Amarillo Gazette

Office of Public Insurance Counsel paid an average compensation of $87,271 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	Melissa Hamilton	$149,976
2	Kenneth Lovoy	$115,872
3	Marion Grant	$110,000
4	Patricia Zapata	$100,287
5	Kimberly Donovan	$100,250
6	Carla Burhans	$66,000
7	Talia Bright	$61,000
8	Maryalice Costilla	$41,494
9	Christina Muniz	$40,560