Panhandle Times

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board paid an average compensation of $73,310 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	Harrison Keller	$299,813
2	Linda Battles	$201,804
3	David Gardner	$198,066
4	William Franz	$192,750
5	Kenneth Martin	$159,464
6	Julie Eklund	$158,385
7	Zhenzhen Sun	$157,527
8	Stacey Silverman	$154,516
9	Robert Booker	$153,044
10	Mark Poehl	$143,123
11	John Wyatt	$135,233
12	Charles Contero-Puls	$134,891
13	Karen Taylor	$130,671
14	Mary Smith	$130,000
15	Rinn Harper	$123,614
16	Lesa Moller	$123,514
17	Glenn Osher	$118,163
18	Hege Jennifer Cullinane	$114,770
19	Stacie Jakle	$114,206
20	Decha Reid	$110,917
21	Ginger Gossman	$109,840
22	David Young	$108,163
23	Michael Myers	$108,000
24	Peter Donton	$105,000
24	William Tramel	$105,000
26	Suzanne Morales-Vale	$103,658
27	Kumara Thatipelli	$103,206
28	Wesley Ogilvie	$103,085
29	Gordon Taylor	$102,000
30	Hector Yanez	$99,811
31	Stephen Wessels	$97,860
32	Paul Maeyaert	$96,766
33	Lizette Montiel	$96,600
34	Mark Kirksey	$96,390
35	Samjhana Kc	$95,004
36	Ruby Stevens-Morgan	$94,800
37	Kelly Polden	$94,490
38	Bradley Broaddus	$93,436
39	Aporajita Ahmed	$92,489
40	Vikram Muralidharan	$92,004
41	Lakshmy Haridas	$91,989
42	Theresa Lopez	$90,003
42	Linda Natal	$90,003
44	Dakota Doman	$90,000
44	Keith Finley	$90,000
46	Jo-Chun Chiu	$89,400
47	Victor Reyna	$89,352
48	George Olufsen	$88,200
49	Claudette Jenks	$88,001
50	James Goeman	$87,774
51	Constance Cooper	$87,668
52	James Bronson	$87,336
53	Katherne Carson	$87,283
54	Jason Brockdorf	$87,000
54	Latha Kaliyur	$87,000
56	Linda Hargrove	$86,817
57	Reinold Cornelius	$86,475
58	Jose Rios	$85,684
59	Cathie Maeyaert	$85,557
60	Jeffry Kosub	$83,640
61	Leah Smalley	$81,604
62	Gilbert Habarurema	$81,600
63	Ruben Leal	$80,820
64	Melissa Humphries	$80,288
65	Roosevelt Sanchez	$80,127
66	Luci Eargle	$79,560
67	Carol Conner	$79,198
67	Jamyen Robinson-Hall	$79,198
69	Holly Kosiewicz	$79,131
70	Cynthia Marrs	$78,996
71	Michelle Koog	$78,795
72	Keylan Morgan	$78,030
73	Kammi Contreras	$78,019
74	Melinda Nobles	$78,000
75	Orane Douglas	$77,868
76	Kamel Rahab	$76,000
77	Erin Willig	$75,275
78	John Dinning	$75,000
79	Lijing Zhao	$74,198
80	Robert Gurecky	$74,182
81	Shebah Spears	$73,542
82	James Buchanan	$73,200
83	Joan Williams	$72,663
84	Pedro Salinas	$72,427
85	Vanessa Malo	$72,284
86	Lloyd Cooper	$72,155
87	Michelle Mindieta	$72,042
88	Chelsea Moore	$71,790
89	Jennifer Gonzales	$71,788
90	Sharon Epstein	$70,732
91	Floyd Birt	$70,390
92	Joanne Carson	$70,269
93	Jennifer Loehlin	$70,119
94	Elizabeth Steele	$69,538
95	Cecil Hiller	$68,857
96	Ramya Dande-Rajasekar	$68,823
97	Mingqing Jin	$67,759
98	Michael Carrier	$67,678
99	Lisa Paiz	$67,600
100	Thien Au	$67,590