Office of the Attorney General paid an average compensation of $65,118 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 Office of the Attorney General in 2021
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Webster | $275,000 |
| 2 | Samuel Dorfman | $225,000 |
| 2 | Lesley French-Henneke | $225,000 |
| 4 | Judd Stone | $210,000 |
| 5 | Aaron Reitz | $205,000 |
| 5 | Murtaza Sutarwalla | $205,000 |
| 5 | Christina McLeod | $205,000 |
| 5 | Ryan Fisher | $205,000 |
| 5 | Alejandro Garcia | $205,000 |
| 5 | Shawn Cowles | $205,000 |
| 5 | Ruth Thornton | $205,000 |
| 5 | Joshua Reno | $205,000 |
| 13 | Thomas Taylor | $205,000 |
| 13 | Patrick Sweeten | $205,000 |
| 15 | Lanora Pettit | $189,000 |
| 15 | Clifford Luckey | $189,000 |
| 17 | Steven Roddy | $185,904 |
| 18 | Shauna Rogers | $185,746 |
| 19 | Suzanna Hupp | $185,000 |
| 19 | Laurinda Price | $185,000 |
| 21 | Nanette Dinunzio | $185,000 |
| 22 | Thomas Albright | $177,450 |
| 22 | Christopher Hilton | $177,450 |
| 24 | William Dupre | $175,000 |
| 24 | Benjamin Wilson | $175,000 |
| 24 | William Davis | $175,000 |
| 27 | Priscilla Hubenak | $170,100 |
| 28 | Garza Henry De La | $169,041 |
| 29 | Raymond Winter | $168,920 |
| 30 | Fore Elizabeth Brown | $168,000 |
| 31 | Kara Kennedy | $168,000 |
| 32 | Mauricio Vasquez | $166,950 |
| 33 | Austin Kinghorn | $165,003 |
| 34 | Celerino Torres | $165,000 |
| 34 | Angela Goodwin | $165,000 |
| 36 | Shanna Molinare | $164,850 |
| 37 | Joshua Godbey | $164,000 |
| 38 | Edward Marshall | $163,850 |
| 39 | Alison Andrews | $163,800 |
| 39 | Esteban Soto | $163,800 |
| 39 | Rachel Obaldo | $163,800 |
| 42 | Joel Rogers | $163,480 |
| 43 | Colleen Tran | $162,000 |
| 44 | Keith Hafer | $160,965 |
| 45 | Melinda Montford | $160,000 |
| 46 | Robert Maiorano | $160,000 |
| 47 | Leslie Brock | $159,231 |
| 47 | Virginia Hoelscher | $159,231 |
| 49 | Kimberly Hubbard | $159,000 |
| 50 | Grant Weaver | $158,448 |
| 51 | Eric Hudson | $158,000 |
| 52 | Lisa Massock | $157,132 |
| 53 | William Thompson | $157,000 |
| 54 | James Lloyd | $156,000 |
| 54 | Steven Robinson | $156,000 |
| 56 | Justin Gordon | $155,003 |
| 57 | Jason Binford | $154,000 |
| 58 | Warren Paxton Jr. | $153,750 |
| 59 | Howell McCleskey | $153,292 |
| 60 | Benjamin Dower | $152,000 |
| 61 | Lauren Downey | $151,569 |
| 62 | Leif Olson | $151,000 |
| 63 | Susan Bonnen | $150,696 |
| 64 | Andrew Harris | $150,294 |
| 65 | Jonathan White | $150,237 |
| 65 | Cara Pierce | $150,237 |
| 67 | Rance Craft | $150,000 |
| 67 | Jacqueline Haney | $150,000 |
| 67 | Tonja Smith | $150,000 |
| 67 | Kimberly Gdula | $150,000 |
| 67 | Lisa Bennett | $150,000 |
| 67 | Jeffrey White | $150,000 |
| 67 | Evan Greene | $150,000 |
| 67 | Ari Cuenin | $150,000 |
| 67 | Beth Klusmann | $150,000 |
| 67 | Jared Galaway | $150,000 |
| 67 | Amber Platt | $150,000 |
| 67 | Philip Lionberger | $150,000 |
| 79 | Kellie Billings-Ray | $149,000 |
| 80 | Matthew Block | $148,584 |
| 81 | Jason Anderson | $148,109 |
| 82 | Leah O’Leary | $148,000 |
| 83 | Melissa Foley | $147,515 |
| 83 | April Norris-Moffet | $147,515 |
| 83 | Shawn Kitterman | $147,515 |
| 86 | Michael Attaway | $147,017 |
| 87 | David Falk | $146,799 |
| 88 | Michael Patterson | $146,000 |
| 89 | William Bova | $145,992 |
| 90 | Enrique Varela | $145,000 |
| 90 | Heather Myers | $145,000 |
| 92 | Kent Richardson | $144,872 |
| 93 | Michael Gray | $144,725 |
| 94 | David Strain | $144,200 |
| 95 | Kara Holsinger | $144,000 |
| 95 | Pedro Perez Jr. | $144,000 |
| 97 | Charles Arnold II | $143,904 |
| 98 | Eric Hamilton | $143,461 |
| 98 | Ryan Baasch | $143,461 |
| 98 | William Cole | $143,461 |
