Panhandle Times

School For The Blind And Visually Impaired paid an average compensation of $49,270 during 2019, this was less 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	Emily Coleman	$142,159
2	Miles Fain	$130,769
3	Sara Merritt	$124,066
4	Pamela Darden	$123,816
5	Kathrine Borg	$121,900
6	Shelly Allen	$117,396
7	Susan Morrison	$107,184
8	Dan Hampton	$104,040
8	Cheryl Williams	$104,040
10	Valerie Perwein	$98,101
11	Debra Sewell	$97,097
12	Brian McDonald	$96,216
13	Sally Freeman	$94,020
14	Tad Doezema	$92,680
14	Eden Hagelman	$92,680
16	G'Nell Price	$92,678
17	Christine Cowan	$87,768
18	Keith Kirschling	$87,600
19	Daniel Wheeler	$85,800
20	Joshua Splinter	$83,400
21	Susan Houghtling	$82,152
22	Cecilia Robinson	$82,027
23	Jason Knight	$81,972
24	Cheryl Austin	$80,400
24	Matthew Schultz	$80,400
26	Lynne McAlister	$78,422
27	Scott Baltisberger	$78,400
28	Scott Brackett	$78,008
29	Cyrenna Villegas	$77,880
30	Amber Powell	$75,520
31	Cynthia Adcock	$74,400
32	Shanna Hamilton	$73,856
33	Catherine Olsen	$73,788
34	Byron Barry	$73,008
35	Edgenie Bellah	$72,797
36	David Wiley	$72,525
37	Douglas Bigham	$72,000
38	Kathryn Heitman	$71,689
39	Kathryn Ellis	$71,593
40	Sara Kitchen	$70,707
40	Deanna Peterson	$70,707
42	Molly Omelchuck	$69,600
43	Chris Montgomery	$69,090
44	Kristina Wibbenmeyer	$68,672
45	Adam Graves	$68,362
46	John Rose	$68,269
47	Cynthia Bachofer	$67,511
48	Gian Calaci	$67,272
49	Mary Shore	$66,422
50	Carrie Farraje	$65,931
51	Janet Bean	$65,744
52	David Houghtling	$64,068
53	Betty Lindgren	$63,941
54	Bethany Hepokoski	$63,689
55	Susan O'Brien	$63,468
56	Kaycee Bennett	$63,324
57	Katherine Garza	$61,970
58	Allison Kemp	$61,836
59	Tammy Reed	$60,492
60	Steven Landry	$60,384
61	Karen Cosentino	$60,240
62	Kendra Dorty	$59,340
63	Mark Gronquist	$58,056
64	Craig Abbe	$58,000
64	Denise Lehe	$58,000
66	Amy Kraizman	$57,600
67	Jewel Walker	$57,528
68	Morgan Barton	$56,490
68	Carta Sara Bradley	$56,490
68	Ariel Spiker	$56,490
71	Mike Bittinger	$56,376
72	Debra Rushing	$56,292
73	Robert Woodruff	$55,467
74	C. Broadway	$55,176
75	Miriam Miramontes	$55,164
76	Jason Andrews	$55,032
77	Tyler Thompson	$54,840
78	Beth Bailey	$54,445
79	Eva Fisher	$54,192
80	Bethany Johnson	$53,545
81	Michelle Cogan	$53,004
82	Amanda Anguiano	$52,945
83	Phoebe Williams	$52,188
84	Bryan Maffett	$51,996
85	Ellen Grimmett	$51,792
85	Wendy Weeks	$51,792
87	Jennifer Daily	$51,756
88	Robyn Kinley	$51,456
89	Patricia Robinson	$51,427
90	Ashley Barker	$51,384
91	Courtney Canady	$51,000
91	Benjamin Mohrbacher	$51,000
91	John Parsons	$51,000
94	Roseanna Godinez	$50,288
95	Ezequiel Zaragoza	$50,232
96	Mark Ramirez	$50,004
97	Vicki Weston	$48,756
97	Jeanne Williamson	$48,756
99	Annie Wilson	$48,588
100	Christina Casas	$48,564