Amarillo Gazette

State Auditor's Office paid an average compensation of $89,830 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	Lisa Collier	$220,000
2	Verma Elliott	$172,712
3	Angelica Ramirez	$172,497
4	Angie Welborn	$172,172
5	Jo Guzman	$165,000
6	James Timberlake	$164,940
7	Cesar Saldivar	$159,029
8	Sharon Schneider	$140,156
9	Robert Smith	$139,150
10	Hillary Eckford	$138,252
11	Justin Griffin	$136,422
12	Courtney Ambres-Wade	$134,697
13	Dennis Bushnell	$134,598
14	Michael Simon	$133,005
15	Michael Stiernberg	$132,696
16	Michael Clayton	$132,559
17	Rebecca Beachy	$131,027
18	Lauren Godfrey	$130,221
19	Barry Holcomb	$130,203
20	Jennifer Wiederhold	$130,148
21	Michelle Feller	$126,922
22	Garth Faigley	$125,575
23	Joyce Inman	$122,940
24	Michael Dula	$122,307
25	Debra Serrins	$122,210
26	Willie Hicks	$121,500
27	Stacey Williams	$118,592
28	Anca Pinchas	$118,398
29	Ileana Barboza	$118,246
30	Dana Musgrave	$118,108
31	Aysem Tamur	$117,419
32	Mary Wise	$117,279
33	Sonya Tao	$117,000
34	Michael Yokie	$116,786
35	Jules Hunter	$115,357
36	Carol Oberrender	$115,060
37	Jennifer Brantley	$113,975
38	Robert Pagenkopf	$113,722
39	Jeannette Garcia	$112,234
40	Jennifer Lehman	$111,884
41	Gregory Adams	$111,785
42	Kelley Ngaide	$110,946
43	Robert Bollinger	$110,018
44	Juan Sanchez	$109,674
45	Kelsey Arnold	$109,658
46	Robert Kiker	$106,593
47	Fabienne Robin	$106,053
48	Amadou Ngaide	$105,781
49	Ann Karnes	$105,460
50	Jeffery Patschke	$105,060
51	Denise Becker	$104,995
52	Philip Stringer	$104,683
53	Tessa Mlynar	$103,700
54	Laraine Tai	$102,871
55	Matthew Owens	$102,748
56	Charles Wilson	$102,163
57	Lilia Srubar	$102,156
58	Anna Howe	$102,095
59	Thomas Mahoney	$101,981
60	Krista Steele	$101,663
61	Blythe Valenzuela	$100,112
62	Judith Millar	$98,838
63	Rebecca Franklin	$98,183
64	Sarah Jane Puerto	$98,115
65	Joseph Kozak	$97,718
66	Eric Ladejo	$96,932
67	Morgan Burandt	$96,598
68	Janet Milkovic	$96,017
69	Scott Labbe	$95,986
70	Robert Burg	$94,910
71	Pamela Bradley	$94,810
72	Adam Ryan	$91,285
73	Kelly Bratton	$90,988
74	Jeffrey Criminger	$90,891
75	Bianca Pineda	$90,879
76	James White	$90,865
77	Benjamin Keyfitz	$90,799
78	Namita Pai	$90,442
79	Jerod Heine	$88,383
80	Aaron Daigle	$88,269
81	Ryan Belcik	$87,623
82	Orlando Sauceda	$86,005
83	Melissa Jones	$84,870
84	Cody Smith	$84,729
85	John Woodruff	$84,530
86	Taylor Huff	$83,567
87	Valerie Bogan	$83,205
88	Quang Tran	$83,100
89	Nakeesa Shahparasti	$82,742
90	Jennifer Duran	$82,194
91	Link Wilson	$82,112
92	Fuente Rogelio De La	$82,000
93	Rachel Goldman	$81,464
94	Jacqueline Thompson	$81,375
95	Arnton Gray	$80,904
96	Kathy-Ann Moe	$80,702
97	Jamin Williams	$80,197
98	Elizabeth Ballensky	$79,831
99	Ashley Keyfitz	$78,772
100	Wesley Berry	$78,770