Amarillo Gazette

Board of Professional Geoscientists paid an average compensation of $76,523 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	Rene Truan	$109,157
2	Pamela Parks	$75,000
3	Elsa Paynes	$66,934
4	Rebecca Funderburg	$55,000