North Houston News

Library and Archives Commission paid an average compensation of $51,379 during 2020, this was less than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

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.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Mark Smith	$148,197
2	Donna Osborne	$125,583
3	Gloria Meraz	$125,001
4	Sarah Swanson	$117,600
5	Craig Kelso	$100,000
6	Diane Chubb	$98,712
7	Jennifer Peters	$88,992
8	Michael Ford	$88,608
9	Sarah Jacobson	$88,200
10	Vanessa Siordia	$79,680
11	Danielle Plumer	$76,171
12	Rebecca Jaeger-Cannon	$72,789
13	Elizabeth Philippi	$72,072
14	Katherine Adelberg	$70,191
15	Cynthia Fisher	$68,141
16	Mark Myers	$67,849
17	Erica McCormick	$67,200
18	Karen McElfresh	$65,400
19	Russlene Waukechon	$64,757
20	Megan Carey	$64,140
21	Alana Inman	$63,616
22	Henry Stokes	$62,825
23	Tracy Kuhn	$62,512
24	Chad Quilter	$62,424
25	Bethany Wilson	$61,495
26	Joshua Clark	$61,273
27	Sara Hayes	$61,027
28	Ann Griffith	$60,701
29	Naomi Ditullio	$60,214
30	Pamela Rodriguez	$60,000
30	Vincent Connick	$60,000
32	Angela June Kent	$59,473
32	Jennifer Ronsen	$59,473
32	Bonnie Zuber	$59,473
32	Stacey Hathaway-Bell	$59,473
36	Dee Riley	$59,204
37	Stephen Lewis	$57,832
38	Laura Tadena	$57,750
39	Brian Black	$57,576
40	Arturo Villarreal Jr.	$57,271
41	Kathleen Walls	$56,387
42	Tonia Wood	$55,702
43	Erica Siegrist	$55,526
44	Rebecca Romanchuk	$55,510
45	Steven Kantner	$54,394
46	Rebekah Manley	$52,849
47	Jo Ann Ramirez	$52,845
48	Jessica Tucker	$52,526
49	Brian Thomas	$52,382
50	Michael Avila	$52,143
51	Michael Brown	$51,985
51	Taylor Fox	$51,985
51	Naomi Frantes	$51,985
54	Susan Floyd	$51,912
55	Andrew Glass	$51,300
56	Valicia Greenwood	$51,153
57	Heather Hamilton	$50,400
58	Peggy Price	$50,367
59	Suzanne Holman	$50,366
60	Maria Garza	$50,246
61	Caitlin Burhans	$50,034
62	Oscar Munoz	$49,722
63	Diana Rivera	$49,565
64	Jaclyn Owusu	$49,560
65	Hector Cleaveland	$47,818
66	Joslyn Ceasar	$47,778
67	Maria Freed	$47,774
68	Guffie Robinson	$47,688
68	Zachary Bruton	$47,688
70	Robinann Vilches	$47,502
71	Jansie Martin	$47,358
72	David Ray	$46,838
73	Laura Moore	$46,824
74	Saidah Ochoa	$46,497
75	Katharine Reagor	$46,380
76	Marshall Hernandez	$46,158
77	Todd Rusch	$45,621
78	Sylvia Perry	$45,416
79	Anna Reznik	$45,131
80	Lisa Meisch	$45,024
80	Laura Norris	$45,024
80	Angela Swift	$45,024
80	Gina Watts	$45,024
80	John Berkeland	$45,024
80	Tiffany Criswell	$45,024
80	Richard Gilreath	$45,024
87	Christine Biscoe	$44,217
88	Jacqueline Lustig	$43,260
89	Scott McDonald	$42,901
90	Bobby French	$42,559
91	Caroline Jones	$42,525
92	Kathy Mott	$42,511
93	Rebecca Hanna	$42,000
94	Yvonne Petreczko	$41,999
95	Anne Poulos	$41,400
95	Brianna Cochran	$41,400
97	Rebecca Helton	$41,146
98	Traci Cecile Reece	$40,950
98	Maria Barker	$40,950
98	Lauren Davis	$40,950