Amarillo Gazette

Texas Department of Transportation paid an average compensation of $61,184 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	Marc Williams	$344,000
2	Brian Barth	$300,000
2	Brandye Hendrickson	$300,000
4	William Hale	$294,000
5	Benjamin Asher	$276,817
6	Richard McMonagle	$258,000
7	Jeffrey Graham	$256,000
8	Benito Ybarra	$249,480
9	Anh Selissen	$247,500
10	Lance Simmons	$237,000
10	Quincy Allen	$237,000
12	Stephen Stewart	$228,000
13	Darran Anderson	$210,000
14	Gerard Haddican II	$209,100
14	Eliza Paul	$209,100
14	Robert Kaufman	$209,100
17	Mohamed Bur	$208,884
18	Carl Johnson	$206,400
19	Harold Ferguson Jr.	$205,000
19	Gina Gallegos	$205,000
21	Steven Warren	$193,600
22	Valente Olivarez Jr.	$187,213
23	Chad Bohne	$187,202
24	Pedro Alvarez	$186,983
25	David McMillan	$186,018
26	Jessica Butler	$186,000
27	Tomas Trevino	$185,640
28	Tracey Johnson	$185,000
29	Kyle Madsen	$183,600
30	Vernon Webb	$182,400
31	Amanda Landry	$180,000
31	James Stevenson	$180,000
31	Stanley Swiatek	$180,000
31	Ryan Barborak	$180,000
31	Doug Booher	$180,000
31	Marisabel Ramthun	$180,000
31	Martin Gonzalez	$180,000
31	Duane Milligan	$180,000
39	David Salazar	$177,675
40	Elias Rmeili	$175,980
41	Rebecca Blewett	$175,900
42	Michael Chacon	$175,266
43	Lauren Garduno	$175,032
44	Martin Rodin	$175,001
45	Lynn Isaak	$174,840
46	Graham Bettis	$173,250
47	Jere Williams	$171,360
47	Kelly Morris	$171,360
49	Eric Gleason	$170,000
50	Kenneth Stewart	$169,387
51	Ceason Clemens	$168,720
52	John Ingram Jr.	$168,629
53	Michael Beaver	$168,480
54	Martin Horst	$168,000
54	Blair Johnson	$168,000
54	Thomas Allbritton	$168,000
54	Christopher Cowen	$168,000
54	Daniel Harmon	$168,000
59	Miguel Arellano	$167,107
60	Trent Thomas	$166,860
61	Charon Williams	$166,622
62	Noel Paramanantham	$165,510
63	Varuna Singh	$164,580
64	Craig Otto	$163,141
65	Darwin Lankford	$160,000
66	John George	$160,000
67	Bobby Anderson	$158,000
68	Mary Griss	$157,500
69	John Cordary Jr.	$157,368
70	Roger Beall	$157,084
71	Samuel Salazar	$156,135
72	John Hudspeth	$156,000
72	Jeffrey Davis	$156,000
74	Kristin Alexander	$155,988
75	Leonard Reese	$154,716
76	James Koch	$154,500
77	Carol Luschen	$154,420
78	Rex Costley	$153,600
79	Jeffrey Bush	$153,360
80	Benjamin Engelhardt	$152,832
81	Elizabeth Hallmark	$152,500
82	Dalton Pratt	$152,019
83	Clayton Ripps	$150,000
83	Michael Bolin	$150,000
83	Jason Duncan	$150,000
83	Joan Henderson	$150,000
83	Enad Mahmoud	$150,000
83	Alanna Bettis	$150,000
83	Charles Benavidez	$150,000
83	Jason Pike	$150,000
83	Ryan Jackson	$150,000
83	Michael Bryant	$150,000
83	Jeffrey Harmon	$150,000
83	Ana Mijares	$150,000
95	Ugonna Ughanze	$149,690
96	Gregory Cedillo	$149,460
97	Lucio Vasquez	$149,347
98	Ricardo Gonzalez	$149,208
99	Brenan Honey	$148,920
100	Norma Garza	$148,896