Amarillo Gazette

Texas Emergency Services Retirement System paid an average compensation of $57,889 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	Shirley Hays	$100,000
2	Leonard Oberhoff	$80,004
3	Jessica O\'Brien	$58,008
4	Maria Martinez	$42,632
5	Chana Kramer	$42,540
6	Scott Miller	$42,000
7	Cassandra Davis	$40,037