Amarillo Gazette

Board of Nurse Examiners paid an average compensation of $63,609 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	Katherine Thomas	$166,879
2	Mark Majek	$156,256
3	James Johnston	$141,544
4	Anthony Diggs	$137,771
5	Kristin Benton	$124,897
6	Janice Hooper	$117,027
7	Jena Abel	$116,219
8	Jolene Zych	$110,171
9	Jimmy Caddell	$104,942
10	Virginia Ayars	$102,662
11	Laurie Perez	$95,991
12	Adrian Fletcher	$92,500
13	Denise Benbow	$90,852
14	Wei Zhang	$90,000
15	Gayle Varnell	$89,809
16	John Vanderford	$88,277
17	Nicole Buckingham	$87,586
18	Patricia Vianes-Cabrera	$87,189
19	Diane Burell	$84,132
20	Alexander Ortiz	$84,000
21	Adrienne McDermott	$81,510
21	Beverly Skloss	$81,510
23	Bruce Holter	$80,620
24	Helen Kelleybass	$80,340
25	Danielle Green	$79,708
26	Jacqueline Strashun	$77,553
27	Linda Laws	$76,428
28	Christian Harris	$76,000
29	Timothy Sherman	$75,000
30	Steven Zimmerman	$73,150
31	Elise Moore	$73,120
32	Alexandria Chamberlain	$72,789
33	April Liwanag	$71,773
34	Noemi Vezina	$71,507
35	Christen Werley	$71,087
36	Lisa Smith	$70,359
37	Erin Raesz	$69,747
38	Lucinda French	$68,640
38	Deirdre George	$68,640
40	Joanna Starr	$68,448
41	Kimberly Johnson	$68,310
42	Brian Miller Jr.	$67,500
43	Kizzie Gonzales	$66,001
44	Mary Cazares	$64,449
44	Paul Longoria	$64,449
46	Cynthia Locastro	$64,130
47	Robert Almanza	$63,107
48	Kenneth Smith	$63,000
49	Darryl Holt	$62,979
50	Tabitha Griggs	$62,512
51	Amanda Phillips	$62,100
51	Karen Prendergast	$62,100
53	Juan Delarosa	$59,520
54	Veronica Franco	$57,579
55	Patricia Rebechini	$55,541
56	Jessica Sonen	$55,325
57	Renee Mako	$55,130
58	Rosemary Riojas	$54,826
59	Jason Black	$54,143
60	Tawanda Young	$54,079
61	Sally Perry	$53,144
62	Scott Dehorty	$52,524
63	Gisselle Gonzales	$52,405
64	Jackie Ballesteros	$51,939
65	Carl Disher	$51,901
66	Francely Rogers	$51,701
67	Kyong Monroe	$51,607
68	Roberto Rodriguez Jr.	$51,533
69	Ciara Williamson	$51,070
70	Diana Hernandez	$50,805
71	Carley Whitson	$49,654
72	Mary Nastasi	$47,700
73	Rosaleah Dufour	$47,694
74	Barbara Darling	$47,540
75	Blanca Riojas	$47,011
76	Theresa Wade	$46,781
77	Tamika Rose	$46,465
78	Robert Coleman	$45,581
79	Norma Ballard	$44,812
80	Deborah El-Bathy	$44,342
81	Ashley Moehnke	$44,100
82	Gayna Wilson	$44,075
83	Natalie Turner	$42,616
84	Josefina Rodriguez	$42,000
85	Sarah Maldonado	$40,859
86	Setoria Taylor	$39,465
87	Coleman Tosha Rocquemore	$39,462
88	Andrea Alcala	$39,127
89	Mary Warrington	$39,060
90	Richard Tamez	$38,400
91	Shelly Ann Drummond	$38,130
92	Cynthia Crayton	$37,944
93	Melonie Lundy	$37,800
94	Brandi Kuykendall	$37,200
95	Michelle Odom	$36,540
96	Susan Clawson	$36,000
96	Catherine Dupree	$36,000
96	Mina Hatami	$36,000
99	Jessica Pasillas	$35,280
100	Theresa Evans	$34,841