Amarillo Gazette

Department of Licensing and Regulation paid an average compensation of $59,576 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	Brian Francis	$185,250
2	David Gonzales	$170,000
2	Christina Kaiser	$170,000
2	Mike Arismendez Jr.	$170,000
5	Bradford Bowman	$145,000
6	Jodi Ashlock	$132,000
7	Sharon Homoya	$128,000
8	Simon Skedd	$125,000
9	Charles Johnson	$120,000
9	Della Lindquist	$120,000
11	Randolph Nesbitt	$119,000
12	Drena McEachern	$118,910
13	Ronald Foster Jr.	$117,000
13	Charlotte Melder	$117,000
15	Raymond Pizarro	$116,000
15	Virgil Seals	$116,000
17	Brandy Corrales	$115,000
18	Victoriano Casas III	$114,000
19	Wendy Pellow	$112,000
20	Kenny Wright	$108,000
21	Howard Parham	$106,000
22	James Corral	$102,324
23	Tanya Skaarup	$102,000
23	Danny Magness	$102,000
25	Mary Winston	$101,000
25	Jorge Centeno Jr.	$101,000
27	Elizabeth Salinas-Strittmatter	$99,000
27	Stuart Strnad	$99,000
27	Douglas Jennings Jr.	$99,000
27	John Medlock	$99,000
31	Shufang Yu	$98,000
32	Laura Pfefferle	$97,500
32	Alex Phipps	$97,500
32	Jessica Escobar	$97,500
32	Molly Fudell	$97,500
32	Troy May	$97,500
37	Yvonne Feinleib	$96,500
37	Heather Muehr	$96,500
39	Samuel Couvillon	$95,000
39	Burnett Gladney	$95,000
41	Karen Cox	$94,000
41	Mia Settle	$94,000
41	Trevor Theilen	$94,000
44	Jacqueline Revilla	$93,500
44	Eric Beverly	$93,500
44	Stephen Bruno	$93,500
47	Christine Orozco	$93,406
48	Lori Walker	$92,000
49	Sharday Edmond	$90,780
50	Eloy Gonzalez Jr.	$90,500
51	Margaret Owen	$90,000
52	Lisa Mendoza-Lopez	$89,500
53	Liao Lin	$87,423
54	Derek Burkhalter	$87,000
55	Phong Doan	$86,000
55	Margarita Shine	$86,000
57	Charlotte Craig	$85,000
57	Anthony Read	$85,000
57	Chris Funderburg	$85,000
57	Jessica Hurtado	$85,000
57	Armando Alejandro	$85,000
57	Teresa Alvarez	$85,000
63	Robby Troutt	$84,167
64	Michael Fickel	$84,089
65	Aroosa Nizami	$83,000
65	Roberto Reyes Jr.	$83,000
65	Amanda Barrera	$83,000
65	Rebecca Burkhalter	$83,000
69	Gregory Leroy	$82,615
70	Khaled Haggag	$82,500
70	Deborah Montgomery	$82,500
72	Debra Jackson	$82,265
73	Stephanie Harris	$82,000
74	Christina Tzaperas	$81,000
75	Jose Ornelas	$80,100
76	Natalie Olvera	$80,000
76	Juliane Crocker	$80,000
76	Aaron Heath	$80,000
76	Hemant Makan	$80,000
76	Lorenza Martinez	$80,000
81	Donna Lipke	$79,875
81	James Murnan	$79,875
83	Haregeweyn Demoz	$79,500
84	Thomas Wiggins	$79,000
85	Russel Taulli	$78,123
86	Edward Morrison	$78,000
87	Delisa Hamilton	$77,500
88	Morgen Cuming	$77,420
88	Jaime Erebia	$77,420
88	Victoria Meza	$77,420
91	Teddie James	$77,160
92	Nancy Banuelos-Gamble	$77,075
93	James Coffman	$77,004
94	Jose Ponce	$77,000
95	Jerry Daniel	$76,957
96	Marsha Godeaux	$76,000
96	Donaciano Vara IV	$76,000
98	Tuan Nguyen	$75,000
98	Riordon Regina Garza	$75,000
98	Christopher Russey	$75,000