Amarillo Gazette

Texas Facilities Commission paid an average compensation of $58,526 during 2021, this was more 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	Michael Novak	$190,248
2	John Raff	$189,069
3	Diane Jackson	$152,000
4	Joel Speight	$150,000
5	Marty Martinez	$130,000
6	Stephen Foster	$128,750
7	Sonya Etheridge	$125,000
8	Marthisela Walsh	$120,877
9	Craig Wingfield	$119,077
10	Armando Garza	$115,000
11	Farshad Shahsavary	$110,036
12	Martha Gamez-Smith	$110,000
13	Rafael Arredondo	$108,000
13	Steven Halpin	$108,000
15	Kristy Fierro	$106,000
16	Steven Brown	$105,000
17	Richard Gamino Jr.	$101,200
18	Evangelia Edwards	$101,000
19	Kelley Glaeser	$100,000
20	Julia Gribble	$99,976
21	Mark Diaz	$99,860
22	Matthew Groce	$99,744
23	Martin Blair	$99,000
24	Robert Sandberg	$98,800
25	Jay Franklin	$98,500
26	Bailey Gonzalez	$98,076
27	Frederic Hall	$97,004
28	Hossein Nezamabadi	$96,700
29	Davis Gayla Beckham	$96,300
30	Walter Tacquard	$95,000
30	Kathryn Panak	$95,000
30	George Wells	$95,000
33	Dragan Maric	$94,500
34	Yolanda Strey	$93,738
35	Daniel Yen	$92,170
36	James Overton	$91,945
37	Dorothy Spearman	$91,545
38	Michael Williams	$91,020
39	Richard Glancey	$91,000
40	Guillermo Munoz	$90,000
40	Noreen Ozment	$90,000
40	Prince Chavis	$90,000
40	William Knapp Jr.	$90,000
40	Cheryl Taylor	$90,000
40	Jonathan Conant	$90,000
40	Kevin Mathis	$90,000
47	Miguel Morales	$88,500
48	Joel Stokes	$88,008
49	Nientzu Hsia	$85,000
50	James Gonzalez	$84,000
50	John Hickson	$84,000
50	James Lacombe	$84,000
50	Cassidy Galindo	$84,000
54	Elma Velasco	$82,200
55	Robert Kuykendall	$81,996
56	Robert Schryer	$81,100
57	Michelle Ash	$80,849
57	Patrick Barry	$80,849
59	Michael Barker	$80,040
60	Ivana Maric	$80,004
61	Pedro Garcia	$79,774
62	Ian Bishop	$78,972
63	Shonte Gordon	$78,953
64	Jeffry Mullins	$78,288
65	Kyle Howard	$78,000
66	Marc Jessie	$77,000
67	Jon Smart	$77,000
68	Morris Miller	$75,850
69	Veronica Perez	$75,600
70	Teionne Woods	$75,000
70	Kevin Hagood	$75,000
70	Travis Deer	$75,000
70	Nick Sultemeier	$75,000
70	Joshua Weise	$75,000
75	Laura Hall	$73,836
76	Samuel Coonrod	$73,500
77	Laura Mangalindan	$73,418
78	Amanda Brainard	$73,356
79	Terry Aning	$72,096
80	Melissa Hill	$72,012
81	Francoise Luca	$72,000
81	Josh Yang	$72,000
83	Susan Robinson	$71,750
84	Mary Sacharnoski	$70,200
85	Ida Dalhover	$70,044
86	James Hickman	$70,000
86	James Howard	$70,000
86	Damian Rojas	$70,000
86	Christopher Blount	$70,000
86	Heidi Gonzales	$70,000
91	Danny Simms	$70,000
91	Mario Sanchez	$70,000
91	Michael Henneke	$70,000
91	Brandon Fuchs	$70,000
91	Christina Minnifee	$70,000
91	Mandy Burrell	$70,000
97	Leslie Bowman	$69,778
98	Jenny Ruiz	$69,000
99	David Roes	$68,042
100	Ofelia Matamoros	$68,004