Amarillo Gazette

Sunset Advisory Commission paid an average compensation of $72,818 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	Jennifer Jones	$174,000
2	Steven Ogle	$120,000
3	Amy Trost	$119,074
4	Erick Fajardo	$90,700
4	Kathryn Hricik	$90,700
4	Emily Johnson	$90,700
7	Merrell Foote	$87,100
8	Robert Romig	$86,000
9	Anya Wiley	$82,600
10	Janet Wood	$78,000
11	Danielle Nasr	$77,904
12	Tamara Aronstein	$70,000
13	Alan Leonard	$66,000
14	Lauren Ames	$63,000
14	Darren McDivitt	$63,000
16	Morgan Constantino	$62,400
17	Andrew McConnell	$61,000
18	Rachel Gandy	$54,500
19	Janelle Roberts	$50,000
19	Miguel Senaida San	$50,000
21	Trisha Linebarger	$49,400
22	Sadie Smeck	$49,000
23	Megan Maldonado	$47,000
23	Jaime Puente	$47,000
23	Alicia Seagraves	$47,000
23	Ashley Thomas	$47,000
27	Elizabeth Jones	$43,000