North Houston News

Library and Archives Commission paid an average compensation of $52,464 during 2021, this was less 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	Gloria Meraz	$148,197
2	Donna Osborne	$125,583
3	Sarah Swanson	$120,960
4	Craig Kelso	$103,000
5	Diane Chubb	$101,673
6	Jennifer Peters	$93,442
7	Sarah Jacobson	$90,846
8	Michael Ford	$88,608
9	Vanessa Siordia	$83,664
10	Danielle Plumer	$78,456
11	Elizabeth Philippi	$73,788
12	Katherine Adelberg	$73,701
13	Rebecca Jaeger-Cannon	$72,789
14	Erica McCormick	$70,560
15	Cynthia Fisher	$70,185
16	Karen McElfresh	$68,670
17	Mark Myers	$67,849
18	Megan Carey	$65,760
19	Alana Inman	$65,524
20	Patrick Lloyd	$64,992
21	Henry Stokes	$64,710
22	Bethany Wilson	$64,570
23	Naomi Ditullio	$63,224
24	Sara Hayes	$62,858
25	Joshua Clark	$61,273
26	Jennifer Ronsen	$61,257
26	Stacey Hathaway-Bell	$61,257
28	Louis Georgalas	$61,200
29	Ann Griffith	$60,701
30	Laura Tadena	$60,638
31	Stephen Lewis	$60,146
32	Christina Taylor	$60,000
32	Rebecca Romanchuk	$60,000
32	Pamela Rodriguez	$60,000
32	Vincent Connick	$60,000
32	Tonia Wood	$60,000
37	Zachary Bruton	$59,400
37	Maria Freed	$59,400
39	Arturo Villarreal Jr.	$59,275
40	Brian Thomas	$58,382
41	Kathleen Walls	$58,079
42	Erica Rice	$57,900
43	Brian Black	$57,576
44	Michael Brown	$56,400
45	Valicia Greenwood	$56,396
46	Steven Kantner	$56,026
47	Susan Floyd	$55,546
48	Rebekah Manley	$52,849
49	Jo Ann Ramirez	$52,845
50	Jansie Martin	$52,836
51	Jessica Tucker	$52,526
52	Oscar Munoz	$52,432
53	Maria Garza	$52,256
54	Michael Avila	$52,143
55	Clinton Drake	$51,984
55	Saima Kadir	$51,984
57	Jaclyn Owusu	$51,600
58	Diana Rivera	$51,547
59	Louis Gonzales	$50,400
59	Heather Hamilton	$50,400
61	Peggy Price	$50,367
62	Suzanne Holman	$50,366
63	Caitlin Burhans	$50,034
64	Hector Cleaveland	$49,731
65	Guffie Robinson	$49,596
66	Joslyn Ceasar	$49,500
67	Robinann Vilches	$49,164
68	Laura Moore	$48,229
69	Sylvia Perry	$47,233
70	Lisa Meisch	$46,825
71	Geegana Wickremasiri	$46,800
72	Laura Norris	$46,375
72	John Berkeland	$46,375
74	Marshall Hernandez	$46,158
75	Christine Biscoe	$45,993
76	Jacqueline Jacobs	$45,600
77	Richard Gilreath	$45,024
77	Caroline Jones	$45,024
77	Angela Swift	$45,024
77	Traci Cecile Reece	$45,024
77	Tiffany Criswell	$45,024
82	Kayleigh Matheson	$45,000
82	Sheila Hubertus	$45,000
82	Michelle Johnson	$45,000
85	Kathy Mott	$44,211
86	Brianna Cochran	$44,100
87	Bobby French	$43,759
88	Yvonne Petreczko	$43,679
89	Anne Poulos	$43,500
89	Rebecca Hanna	$43,500
91	Jacqueline Lustig	$43,260
92	Scott McDonald	$42,901
93	Rebecca Helton	$42,380
94	Tomas Mendez Jr.	$42,372
95	Jonathan Gibbs	$42,000
96	Tazabinesh Yilma	$41,724
97	Michael Gonzalez	$41,659
98	Lauren Davis	$40,950
99	Jessica Balandran	$40,800
99	Alexis Hostetter	$40,800