Amarillo Gazette

State Preservation Board paid an average compensation of $52,251 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

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	Roderick Welsh	$175,990
2	Bob Cash	$149,800
3	Alice James	$128,817
4	Linda Gaby	$128,664
5	Margaret Koch	$127,000
6	Cynthia Provine	$122,257
7	Erin Christensen	$121,473
8	Barbara Hanus	$115,186
9	Kevin Koch	$107,004
10	Christopher Currens	$106,090
11	Christopher Nunn	$102,500
12	Dale Hernandez	$102,099
13	Joe Medina	$100,301
14	David Byers	$96,985
15	Nathan Stephens	$90,000
16	Deanna Wall	$86,340
17	Derek Lemons	$80,400
17	Katherine Betz	$80,400
19	William Erwin	$78,276
20	Leslie Pawelka	$73,761
21	Robert Davis	$70,046
22	Carolyn Rzeppa	$70,000
23	Susan Beldock	$69,294
24	Lisa Stockton	$68,960
24	Ann Vay	$68,960
26	Douglas Young	$68,930
27	Gilbert Medina	$68,458
28	Rachel Santos-Ramirez	$68,000
29	Robert Tamayo	$66,350
30	Evan Windham	$66,000
31	Valerie Simpson	$65,100
32	Eric Avery	$64,800
33	David Ripper	$64,440
34	Franck Cordes	$64,272
35	Arnold Kleinebecker	$61,992
36	Karen Morris	$61,425
37	Leslie Adkins	$61,148
38	Emily Morris	$60,000
38	John Peel	$60,000
38	Virginia Benavidez	$60,000
41	Hector Medrano	$59,583
42	Misha Buckman	$58,500
43	Kathryn Siefker	$56,770
44	Kaitlin Lloyd-Leva	$56,560
45	Joyce Aldridge	$56,400
46	Andre Bygrave	$56,000
47	David Flanegan	$55,800
48	Elizabeth Garzone	$55,526
49	Subhash Kodinariya	$54,000
49	James McReynolds	$54,000
49	Elizabeth Reid	$54,000
52	Mary Kennedy	$53,024
53	Elithia Rangel	$52,920
54	Michael Juen	$51,849
55	Angela Glasker	$51,600
56	Angela Knoll	$51,000
56	Lily Alpern	$51,000
56	Lindsey Alvarado	$51,000
59	Thomas Wancho	$50,055
60	John Simpson	$50,040
61	James Barela	$49,868
62	Rachel Manning	$49,000
63	Michael Byers	$48,600
64	Reida Pearson	$48,598
65	Carlos Galvan	$48,000
66	Antony Hubbard	$47,981
67	Hannah Kemp	$47,500
68	Steven Aguirre	$47,420
69	Vincent Tamayo	$47,250
70	Melissa Tamporello	$47,004
71	Edward Bopp	$46,800
71	Richard Eisenhour	$46,800
73	Leah Bush	$46,500
73	Michael Dillon	$46,500
75	Alejandro Villalobos	$46,388
76	William Rittenhouse	$46,200
77	Kevin Paris	$46,080
78	Lisa Gentry	$46,000
79	Paige Hester	$45,000
79	Sheryl Baker	$45,000
81	David Pham	$44,805
82	Vashyra Waller	$44,700
83	Peter Castilleja	$44,652
84	Roberto Benavides	$44,512
85	Javier Cavazos	$44,100
86	William Wellborn III	$43,901
87	Phillip Torres	$43,800
88	James Jennings	$43,680
88	Harry Flowers	$43,680
90	Rosemary Rodriguez	$43,020
91	Isaac Edwards	$42,912
91	Freddie Flores	$42,912
93	Stefan Ruff	$42,300
94	Anna Riehl	$42,244
95	Michelle Lambing	$42,000
95	Gregory Caparis	$42,000
95	Bradley Diemer	$42,000
98	Irene Arispe	$41,897
99	Laura Cuellar	$41,228
100	Angelia Hennigan	$40,567