Legislative Budget Board paid an average compensation of $96,851 during 2021, this was more than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.
The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 as the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
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 Legislative Budget Board in 2021
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Blifford | $255,299 |
| 2 | Jerry McGinty II | $220,000 |
| 3 | Wayne Pulver | $199,500 |
| 3 | Nora Velasco-Herrera | $199,500 |
| 5 | Stewart Shallow | $185,000 |
| 5 | Scott Dudley | $185,000 |
| 5 | Matthew Medford | $185,000 |
| 8 | Kevin Kavanaugh | $161,000 |
| 9 | Julie Lindsey | $157,000 |
| 10 | Dmitry Rozinsky | $152,000 |
| 11 | Aaron Henricksen | $145,000 |
| 11 | Mark Wiles | $145,000 |
| 13 | Malika Te | $141,000 |
| 14 | Michael Vanderburg | $138,000 |
| 15 | Melitta Berger | $137,000 |
| 16 | Bryan Ricke | $135,000 |
| 17 | Alma White | $132,000 |
| 18 | Thomas Galvan | $130,810 |
| 19 | Jordan Smith | $130,000 |
| 20 | Eduardo Rodriguez | $129,000 |
| 21 | Marialaura Molina | $127,000 |
| 21 | Catherine Fallon-Brown | $127,000 |
| 23 | Dominic Craig | $126,690 |
| 24 | Greg Owens | $125,900 |
| 25 | Lena Conklin | $125,000 |
| 26 | Benjamin Cross | $122,500 |
| 27 | John Newton | $121,793 |
| 28 | Samuel Xia | $120,500 |
| 29 | Molly Czepiel | $120,000 |
| 29 | Sarah Glinsmann | $120,000 |
| 31 | Joseph Shepherd | $117,500 |
| 31 | Richard Corbell | $117,500 |
| 31 | Christopher Mattsson | $117,500 |
| 34 | Dushyanth Reddivari | $115,000 |
| 34 | Cameron Cocke | $115,000 |
| 36 | Marlene Taplin | $113,300 |
| 37 | Michelle Taylor | $107,610 |
| 38 | George Purcell | $106,018 |
| 39 | John Posey | $104,559 |
| 40 | Theodore Holladay | $99,700 |
| 41 | George Dziuk III | $99,324 |
| 42 | Avery Saxe | $96,600 |
| 43 | Briana Novian | $95,000 |
| 44 | Ronnie Porfirio | $94,594 |
| 45 | Charles Riggs | $93,000 |
| 45 | Scott Lewis | $93,000 |
| 47 | James Kisamore | $90,000 |
| 47 | Michael Lasater | $90,000 |
| 49 | Kofi Effah | $87,500 |
| 50 | Rachel Stegall | $87,000 |
| 51 | Pamela Bolton | $85,920 |
| 52 | Bryan Hadley | $85,881 |
| 53 | Allen Greathouse | $85,050 |
| 54 | John Montgomery | $85,000 |
| 55 | Louellen Lowe | $84,660 |
| 56 | Nicole Delaney | $84,168 |
| 57 | Benjamin Davis | $83,550 |
| 58 | Bradley White | $81,500 |
| 59 | Gina Sweetin | $80,000 |
| 59 | Claire Stieg | $80,000 |
| 61 | Jeffrey Ebberts | $79,500 |
| 62 | Andrea Nikic | $78,900 |
| 63 | Christopher Pace | $78,040 |
| 64 | Lann Bolding | $78,000 |
| 65 | Kelsey Vela | $77,080 |
| 66 | Darren Albrecht | $76,380 |
| 67 | Amit Patel | $76,000 |
| 68 | Rebecca Stevenson | $75,000 |
| 69 | Colin Brock | $74,000 |
| 70 | Nicole Ascano | $73,000 |
| 71 | Anne Fine | $71,100 |
| 72 | Mercedes Coleman | $71,000 |
| 72 | Ramin Rohani | $71,000 |
| 74 | Harrison Gregg | $70,680 |
| 75 | Andrew Overmyer | $70,000 |
| 76 | Emily Navarrette | $69,500 |
| 77 | Elizabeth O’Connor | $64,800 |
| 78 | David Gillian | $64,513 |
| 79 | Scott Zaskoda | $62,700 |
| 80 | Brandon Smith | $62,640 |
| 81 | Servet Oksuz | $62,500 |
| 82 | Daniel Knapp | $61,560 |
| 83 | Emily Joslin | $61,000 |
| 84 | Jessica Pena | $60,000 |
| 84 | Kal Smith | $60,000 |
| 84 | Eric Schroeder | $60,000 |
| 87 | Vakeetia Bunton | $58,900 |
| 88 | Benilde Rocha-Cartwright | $58,400 |
| 89 | Jordan Parr | $58,000 |
| 89 | Samantha Durand | $58,000 |
| 91 | Andrew Lionberger | $57,804 |
| 92 | Samantha Martinez | $57,180 |
| 93 | Abraham Alvarenga | $57,000 |
| 94 | Kniesha Niemann | $56,500 |
| 95 | Michael Cooper | $56,100 |
| 96 | David Petit | $56,000 |
| 97 | Joseph Valadez | $55,300 |
| 98 | Adam Brannon | $55,000 |
| 99 | Bonnie Schinzing | $54,000 |
| 100 | Efraim Reiderman | $53,000 |
