Amarillo Gazette

Department of Housing and Community Affairs paid an average compensation of $69,167 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	Robert Wilkinson II	$192,299
2	James Eccles	$157,888
3	Brooke Boston	$156,498
4	Homero Cabello Jr.	$156,453
5	David Cervantes	$154,037
6	Monica Galuski	$150,431
7	Michael Lyttle	$146,265
8	Mariana Salazar	$145,000
9	David Smith	$130,000
10	Mark Scott	$126,816
11	Michael Deyoung	$126,289
12	Jeffrey Pender	$119,494
13	Monita Johnson-Henley	$118,948
14	James Hicks	$118,148
15	Cathy Gutierrez	$117,588
16	Kassu Asfaw	$117,384
17	Abigail Versyp	$117,256
17	Jose Guevara	$117,256
19	Larry Mercadel Jr.	$116,880
20	Margaret Holloway	$116,362
21	Roger Stewart	$116,068
22	Megan Sylvester	$113,416
23	Adrian Guzman	$109,477
24	Teresa Morales	$109,180
25	Elizabeth Yevich	$106,056
26	Nicole Krueger	$105,985
27	Ricardo Medina	$103,262
28	Rosalio Banuelos	$102,639
29	Earnest Hunt Jr.	$101,945
30	Brenda Hull	$100,191
31	Wendy Quackenbush	$100,000
32	Stephanie D\'Couto	$99,780
33	Elena Peinado	$98,939
34	Lucila Trevino	$98,701
35	Kristina Vavra	$96,627
36	Ricardo Ochoa	$96,000
37	Heather Hodnett	$95,152
38	Amy Jones	$94,380
39	Nina Wiggins	$92,329
40	Catherine Jung	$92,316
41	Bradlee Dansbee	$90,734
42	Anthony Gatica	$89,958
43	Thomas Cavanagh	$89,443
44	Daniel Shea	$88,800
44	Erica Garza	$88,800
44	Raul Salazar	$88,800
47	William Turner	$88,437
48	Chad Landry	$88,407
49	Jose Ruz	$86,856
50	Spencer Duran	$86,735
51	Jo Taylor	$86,321
52	Charlotte Flickinger	$86,000
53	Alena Morgan	$85,000
53	Jose Rios	$85,000
55	Fernando Guajardo	$84,996
56	Ysella Kaseman	$84,939
57	Neda Sanjar	$84,386
58	Glynis Vitanza	$84,001
58	Naomi Cantu	$84,001
60	Terry Barhorst Jr.	$84,000
61	Gavin Reid	$83,636
62	Cody Campbell	$83,304
63	Andre Adams	$83,204
64	William Rowe	$83,134
65	Laura White	$82,188
66	John Tomme	$82,000
67	Paul Ford	$81,678
68	Jeanna Adams	$81,323
69	Lorrie Lopez	$80,695
70	James Oliva	$80,076
71	Cristina Ortega	$80,000
71	Isaac Quintanilla	$80,000
73	Ophelia Guerrero	$79,825
74	Graciela Garcia	$79,717
75	Cindy Bocz	$79,660
76	Albert Alvidrez	$78,250
77	Laura Saintey	$78,202
78	Sergio Salinas	$78,098
79	Dechontelle Patience	$77,929
80	Laichu Leung	$77,500
81	Laura Sargent	$77,400
82	Catharine Tracz	$77,011
83	Rita Gonzales-Garza	$76,304
84	Carmen Roldan	$76,011
85	Christine Andrade	$76,000
86	Lee Ann Chance	$75,924
87	Shannon Roth	$74,586
88	Rachel Metting	$74,493
89	Robert Gross	$74,448
89	Jeremy Johnson	$74,448
91	Melissa Whitehead	$74,141
92	Yesenia Ayala	$74,047
93	Kristina Tirloni	$73,947
94	Benjamin Sheppard	$73,788
95	Jacquelyn Welsh	$73,260
96	Gregg Kazak	$73,065
97	Jason Burr	$72,786
98	William Cranor	$72,363
99	Jeremy Stremler	$72,207
100	Angelica Arriola	$72,172