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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 Office of the Governor in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Hale | $265,000 |
| 1 | Sarah Hicks | $265,000 |
| 1 | Mark Miner | $265,000 |
| 1 | Gardner Pate | $265,000 |
| 1 | Luis Saenz | $265,000 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Oldham | $227,700 |
| 7 | John Wittman | $227,700 |
| 8 | Angela Colmenero | $178,538 |
| 8 | James Sullivan | $178,538 |
| 10 | Peggy Venable | $170,465 |
| 11 | Suzanne Johnson | $170,000 |
| 12 | Gregory Abbott | $153,750 |
| 13 | William Franks | $129,842 |
| 14 | Jacqueline Merrick | $129,000 |
| 15 | Lindsey Aston | $127,305 |
| 16 | Renae Eze | $127,000 |
| 17 | Chelsea Holden | $125,007 |
| 18 | Theresa Boland | $122,980 |
| 19 | Jeffrey Smith | $120,286 |
| 20 | Courtney Hjaltman | $120,000 |
| 20 | Jordan Stowers | $120,000 |
| 20 | Tabatha Vasquez | $120,000 |
| 23 | Gregory Davidson | $119,000 |
| 24 | Heather Fleming | $118,804 |
| 25 | Anna Marie Thompson | $114,688 |
| 26 | Katie Taylor | $113,124 |
| 27 | Cobey Fletcher | $110,256 |
| 28 | Erin Bennett | $110,000 |
| 29 | Kenneth Moreland | $108,675 |
| 30 | Brent Connett | $105,351 |
| 31 | Brenda Foster | $105,000 |
| 32 | Doris Keith | $102,719 |
| 33 | Brendan Berver | $102,336 |
| 34 | Christopher Warren | $98,792 |
| 35 | David Shoemaker | $97,108 |
| 36 | Michael Hull | $96,000 |
| 37 | Catarina Gonzales | $94,813 |
| 38 | Joseph Behnke | $94,500 |
| 38 | Stephanie Greger | $94,500 |
| 40 | Neil Kibbe | $92,000 |
| 41 | Deborah King | $91,765 |
| 42 | Ryland Ramos | $91,200 |
| 43 | Serafina Chandler | $90,384 |
| 44 | Anna Lee | $90,312 |
| 45 | Benjamin Barkley | $90,000 |
| 45 | Sallie Bentley | $90,000 |
| 45 | Jason Briggs | $90,000 |
| 45 | Sydni Mitchell | $90,000 |
| 49 | Elizabeth Farley | $86,000 |
| 50 | Lynn Gunn | $85,696 |
| 51 | Marios Parpounas | $85,056 |
| 52 | Julie Davis | $85,008 |
| 53 | Brent Novosad | $84,479 |
| 54 | Philip Peroyea | $84,000 |
| 55 | Jeremy Newman | $83,196 |
| 56 | Richard Costello | $81,344 |
| 57 | Frank Reynolds | $80,475 |
| 58 | Christopher Smith | $80,150 |
| 59 | Leda Bastidas | $80,004 |
| 60 | Kieran Hillis | $80,000 |
| 61 | Patrick Gannon | $79,008 |
| 62 | Lucinda Villarreal | $78,953 |
| 63 | Adrienne Cabrera | $78,000 |
| 64 | Andrea McGhee | $76,800 |
| 65 | David Brown | $76,200 |
| 66 | Munaver Yusufali | $75,259 |
| 67 | Cassidy Daniel | $75,029 |
| 68 | Dennis Herberger Jr. | $75,000 |
| 68 | Johanna Meade | $75,000 |
| 68 | Angela Ossar | $75,000 |
| 71 | Ainslie Ellis | $72,000 |
| 71 | Tegan Vought | $72,000 |
| 73 | Jordan Ballard | $70,008 |
| 74 | Matthew Culbertson | $70,000 |
| 74 | Stacy Knause | $70,000 |
| 76 | Nelda Sturgeon | $69,444 |
| 77 | Torres Ramon Carpena | $67,212 |
| 78 | Blake Roach | $66,696 |
| 79 | Irma Heinrich | $66,000 |
| 80 | Wendy Nelson | $65,712 |
| 81 | Morgan Stewart | $65,004 |
| 82 | Amanda Adamez | $65,000 |
| 82 | Brice Corkill | $65,000 |
| 82 | Nancy Tolson | $65,000 |
| 85 | Lisa Martin | $63,960 |
| 86 | Ana Vargas | $63,894 |
| 87 | Sharon Kavanaugh | $63,500 |
| 88 | Fernando Calderon Jr. | $62,448 |
| 89 | Bernadette Riles | $62,400 |
| 90 | Spencer Cummings | $61,000 |
| 91 | Madelaine Wolfe | $60,000 |
| 91 | Alexandria Vandiver | $60,000 |
| 93 | Marta Salinas | $59,000 |
| 94 | Sarah Kirkgard | $58,000 |
| 95 | Angela Mitchell | $57,312 |
| 96 | Pamela Wells | $56,808 |
| 97 | Norma Magirl | $56,199 |
| 98 | Helen Martinez | $55,908 |
| 99 | Sophia Sanchez | $55,608 |
| 100 | Carmela Davis | $55,104 |
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