Amarillo Gazette

Comptroller of Public Accounts, State Energy Conse paid an average compensation of $88,926 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	Eddy Trevino	$114,454
2	Denise Brooks	$103,491
3	David Schiller	$102,338
4	Alfredo Yebra	$98,795
5	Leshawn Manus	$83,955
6	John Kyere	$75,240
7	Mary Morales	$67,135
8	Cristina Madrid	$66,000