Amarillo Gazette

Office Of Capital And Forensic Writs paid an average compensation of $65,604 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	Benjamin Wolff	$148,510
2	Carlotta Lepingwell	$97,380
3	Maro Robbins	$87,100
4	Ashley Steele	$75,000
5	Sarah Brandon	$73,000
6	Mark Fuller	$61,680
6	Rhiannon Hamam	$61,680
6	Tanya Rivera	$61,680
6	Michelle Ward	$61,680
6	Leslie Wine	$61,680
11	Torrance Castellano	$60,000
12	Sandra Justice	$58,883
13	Bonnie Bacarisse	$56,540
13	Devon Greenwood	$56,540
13	Rachel Manning	$56,540
16	Charlotte Davis	$51,260
17	Ashley Salinas	$48,121
18	Courtney Lewis	$47,000
18	Thomas Lombardo	$47,000
20	Paige Massaker	$40,800