
| 21 | Angela Williams | $148,800 |
| 22 | Tracey Hall | $145,416 |
| 23 | Mitchell Armstrong | $144,456 |
| 24 | Alan McWilliams | $143,615 |
| 25 | Eric Brown | $143,434 |
| 26 | Russell May | $143,406 |
| 27 | Jimmy Martinez | $143,312 |
| 28 | Martin Rivera Jr. | $143,002 |
| 29 | Mark McAnally | $141,982 |
| 30 | George Bush | $140,938 |
| 31 | Anthony Williams | $140,400 |
| 31 | Melissa Porter | $140,400 |
| 33 | Jose Montalvo | $138,000 |
| 33 | Shiva Peterson | $138,000 |
| 35 | Jessica Johnston | $136,885 |
| 36 | Jet Hays | $136,500 |
| 37 | Pamela Mathews | $136,302 |
| 38 | Rebecca Taylor | $135,208 |
| 39 | Mark Neugebauer | $134,855 |
| 40 | Mary Williams | $134,297 |
| 41 | Stacey McClure | $133,686 |
| 42 | Kelly McBride | $133,242 |
| 43 | Stephen Fouchek | $132,000 |
| 44 | Christa Lopez | $131,668 |
| 45 | Susan Dorsey | $129,088 |
| 46 | Kenneth Mills | $128,544 |
| 47 | Brittany Eck | $125,582 |
| 48 | Vonda White | $125,354 |
| 49 | Suzanne Loy | $125,354 |
| 50 | Kathy Johanns | $125,054 |
| 51 | Earl Renfrow | $123,267 |
| 52 | Karina Erickson | $120,840 |
| 53 | Kaleb Bennett | $120,432 |
| 54 | Elizabeth Ozuna | $120,000 |
| 55 | Jennifer Molinari | $118,569 |
| 56 | Thomas Ortiz | $117,266 |
| 57 | Steve Buschang | $116,855 |
| 58 | Colleen Jones | $116,525 |
| 59 | Juan Sanchez | $115,200 |
| 60 | Michael Ashton-Moore | $114,300 |
| 61 | Alexandra Gamble | $113,570 |
| 62 | Cynthia Hudson | $113,447 |
| 63 | John Kelley | $113,292 |
| 64 | Susan Sergent | $112,622 |
| 65 | Angela Sunley | $112,476 |
| 66 | Amanda Grantham | $112,000 |
| 67 | Patricia Ewing | $111,996 |
| 68 | Brian Raygon | $111,913 |
| 69 | Kimilia Mangum | $111,796 |
| 70 | Telina Grayson | $111,303 |
| 71 | Billy McClure Jr. | $110,568 |
| 72 | Stanley Johnson | $110,512 |
| 73 | Dequincy Adamson | $110,244 |
| 74 | Joseph May | $110,118 |
| 75 | Sharon Matthews | $110,100 |
| 76 | Abigael McClean | $110,076 |
| 77 | Jason Storey | $110,000 |
| 78 | Lashaundra Watley-Seale | $109,572 |
| 79 | Burton Minton | $108,939 |
| 80 | Molly Keller | $108,657 |
| 81 | James Harkins | $108,282 |
| 82 | Garrison McCully | $108,000 |
| 83 | Amy Nunez | $107,717 |
| 84 | Joseph Kartye | $107,623 |
| 85 | Jeffrey Caudle | $107,580 |
| 86 | Deirdre Stites | $106,991 |
| 87 | Adelita Barrientos | $106,649 |
| 88 | Eric Perales | $106,580 |
| 89 | Frank Zepeda | $106,500 |
| 90 | Paul Botello | $106,367 |
| 91 | Jeffrey Crozier | $106,002 |
| 92 | Dora Rivera | $105,547 |
| 93 | Christopher Reynolds | $105,060 |
| 94 | Scot Friedman | $105,000 |
| 95 | Alyson Chensasky | $104,832 |
| 96 | Lance White | $104,377 |
| 97 | Andrew Hawkins | $104,230 |
| 98 | Stephanie Crenshaw | $104,182 |
| 99 | Catharine Seed | $104,008 |
| 100 | Scottie Aplin | $103,863 |
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