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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 Historical Commission in 2021
Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
---|---|---|
1 | Mark Wolfe | $156,652 |
2 | Joseph Bell | $138,421 |
3 | Tol Miller | $128,447 |
4 | Bradford Patterson | $114,051 |
5 | Charles Sadnick III | $114,041 |
6 | Daniel Estrada | $111,879 |
7 | Christopher Florance | $108,643 |
8 | Vaughn Aldredge | $108,277 |
9 | Floy Graham | $108,108 |
10 | Robert Huggins | $107,970 |
11 | Harold Reed | $103,490 |
12 | Anjali Zutshi | $103,236 |
13 | Bradford Jones | $102,747 |
14 | Jada Louhela | $100,556 |
15 | Lynn Ward | $99,125 |
16 | Amy Rogers | $98,076 |
17 | Donald Firsching | $97,099 |
18 | Jimmy Cruse | $96,300 |
19 | Busch Ellen Cone | $95,016 |
20 | William Irwin | $93,732 |
21 | Karen Stevenson | $93,406 |
22 | Perry Ball | $92,700 |
23 | Rim Schreiber | $92,448 |
24 | Joy Nathan | $91,421 |
25 | Darryl Gaona | $89,880 |
26 | Susan Tietz | $88,200 |
27 | David Crawley | $86,670 |
28 | Steve Green | $86,134 |
29 | Dylan McCoy | $84,000 |
30 | Mary Brickley | $82,901 |
31 | Jonathan Failor | $81,349 |
32 | William Martin | $81,043 |
33 | Michelle Valek | $80,211 |
34 | Karen Sands | $79,581 |
35 | Gregory Smith | $78,953 |
36 | Britten Barr | $77,875 |
36 | Laura Denormandie | $77,875 |
38 | Christopher Elliott | $77,475 |
39 | Eva Osborne | $77,175 |
40 | Linda Miller | $76,651 |
41 | Amy Borgens | $76,504 |
42 | Jeffrey Durst | $76,359 |
43 | Jeffrey Wolfson | $75,600 |
44 | James Malanaphy | $74,970 |
45 | Lisa Harvell | $74,784 |
46 | Tiffany Osburn | $74,377 |
47 | Sarah Page | $73,830 |
48 | Harold Simon-Hassell | $73,612 |
49 | Amy Hammons | $72,840 |
50 | Lydia Woods-Boone | $72,674 |
51 | Christina Duve | $72,359 |
52 | Henry Hodges Jr. | $72,241 |
53 | Angela Reed | $72,210 |
54 | Mitchell Baird | $71,687 |
54 | Jason Smith | $71,687 |
54 | Robert McAuley | $71,687 |
57 | Laura Casey | $70,320 |
58 | Justin Kockritz | $69,914 |
59 | Caroline Wright | $69,652 |
60 | Justin Minsker | $69,550 |
60 | Brandon Vos | $69,550 |
62 | Alan Cox | $69,458 |
63 | Robert Brinkman | $68,873 |
64 | Lisa Hart | $68,244 |
65 | Will Cradduck | $68,052 |
66 | Stepheni Perkins | $68,040 |
67 | Jamie Ross | $67,731 |
68 | Anthony Souther | $67,650 |
69 | Jennifer McWilliams | $66,105 |
70 | Megan Koch | $65,724 |
71 | Patrick Hughey | $65,614 |
72 | Judy George-Garza | $65,581 |
73 | Christian Acevedo | $65,520 |
74 | Valerie Magolan | $64,955 |
75 | Theresa Wenske | $64,937 |
76 | Rebecca Shelton | $64,928 |
77 | Carlyn Hammons | $64,728 |
78 | Marsha Hendrix | $64,575 |
78 | John Akers | $64,575 |
80 | Michael Lebens | $64,260 |
81 | Lorelei Willett | $64,200 |
82 | Elizabeth Neumann | $64,104 |
83 | Mallory Laurel | $64,092 |
84 | James Lea | $63,860 |
85 | Teresa Caldwell | $63,746 |
86 | Maggie Moore | $63,697 |
86 | Arlo McKee | $63,697 |
88 | Katie Cukerbaum | $63,679 |
89 | Cody Mobley | $63,642 |
90 | Dori Zapata | $63,618 |
91 | Sarah Deardorff | $63,600 |
92 | Roland Pantermuehl | $63,271 |
93 | Julian Sitters | $63,020 |
93 | Emily Dylla | $63,020 |
95 | Marie Archambeault | $63,019 |
96 | Stephen Cure | $63,000 |
96 | Maria Rosas | $63,000 |
98 | Abel Martinez | $62,447 |
99 | Emiliano Calderon | $62,400 |
100 | Charles Peveto | $62,079 |