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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 Department of Insurance in 2020
Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
---|---|---|
1 | James Slape | $198,000 |
2 | Nancy Clark | $180,000 |
3 | J\'Ne Byckovski | $176,947 |
4 | Richard Lunsford | $175,000 |
5 | Lucien Bellsnyder | $174,996 |
5 | James Person | $174,996 |
5 | Leah Gillum | $174,996 |
5 | Jamie Walker | $174,996 |
5 | Stephanie Goodman | $174,996 |
5 | Mark Worman | $174,996 |
5 | Orlando Hernandez | $174,996 |
5 | John Herrick | $174,996 |
13 | Michael Boerner | $170,000 |
14 | Cassandra Brown | $169,111 |
15 | Barbara Snyder | $159,000 |
16 | Knight Debra Summerlin | $155,400 |
16 | Daniel Paschal | $155,400 |
16 | Joseph McElrath | $155,400 |
16 | Matthew Zurek | $155,400 |
20 | Miriam Fisk | $155,100 |
20 | Rachel Hemphill | $155,100 |
20 | Aaron Hodges | $155,100 |
23 | Brian Ryder | $153,822 |
24 | Allison Eberhart | $152,000 |
24 | Michael Nored | $152,000 |
26 | Elizabeth Elliott | $150,096 |
27 | Nicholas Canaday III | $148,000 |
28 | Anthony Infantini | $146,100 |
29 | Amy Lee | $144,562 |
30 | Amy Lugo | $143,916 |
31 | Kerry Sullivan | $141,918 |
32 | Kara Mace | $141,750 |
33 | Debra Diaz-Lara | $140,310 |
34 | Kyson Johnson | $140,000 |
35 | Roy Markham | $138,600 |
36 | Tammy Campion | $136,511 |
37 | Donna Crosby | $136,508 |
38 | Arby Gonzales | $135,000 |
38 | Douglas Danzeiser | $135,000 |
38 | Christopher Davis | $135,000 |
41 | Lii-Jin Lo | $134,406 |
42 | Nicole Elliott | $133,684 |
43 | Amanda Meesey | $131,003 |
44 | Wagley Marisa Lopez | $130,296 |
45 | John Alexander | $129,963 |
46 | Yukan Jiang | $129,125 |
47 | Ernest McCloud | $128,360 |
48 | Matthew Tarpley | $126,000 |
48 | Shawn Frederick | $126,000 |
48 | Amy Garcia | $126,000 |
51 | Natalie Robertson | $125,004 |
52 | Chonlada Pongpipattanachai | $125,000 |
52 | Yu-Jie Huang | $125,000 |
54 | Eric Reiner | $124,734 |
55 | Melissa Burkhart | $124,200 |
56 | Nicole Thornbro | $124,000 |
57 | Maria Landrum | $123,043 |
58 | Cynthia Olivier | $122,640 |
58 | Mario Chavez Jr. | $122,640 |
60 | Matthew Kennedy | $121,423 |
61 | Marianne Baker | $121,186 |
62 | Jennifer Hopens | $120,750 |
63 | Christina McCoy | $120,088 |
64 | Randall Evans | $120,000 |
64 | Curtis Polk Jr. | $120,000 |
64 | Rickey Watson | $120,000 |
64 | Brian Chandler | $120,000 |
68 | Cynthia Bluntzer | $119,909 |
69 | Ginger Loeffler | $118,500 |
70 | Andy Liao | $117,610 |
71 | Melissa Lujan | $117,000 |
72 | Russell Harper | $116,744 |
73 | Sean Fulton | $115,500 |
74 | Krista Oswald | $115,440 |
75 | Margaret Jonon | $115,000 |
76 | Frances Cearley | $115,000 |
77 | Brock Childs | $114,516 |
78 | Allen Craddock | $114,195 |
79 | Steven Thompson | $113,712 |
80 | Rachel Cloyd | $113,019 |
81 | Michael Arendall | $112,674 |
82 | James Cox | $112,354 |
83 | Michael Carnley | $111,600 |
84 | Martha Luevano | $111,300 |
85 | Sandra Varela | $110,837 |
86 | Jacqueline Yarbrough-Whelpley | $110,064 |
87 | Melissa Mokry | $110,000 |
87 | Chang Sha | $110,000 |
89 | Stacie Parker | $109,737 |
90 | David Muckerheide | $109,000 |
91 | Robert Rucker | $108,990 |
91 | Elizabeth Deanda | $108,990 |
93 | Bradley Carpenter | $107,000 |
94 | Justin Beam | $106,752 |
95 | Donald McWhorter | $106,406 |
96 | Gigi Paul | $106,064 |
97 | Cruz Erica De La | $105,216 |
98 | Robert Simons | $104,910 |
99 | Jeffrey Nelson | $104,816 |
100 | Leonard Uwakwe | $104,556 |