Health and Human Services Commission paid an average compensation of $43,197 during 2020, this was less 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.
The 100 highest earners at Health and Human Services Commission in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cecile Young | $290,258 |
| 2 | Magdalene Hopkins | $270,000 |
| 2 | Satyajit Satpathy | $270,000 |
| 2 | Lesia Trickett | $270,000 |
| 2 | John Harper | $270,000 |
| 2 | Jisha Philip | $270,000 |
| 2 | Emilie Attwell | $270,000 |
| 2 | Karola White | $270,000 |
| 9 | Bethany Hughes | $268,840 |
| 10 | Jeffery Matthews | $265,000 |
| 10 | Felix Torres | $265,000 |
| 12 | Arthur Austin | $261,374 |
| 13 | David Gonzalez | $260,000 |
| 13 | Ames Marquez | $260,000 |
| 13 | Daniel Evans | $260,000 |
| 13 | Nikolaus Kubista | $260,000 |
| 13 | Md David Moron | $260,000 |
| 13 | Dhaval Parikh | $260,000 |
| 13 | Mark Messer | $260,000 |
| 20 | Tran Quan | $252,883 |
| 21 | Giorgio Sant’Ambrogio | $251,652 |
| 21 | John Tobis | $251,652 |
| 21 | Jyotsna Muttineni | $251,652 |
| 21 | Thu Le | $251,652 |
| 21 | Rakesh Chadalavada | $251,652 |
| 21 | Azka Bilal | $251,652 |
| 21 | James Boger | $251,652 |
| 21 | Barbara Beadles | $251,652 |
| 21 | Diana Isachievici | $251,652 |
| 21 | Charlene Shero | $251,652 |
| 31 | Roman Eliza San | $251,651 |
| 32 | Brian Ferris | $250,000 |
| 32 | Zahida Samad | $250,000 |
| 32 | Altamash Qureshi | $250,000 |
| 32 | Tara Wagner | $250,000 |
| 36 | Deepti Vats | $249,998 |
| 36 | Mitchell Dunn | $249,998 |
| 36 | Ivanshu Jain | $249,998 |
| 36 | Paul Sobin | $249,998 |
| 36 | Mohammed El-Awady | $249,998 |
| 36 | Ankit Parmar | $249,998 |
| 42 | Scott Murry | $249,363 |
| 43 | Ashton Wickramasinghe | $248,340 |
| 44 | Renu Anupindi | $246,769 |
| 44 | Aysha Sabri | $246,769 |
| 46 | Guido Spangher | $246,709 |
| 47 | Roger Joe | $246,000 |
| 47 | Michael Murray | $246,000 |
| 47 | Olumuyiwa Abdul | $246,000 |
| 47 | Cheryl Hodges | $246,000 |
| 47 | Lynn Malseed-Luspin | $246,000 |
| 52 | George Howland Jr. | $245,000 |
| 52 | Steven Cathey | $245,000 |
| 52 | Stephen Poplar Jr. | $245,000 |
| 52 | Sobia Khurram | $245,000 |
| 52 | Martin Guerrero | $245,000 |
| 52 | Ramona Rogers | $245,000 |
| 52 | Feroz Yaqoob | $245,000 |
| 52 | Zahida Syed | $245,000 |
| 52 | Carmen Zegarra | $245,000 |
| 52 | Praveen Madadi | $245,000 |
| 52 | David Hager | $245,000 |
| 52 | Kerrie Shrewsbury | $245,000 |
| 52 | Satyajeet Lahiri | $245,000 |
| 52 | Patrick Fallon | $245,000 |
| 52 | Daniel Villarreal | $245,000 |
| 52 | Ellis Civello | $245,000 |
| 52 | Carmen Mier | $245,000 |
| 52 | Rohini Ravindran | $245,000 |
| 52 | Priyanka Chava | $245,000 |
| 52 | Geraldine Farias-Daniels | $245,000 |
| 52 | Fayaz Ibrahim | $245,000 |
| 52 | Abimbola Layeni | $245,000 |
| 52 | Feroza Talukdar | $245,000 |
| 52 | Robert Bouchat | $245,000 |
| 52 | Stephen Dai | $245,000 |
| 52 | Vicky Litton | $245,000 |
| 52 | Matthew Hopkins | $245,000 |
| 52 | Daniel Leal | $245,000 |
| 52 | Umamaheswara Velama | $245,000 |
| 52 | Kevin Brown | $245,000 |
| 52 | Erik Blois | $245,000 |
| 52 | Ovidiu Dulgheru | $245,000 |
| 52 | Patricia Caballero | $245,000 |
| 52 | Kumud Joshi | $245,000 |
| 52 | Fady Fayek | $245,000 |
| 52 | Rajendra Daniel | $245,000 |
| 52 | Rosario Rodriguez | $245,000 |
| 52 | Larry Hawkins | $245,000 |
| 52 | Susrutha Thanam | $245,000 |
| 52 | Reddy Srinivasa Reddy Donthi | $245,000 |
| 52 | Victoria Ford | $245,000 |
| 52 | Ammatuna Elena Gonzalez | $245,000 |
| 52 | Mahmoud Mohamed | $245,000 |
| 52 | Andrey Tsyss | $245,000 |
| 52 | Andrea Wright | $245,000 |
| 52 | Erica Snook | $245,000 |
| 52 | Crispin Juguilon | $245,000 |
| 52 | Shiraj Vahora | $245,000 |
| 52 | Jennifer Wright | $245,000 |
