Amarillo Gazette

House of Representatives paid an average compensation of $47,467 during 2021, this was less than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 as the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

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	Enrique Marquez	$220,008
1	James Dyer	$220,008
3	Hugh Brady	$212,000
3	Sharon Carter	$212,000
5	James Freeman	$190,800
6	Kelly Mitchell	$175,008
7	Caitlin Meisenheimer	$150,000
8	Justin Williamson	$144,000
8	John Buxie	$144,000
8	Benjamin Lancaster	$144,000
8	Ellic Sahualla	$144,000
12	Matthew Lamon	$132,720
13	Melissa Bradford	$130,000
14	Serna Andrea Stingley	$127,284
15	Abby Raines	$123,000
16	Suzanne Bowers	$121,440
17	Scott Siebert	$120,840
18	Tamoria Jones	$120,000
18	Amanda Elaguizy	$120,000
20	Helmut Talton	$116,400
20	Amanda Willard	$116,400
22	Doran Jennifer Teigen	$114,480
22	Stacey Nicchio	$114,480
22	Robert Haney	$114,480
25	Jesus Moreno	$114,000
26	Lynlie Wallace	$111,372
27	Ruben Aguillon	$111,300
28	William Seilheimer	$110,004
29	Cheryl Lively	$108,000
29	Summer Luciano	$108,000
29	Dalton Moore	$108,000
29	Jacob Reagan	$108,000
29	Brigitt Hartin	$108,000
29	Ashley Westenhover	$108,000
35	William Johnson	$106,000
36	Sydney Watts	$105,000
37	Christian Hayes	$104,880
38	Gabriel Reyes	$104,832
39	Terra Willett	$102,120
40	Shannon Houston	$102,000
40	Scott Stier	$102,000
40	Jessica Allen	$102,000
43	Alonzo Vidal	$101,760
44	Logan Harrison	$101,520
45	Laura Hendrickson	$100,145
46	Rodriguez Juan Medina	$99,600
47	Casey Christman	$99,000
48	Pamela Lawson	$96,000
48	Sarah Henry	$96,000
48	Jeffrey Madden	$96,000
48	Elizabeth Crownover	$96,000
48	Daniel Giese	$96,000
48	Jeffrey Carlson	$96,000
54	Scott Williams	$95,998
54	Patricia Mills	$95,998
56	Curtis Smith	$95,280
57	Samuel Bacarisse	$95,040
58	Sara Hays	$93,600
59	George Hewitt	$93,301
60	Georgeanne Palmer	$93,000
61	David Nicholson	$92,400
62	Julie Young	$92,004
63	Ikenna Okoro	$90,100
64	Michael Black	$90,100
65	Saul Mendoza	$90,000
65	Darren Keyes	$90,000
65	Bobby Dale III	$90,000
65	Payton Spreen	$90,000
65	Travis Griffin	$90,000
65	Tiffany White	$90,000
65	Vanessa Tanner	$90,000
65	Stephanie Chiarello	$90,000
65	Amanda Foster	$90,000
65	Brittney Baldovinos	$90,000
75	Amy Bruno	$88,800
75	Celina Overbo	$88,800
77	Michael Blackwell	$88,124
78	Jeff Frazier II	$87,600
79	Brittney Madden	$87,180
80	Julie Atkinson	$87,000
80	Susanna Feather	$87,000
82	Erika Lacey	$86,572
82	Barbara Mokry	$86,572
84	Michael Paylor	$86,400
84	Milda Mora	$86,400
86	Nicholas Wat	$85,000
87	Damian Duarte	$84,982
88	Irene Constancio	$84,804
89	Benjamin Williams	$84,000
89	Micah Cavanaugh	$84,000
89	Anna Hynes	$84,000
89	Mathis Terri Pressley	$84,000
89	Tammy Pirtle	$84,000
89	Jennifer Brader	$84,000
89	Victoria Smith	$84,000
89	James Johnson	$84,000
89	Cesar Obregon	$84,000
89	William Byerly	$84,000
99	Matthew Abel	$83,760
100	Kellie Dworaczyk	$82,909