Amarillo Gazette

Sunset Advisory Commission paid an average compensation of $72,699 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	Jennifer Jones	$174,000
2	Steven Ogle	$120,000
3	Amy Trost	$119,074
4	Erick Fajardo	$90,700
4	Kathryn Hricik	$90,700
4	Emily Johnson	$90,700
7	Merrell Foote	$87,100
8	Robert Romig	$86,000
9	Anya Wiley	$82,600
10	Janet Wood	$78,000
11	Danielle Nasr	$77,904
12	Tamara Aronstein	$70,000
13	Alan Leonard	$66,000
13	Darren McDivitt	$66,000
15	Lauren Ames	$63,000
16	Morgan Constantino	$62,400
17	Rachel Gandy	$61,000
17	Andrew McConnell	$61,000
19	Trisha Linebarger	$52,400
20	Janelle Roberts	$52,000
20	Miguel Senaida San	$52,000
20	Sadie Smeck	$52,000
23	Alicia Seagraves	$49,000
24	Katherine Drews	$47,000
24	Christopher Keslar	$47,000
24	Andrew Vree	$47,000
27	Ashley Thomas	$47,000
28	Elizabeth Jones	$44,000