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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.
The 100 highest earners at Texas Workforce Commission in 2021
Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
---|---|---|
1 | Robert B. Daniel | $201,000 |
1 | Julian Alvarez | $201,000 |
1 | Aaron Demerson | $201,000 |
4 | Edward Serna | $200,494 |
5 | Randy L. Townsend | $170,000 |
6 | Clayton B. Cole | $155,000 |
6 | Leslie Trobman | $155,000 |
8 | Sarah Reagan Miller | $145,000 |
8 | Susanna Holt Cutrone | $145,000 |
8 | Courtney Arbour | $145,000 |
8 | Cheryl A. Fuller | $145,000 |
12 | Chris J. Nelson | $140,000 |
13 | Heather Hall | $138,588 |
14 | Tom A. McCarty | $137,222 |
15 | Lowell A. Keig | $137,000 |
16 | Charles E. Ross Jr. | $135,000 |
16 | Susan Miller | $135,000 |
16 | Mary H. York | $135,000 |
19 | Paul D. Carmona | $133,955 |
20 | Andre Lasha Lenzy | $130,955 |
21 | Jewell A. Patricio | $130,000 |
22 | Timothy A. Urbanovsky | $128,000 |
23 | Ashley Sagebiel | $127,958 |
24 | Jeffery C. Peden | $125,000 |
24 | John G. Greytok | $125,000 |
24 | Cruz Vera J. Dela | $125,000 |
27 | Pilar Nicole Oria | $125,000 |
28 | Judy A. Sandberg | $124,928 |
29 | Adam Rice Leonard | $124,488 |
30 | Nicholas R. Lealos | $123,000 |
31 | William T. Simmons | $122,004 |
32 | Kimberly Nicole Watson | $121,364 |
33 | Brian Owens | $121,008 |
34 | Christopher Bunton | $120,000 |
35 | Dawn M. Cronin | $119,807 |
35 | Shunta L. Williams | $119,807 |
35 | Kerry Ballast | $119,807 |
35 | Leslie A. Kruse | $119,807 |
39 | Eric N. Holen | $119,050 |
40 | Tammy Martin | $118,667 |
41 | Dan Ngo | $116,160 |
42 | Bryan D. Snoddy | $115,944 |
43 | Maria G. Fuentes | $115,731 |
44 | Jason A. Stalinsky | $115,000 |
44 | Joe L. Leatherwood | $115,000 |
46 | Mary B. Millan | $115,000 |
47 | Beth A. Durham | $114,000 |
47 | Irene Tanguma | $114,000 |
49 | Kimberly R. Emmerich | $113,174 |
50 | Joshua G. Kuntz | $113,000 |
51 | Patricia Espinoza | $112,659 |
52 | Thomas W. Beckley | $112,350 |
53 | Elizabeth A. Hernandez | $112,182 |
54 | Hall Jennifer Concannon | $112,066 |
55 | Jennifer K. Colehower | $112,000 |
56 | Carolyn A. Francis | $111,976 |
57 | Juanita M. Barker | $111,975 |
58 | Bahman Forotanrad | $111,733 |
59 | Kimberly M. Bradford-Brown | $111,090 |
60 | Theresa Ann Bradley | $110,785 |
61 | James Arthur Knauss | $110,706 |
62 | Jerry R. White | $110,472 |
63 | Dipanjan Chakravarty | $110,250 |
63 | Greg Herbert | $110,250 |
65 | Madeleine Colette Pena | $109,199 |
65 | Gavra Jauer Flood | $109,199 |
67 | Daniel Fierro | $108,324 |
68 | Mariana Vega | $107,964 |
69 | Dorothy Fallin | $107,797 |
70 | Angelo Ferrazzano Jr. | $106,027 |
71 | Allison P. Wilson | $106,000 |
72 | Gregory J. Miller | $105,624 |
73 | Jason M. Vaden | $105,294 |
74 | Miller Virginia Stewart | $105,000 |
74 | Swati Dokka | $105,000 |
74 | Robert Ohalloran | $105,000 |
74 | Rajiv Kumar | $105,000 |
74 | Elizabeth Y. Anders | $105,000 |
74 | Elizabeth Noelle Bell | $105,000 |
74 | Pamela C. Hart | $105,000 |
81 | Shahrzad A. Varnado | $104,809 |
82 | Scott A. McCune | $104,782 |
83 | Nelson Reed Kerr III | $104,686 |
84 | Kevin Clifford | $104,622 |
85 | Marisela Otero | $103,522 |
86 | Sharla Lynn Roberts | $103,491 |
87 | Judy K. Ohn | $103,258 |
88 | Paul Hinojosa | $103,200 |
89 | Gregory T. Robinson | $102,859 |
90 | Luis Solis | $102,264 |
91 | Huitang Li | $102,000 |
91 | Bretney R. Patton | $102,000 |
91 | Rebecca K. Regan | $102,000 |
91 | Russell R. Caddell | $102,000 |
91 | Adam A. Alfar | $102,000 |
96 | Corra McCallin Dunigan | $101,748 |
97 | Charles Alexander Harris | $101,456 |
98 | Jaime C. Torres | $101,072 |
99 | Laura Suzanne Rook | $100,996 |
100 | Sara K. Kendall | $100,673 |