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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 Legislative Budget Board in 2020
Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
---|---|---|
1 | Jerry McGinty II | $220,000 |
2 | Andrew Blifford | $212,749 |
3 | Wayne Pulver | $197,000 |
3 | Nora Velasco-Herrera | $197,000 |
5 | Matthew Medford | $182,000 |
5 | Stewart Shallow | $182,000 |
5 | Scott Dudley | $182,000 |
8 | Leora Rodell | $157,474 |
9 | Dmitry Rozinsky | $145,600 |
10 | Mark Wiles | $140,079 |
11 | Kevin Kavanaugh | $138,338 |
12 | Malika Te | $134,000 |
13 | Michael Vanderburg | $132,000 |
14 | Bryan Ricke | $130,520 |
15 | Melitta Berger | $130,000 |
16 | Thomas Galvan | $127,000 |
17 | Aaron Henricksen | $126,000 |
18 | Alma White | $125,700 |
19 | Paul Klein | $124,950 |
20 | Dominic Craig | $123,000 |
21 | Greg Owens | $122,223 |
22 | Jordan Smith | $122,000 |
23 | Marialaura Molina | $120,000 |
24 | John Newton | $118,246 |
25 | Samuel Xia | $117,202 |
26 | Lena Conklin | $115,000 |
26 | Benjamin Cross | $115,000 |
26 | Catherine Fallon-Brown | $115,000 |
26 | Sarah Glinsmann | $115,000 |
30 | Kenneth Digravio | $114,425 |
31 | Ruth Rosado | $113,828 |
32 | Richard Corbell | $111,042 |
33 | Christopher Mattsson | $110,000 |
33 | Dushyanth Reddivari | $110,000 |
33 | Joseph Shepherd | $110,000 |
36 | Marlene Taplin | $105,000 |
37 | Michelle Taylor | $104,475 |
38 | George Purcell | $100,017 |
39 | John Posey | $98,641 |
40 | Theodore Holladay | $95,845 |
41 | Cameron Cocke | $92,820 |
42 | Kendall Garren | $92,405 |
43 | Avery Saxe | $92,000 |
44 | Ronnie Porfirio | $91,839 |
45 | Scott Lewis | $91,477 |
46 | George Dziuk III | $90,100 |
47 | Kathryn Aldredge | $90,000 |
48 | Michael Lasater | $86,782 |
49 | Charles Riggs | $86,258 |
50 | Kofi Effah | $86,145 |
51 | Rachel Stegall | $85,000 |
52 | James Kisamore | $84,525 |
53 | Bryan Hadley | $83,880 |
54 | Samantha Brock | $83,750 |
54 | Rustin Dudley | $83,750 |
56 | Elizabeth Vela | $82,500 |
57 | Allen Greathouse | $81,000 |
58 | Benjamin Davis | $80,325 |
59 | Bradley White | $77,976 |
60 | Mirna Gonzalez | $77,760 |
61 | Jeffrey Ebberts | $76,290 |
62 | Gina Sweetin | $75,000 |
63 | John Montgomery | $73,000 |
64 | Christopher Pace | $72,040 |
65 | Daniela Fragoso | $71,500 |
66 | Louellen Lowe | $71,400 |
67 | Kelsey Vela | $71,080 |
68 | Amit Patel | $70,000 |
68 | Matthew Puckett | $70,000 |
68 | Nicole Delaney | $70,000 |
71 | Andrea Nikic | $70,000 |
72 | Rebecca Stevenson | $69,452 |
73 | Claire Stieg | $69,000 |
74 | Pamela Bolton | $68,245 |
75 | Mercedes Coleman | $67,308 |
76 | Eric Solis-Arellano | $66,000 |
77 | Andrew Overmyer | $65,600 |
78 | Colin Brock | $65,468 |
79 | Darren Albrecht | $65,438 |
80 | Ramin Rohani | $65,000 |
81 | Amanda Kilian | $65,000 |
82 | Nicole Ascano | $64,625 |
83 | Emily Navarrette | $63,547 |
84 | Scott Zaskoda | $60,229 |
85 | Dianna Fernald | $59,385 |
86 | Krystle Cline | $58,000 |
87 | Susannah Paul | $57,513 |
87 | David Gillian | $57,513 |
89 | Vakeetia Bunton | $57,165 |
90 | Benilde Rocha-Cartwright | $56,408 |
91 | Jessica Pena | $55,335 |
92 | Michael Cooper | $55,000 |
92 | Harrison Gregg | $55,000 |
92 | Almas Kalhoro | $55,000 |
95 | Khoi Tran | $54,863 |
96 | Kniesha Niemann | $54,280 |
97 | Emily Joslin | $54,000 |
98 | Amanda Neil | $53,000 |
98 | Meghan Peel | $53,000 |
100 | Abraham Alvarenga | $51,500 |