North Houston News

Court of Criminal Appeals paid an average compensation of $98,493 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.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Sharon Keller	$204,600
2	Mary Keel	$201,600
2	Michelle Slaughter	$201,600
2	Barbara Hervey	$201,600
2	Robert Richardson	$201,600
6	David Newell	$184,800
6	Richard Walker	$184,800
6	Kevin Yeary	$184,800
9	Jesse McClure	$168,000
10	Sian Schilhab	$129,025
11	Carl Peterson	$116,246
12	Elissa Marek	$112,112
12	Leslie Kuykendall	$112,112
12	Anna-Kathryn Price	$112,112
12	Kristen Lines	$112,112
12	Donald Cimics	$112,112
12	Trevor Rosson	$112,112
12	Paul Still	$112,112
12	Kathleen Schneider	$112,112
12	Jane Hensley	$112,112
12	Dannet Bock-Barnes	$112,112
12	Carson Guy	$112,112
12	Travis Tran	$112,112
12	J. Hart	$112,112
12	Ingrid Grobey	$112,112
12	James Smith	$112,112
12	Alexander Comsudi	$112,112
12	Valerie Strauss	$112,112
12	Nicole Fellows	$112,112
12	Alison Dahlberg	$112,112
12	Lisa Rickenberg	$112,112
12	Catherine Cramer	$112,112
12	Kelly Gatewood	$112,112
12	Lynda Charleson	$112,112
12	Marci Motes	$112,112
36	Deana Williamson	$100,744
37	Terri Counts	$74,016
38	Diana Norman	$72,988
39	Kelley Reyes	$71,960
39	Laura Moorman	$71,960
41	Mark Adams	$66,820
42	Taylor Newman	$58,123
42	Jacquelynn Chuter	$58,123
42	Madison George	$58,123
42	Ryan Golden	$58,123
42	August Dannenmaier	$58,123
42	Zachary Ford	$58,123
42	Lindsay Combs	$58,123
42	Jacey Owens	$58,123
50	Ursula Curtis	$58,000
51	Amy Strother	$51,037
52	Audrey Banda	$49,344
52	Wade Papadakis	$49,344
54	Fuente Andrea De La	$48,948
54	Olivia Lambert	$48,948
54	Nichole Reedy	$48,948
54	Andrew Estrada	$48,948
54	Genoveva Mendoza	$48,948
54	Rachel Fowler	$48,948
60	Christina Vasquez-Tapia	$44,304
61	Daniel Fadool	$42,148
61	Kassandra Vega	$42,148
61	Stefanie Alvarez	$42,148
64	Joann Dossett	$38,550