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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 Employees Retirement System in 2021
Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
---|---|---|
1 | David Veal | $395,000 |
2 | Porter Wilson | $331,923 |
3 | Leighton Shantz | $293,144 |
4 | Robert Sessa | $291,461 |
5 | Catherine Terrell | $280,000 |
6 | Cynthia Hamilton | $276,500 |
7 | Anthony Curtiss | $270,947 |
8 | John Streun | $269,370 |
9 | Sierra Perez Pablo De La | $252,522 |
10 | Ricardo Lyra | $241,875 |
11 | Peter Ehret | $238,763 |
12 | Lauren Honza | $232,819 |
13 | Timothy Reynolds | $232,604 |
14 | Andrew Hodson | $227,411 |
15 | Darren Hughes | $223,062 |
16 | Carlos Chujoy | $219,661 |
17 | Elizabeth Martin | $211,621 |
18 | Kelley Hewell | $210,423 |
19 | Diana Kongevick | $205,000 |
20 | Nancy Lippa | $203,385 |
21 | Ryan Cheryl Scott | $203,333 |
22 | Gaye Pharr | $200,290 |
23 | Davis Peacock | $198,662 |
24 | Charles Turner | $195,500 |
25 | John Murphy | $195,216 |
26 | Keith Lyons | $192,471 |
27 | Amanda Burleigh | $190,800 |
27 | Brannon Andrews | $190,800 |
29 | Michael Clements | $188,061 |
30 | William Nail | $185,000 |
31 | Annie Xiao | $183,491 |
32 | Chineque Sterns | $180,350 |
33 | Gabrielle Schreiber | $180,274 |
34 | Jennifer Chambers | $180,000 |
35 | Panayiotis Lambropoulos | $178,736 |
36 | Thomas Rashman | $177,726 |
37 | Robin Hardaway | $176,041 |
38 | Amy Cureton | $173,532 |
39 | Thomas Roberts | $170,358 |
40 | Anthony Chavez | $169,334 |
41 | George Lynch | $164,991 |
42 | Antonio Cardona | $164,819 |
43 | Andrew Okun | $161,813 |
44 | Emily Miller | $160,000 |
45 | Seenfun Mok | $156,256 |
46 | Kenneth McDowell | $153,084 |
47 | David Lacy | $151,445 |
48 | Nicholas Maffeo | $150,409 |
49 | Blaise Duran | $150,002 |
50 | Ryan Wilkinson | $145,869 |
51 | Nancy McCarthy | $145,346 |
52 | Siu Lung David Law | $145,008 |
53 | Teofilo Bacungan Jr. | $144,984 |
54 | Richard Inzunza | $144,272 |
55 | Mark Long | $143,842 |
56 | Michael Shoop | $143,707 |
57 | Ashley Collier | $143,312 |
58 | James Gassman | $142,000 |
59 | Georgina Bouton | $141,609 |
60 | David Wagenseller | $141,000 |
61 | Ian Smith | $140,000 |
62 | Talal Qatato | $138,986 |
63 | Robert Newhall | $138,673 |
64 | Derek Sadowsky | $134,550 |
65 | Joseph Knight | $134,544 |
66 | Christy Davis | $132,865 |
67 | Benjamin Schuman | $132,140 |
68 | June Kim | $131,916 |
69 | Scott Schrier | $131,809 |
70 | Wendy McAdams | $131,750 |
71 | Andrew Tisinger | $129,911 |
72 | Johnny Taylor | $129,221 |
73 | Hau Yuan | $128,415 |
74 | Kathryn Tesar | $127,373 |
75 | Bernie Hajovsky | $127,309 |
76 | Michael Miller | $126,562 |
77 | Adriana Ballard | $123,270 |
78 | Aaron Hatt | $122,435 |
79 | Mark Nelson | $122,394 |
80 | Matthew Riemersma | $120,950 |
81 | Patricia Roano | $120,000 |
81 | John Barnes | $120,000 |
81 | Kyle Fenton | $120,000 |
81 | Francis Barker | $120,000 |
85 | Michael McCrary | $119,891 |
86 | Meagan Larson | $116,927 |
87 | Andrea Dunn | $116,027 |
88 | James Wehmeyer | $112,860 |
89 | Lakshmi Priya Venkatesan | $112,344 |
90 | Kurt Cressotti | $110,784 |
91 | Laurie Kuehner | $110,326 |
92 | Sriyas Pande | $108,000 |
93 | Bernard Stewart | $107,996 |
94 | Jennifer Grissom | $107,067 |
94 | Halverson Carol Holt | $107,067 |
96 | Jose Deleon | $106,296 |
97 | Weiyue Liu | $106,248 |
98 | Nile Stork | $106,035 |
99 | Tressie Landry | $105,984 |
100 | Mary Wardlow | $105,421 |