Amarillo Gazette

Texas Military Department paid an average compensation of $56,056 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	Tracy Norris	$191,357
1	Thomas Suelzer	$191,357
3	Monie Ulis	$158,220
4	Shelia Taylor	$149,000
5	James Brown	$147,000
6	William Duff	$128,400
7	Melissa Higgins	$120,000
8	Melissa Harden	$115,008
9	Brian Stevens	$111,540
10	William Childs	$103,008
10	Manuel Perez	$103,008
12	Lindsey Trucinski	$102,000
13	Crystal Bryant	$100,000
14	Arthur Garibay	$99,225
15	Gerald Darren Fitz	$98,406
16	Frank Oduro	$98,400
17	Jim Ray Jr.	$96,720
18	Rodney Fetterolf	$96,618
19	David Boucher	$95,108
20	Denis Feary	$93,434
21	Gabriel Simonds	$92,220
22	Robert Crow	$90,000
23	Bruce Anderson	$89,460
24	Guy Schultz	$88,275
25	Gregory Whiting	$88,259
26	Dedra Dahl	$88,229
27	Nathan Haselhorst	$85,200
28	Elsa Benavidez-Munoz	$84,000
28	John Kandis Jr.	$84,000
28	Santina Saxby	$84,000
28	Cheryl Craft	$84,000
32	Leon McCowan	$83,953
33	Johnny Gately	$83,940
34	David Rolbiecki	$83,622
35	Thomas Loftis	$83,124
36	Howard Moody	$82,964
37	John Veracruz	$82,800
38	Randall Davis	$82,032
39	Blake Taliaferro	$80,972
40	Truett Rogers	$80,730
40	Daniel Popp	$80,730
42	David De Mers	$80,400
43	Robin Howard	$80,256
44	Shelley Smith	$78,840
45	Robby Sullivan	$78,376
46	Michael Banks	$78,000
46	Amanda Meyer	$78,000
48	Robert Finley	$77,772
49	Loraine Guillen	$77,769
50	Christopher Sweeney	$77,040
50	Monroe Wade	$77,040
52	Thakuri Nirjana Shahi	$76,800
53	Robert Biberston	$75,965
54	Linda Brown	$75,801
55	Ardis Harden	$75,600
56	Johnny Porras	$75,549
57	Ruben Alonzo	$75,000
57	Eric Vining	$75,000
59	Dennis Goode	$74,778
60	Le Peterson	$74,340
61	Patrick Yonnone	$74,232
62	Leslie Gervais	$73,956
63	Roble Morales	$73,800
64	Erik Matthies	$73,788
65	Scott Kingsley	$73,500
66	Cynthia Reyes	$73,080
67	Jemott Dennard	$72,790
68	Amy Parker	$72,767
69	Margaret Rivera	$72,758
70	Rogelio Vargas	$72,077
71	Katherine Evans	$72,075
72	Tamika Flowers-Evans	$72,000
72	Michael Ritchie	$72,000
72	Rodrick Cannon	$72,000
72	Thomas Myers	$72,000
72	Janet Williams	$72,000
77	Herbert Praskey	$71,688
78	Jordy Nolan	$71,400
78	Orrin Spence	$71,400
80	Teresa McMillan	$71,280
81	Yezenia Trevino	$71,232
82	Robert Burke	$71,069
83	Gary Alford	$71,028
84	Pakiza Butler	$70,560
85	Dario Hearns	$70,499
86	Clifford Wilhoit	$70,452
87	Audrey Foushee	$70,221
88	Leslie Ornelas	$70,212
88	Bernie Garza	$70,212
90	Jamie Cannone	$70,000
91	Eric Morley	$69,960
92	Paul Izyk	$69,915
93	Carol Bruce	$69,760
94	Elizabeth Bortolussi	$69,600
94	Rhonda Gips	$69,600
96	Yamunalinie Pathmanathan	$69,414
97	Monica Delgado	$69,336
98	Wayne Strebe	$69,303
99	Allyson Allen	$69,216
100	Kelvin Bell	$69,151