Panhandle Times

Texas Veterans Commission paid an average compensation of $51,208 during 2020, this was less than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

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	Thomas Palladino	$151,123
2	Shawn Deabay	$128,400
3	Charlie Osborne Jr.	$121,524
4	Charles Catoe	$115,500
5	Michelle Nall	$103,416
6	Blake Harris	$100,002
7	Sue Jevning	$91,200
8	Tina Marberry	$90,000
8	John Bryant	$90,000
10	Gary Lee	$84,000
10	James Martin	$84,000
10	James Bracken	$84,000
10	Elaine Zavala	$84,000
14	Dianne Coy	$81,600
15	Doug Rozunick	$80,000
16	Charles Bryant	$78,500
17	Michael Bardis	$78,000
18	Adrain King	$77,400
18	Tony Ramirez	$77,400
18	Lawrence Denton Jr.	$77,400
21	Richard Jimenez	$77,040
22	Gregorio Talamantez	$76,500
23	Krystle Matthews	$75,600
23	Anna Baker	$75,600
23	Ronald Scoggins II	$75,600
23	Tycin Thompson	$75,600
27	Darlene Cote	$75,000
27	Paula Taylor	$75,000
29	Ervey Leos Jr.	$74,460
30	Julie Dillard	$74,424
31	Megan Tamez	$72,000
31	Ruben Villarreal	$72,000
31	Julio Harros	$72,000
31	Gary Ivy	$72,000
31	Michael Jaeger	$72,000
36	Linda Alexander	$71,400
37	Curtis Chalupa	$70,800
38	Theresa Gibson	$70,608
39	Christopher Wood	$70,000
40	Greg Shigemasa	$69,950
41	Webster Erin Donoghue	$69,000
42	Arnoldo Alaniz II	$68,670
43	Melanie Moynahan	$68,640
44	Timothy Shatto	$67,248
45	Lawrence Cruz	$66,720
46	Khaliah Rawls	$66,000
47	William Dwiggins	$64,062
48	Erin McGann	$64,008
49	Sandra Covin	$62,730
50	Randolph Binford	$62,040
50	Andrea Watts	$62,040
50	Donald Harris	$62,040
53	Mark Renninger	$61,800
54	Sean Jevning	$61,788
54	Jo Ikard	$61,788
56	Christina Mortel	$61,200
56	Virgie Herrera	$61,200
58	Jeffrey Richey	$60,015
59	Arlene Perez	$60,000
59	Yocasta Reynoso	$60,000
59	John Wilson	$60,000
62	Kevin Bowes	$58,800
62	Daniel Clark	$58,800
62	Willie Cooper	$58,800
62	David Dohme	$58,800
62	Margaret Young	$58,800
62	Robert Hetzel	$58,800
68	Paul Rivera	$58,200
69	German Biedenfeld	$57,837
70	Jose Ramirez	$57,588
71	Philip Kraus	$57,000
71	Roberto Macias	$57,000
71	Cheryl Aldridge	$57,000
71	Rosa Barrera	$57,000
71	Richard Pallanez	$57,000
71	Bryan Brown	$57,000
71	Thomas Carter	$57,000
71	Zachary Stoddard	$57,000
71	Arthur Swezey	$57,000
71	Jana Else	$57,000
71	Gabriel Torres	$57,000
71	Igmedio Gasmen	$57,000
83	Melissa HroMcIk	$56,856
84	Charles Benson	$56,784
85	Cindy Romeo	$56,534
86	Michael Malone	$55,836
87	Victoria Thompson	$55,620
88	Cindy Orendorff	$55,440
88	Michael Diggs	$55,440
88	Justin Greiner	$55,440
91	Todd Arend	$55,200
91	Maggie Peterson	$55,200
91	Gregory Pyrek	$55,200
91	Nelson Touchett	$55,200
95	Sherry Byard	$55,130
96	Cindy Kirksey	$55,128
96	Thomas Tichy	$55,128
98	Der Kleij Desiree Van	$55,000
99	Cynthia Kendrick	$54,996
99	Cynthia Lendof	$54,996