Amarillo Gazette

Texas Medical Board paid an average compensation of $53,623 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	Stephen Carlton	$156,145
2	Scott Freshour	$155,027
3	Robert Bredt	$146,690
4	Christopher Palazola	$109,941
5	Jeffrey Clausius	$101,616
6	Susan Rodriguez	$98,900
7	Leonard Duran	$95,244
7	Lisa Gorn	$95,244
9	Wendy Pajak	$94,824
9	Amy Swanholm	$94,824
9	Sarah Tuthill	$94,824
9	Yvette Yarbrough	$94,824
13	Rui Bernardo	$88,500
13	Coretta Briscoe	$88,500
13	Debbi Henneke	$88,500
13	Taurie Randermann	$88,500
13	Grace Unterborn	$88,500
18	Jerry Bergman	$88,320
18	Nikki Karr	$88,320
18	Claudia Kirk	$88,320
18	Michelle McFaddin	$88,320
18	Samer Shobassy	$88,320
18	Johnathan Stone	$88,320
24	September Campbell	$82,500
24	Charles Fecteau	$82,500
26	Richard Romoff	$78,613
27	Jared Brehmer	$76,680
27	Douglas Bryant	$76,680
27	Maureen Iruke	$76,680
27	Melissa Mendoza	$76,680
27	Kemisha Williams	$76,680
32	Rhea Hines	$73,000
33	Hays Ursula Keen	$67,881
34	Sonja Aurelius	$66,400
35	Patricia Perez	$65,781
36	Mindy Hernandez	$65,597
36	Shelia Hux	$65,597
36	Marie Lopez	$65,597
39	Jarrett Schneider	$65,536
40	Jennifer Sonen	$64,781
41	Maria Moreno	$63,648
42	Pinilis Leah Fecteau	$63,500
43	Laura Fleharty	$61,680
44	Keith Lasalle	$61,000
45	Anthony Merritt	$60,977
46	Brittney Kruse	$59,473
47	Paulino Ramos III	$57,558
48	Alicia Tudor	$56,754
49	Erin Cleveland	$56,516
49	Nori Peterson	$56,516
51	Lisa Brewer	$55,427
52	Kimberley Moore	$54,894
53	Ollie Miller	$53,118
54	Adriana Leal	$53,000
55	Kelvin Myers	$51,000
56	Cruz Michael De La	$50,546
57	Jeremy Blackman	$50,505
57	Sandee Boodhan	$50,505
57	Cendy Brister-Antley	$50,505
57	Juanita Garner	$50,505
57	Deandre Gary	$50,505
57	Sheri Hard	$50,505
57	Mary Hernandez	$50,505
57	Kara Kirby	$50,505
57	Sherri Parsons	$50,505
57	Donna Payne	$50,505
57	Amber Perryman	$50,505
57	Amy Robles	$50,505
57	Lisa Valdez	$50,505
70	Sara Trevino	$49,733
71	Angela Delgado	$49,695
71	Monica Felix	$49,695
71	Lillian Hiles	$49,695
71	Janet Howe	$49,695
71	Elizabeth Wollitz	$49,695
76	Amanda Moreno	$49,395
76	Jessica Parras	$49,395
78	Ariana Gonzalez	$48,333
79	Rita Chapin	$48,168
79	Christine Rodriguez	$48,168
81	Michael Azzato	$47,951
82	Francisco Rios	$47,629
83	Natalie Merritt	$47,125
83	Charles Sanchez	$47,125
85	Jamie Brewer	$46,916
85	Faiza Hashmi	$46,916
85	Farrah Hoffman	$46,916
85	Andrea Kizzie	$46,916
85	Rose Morris	$46,916
90	Phyllys Anthony	$46,264
90	Mayte Childs-Kallus	$46,264
90	Craig Depoyster	$46,264
90	Emmanuel Guevarra	$46,264
90	Pedro Guzman	$46,264
90	Patrina Henry	$46,264
90	Stephanie Pecora	$46,264
90	Stephen Sauls	$46,264
90	Aida Valadez	$46,264
99	Sheila Spensley	$45,972
100	D'Ashtreia Butler	$45,870