Panhandle Times

Credit Union Department paid an average compensation of $81,965 during 2020, this was more 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	John Kolhoff	$192,500
2	Robert Etheridge	$155,964
3	Yolanda Dumas	$129,000
3	Kisheena Williams	$129,000
5	Kerry Strickland	$128,220
6	Joel Arevalo	$108,756
7	John Lee	$108,672
8	Presley Norris	$83,760
9	Robert Reid	$76,980
10	Winnefred Jackson	$76,080
11	Frank Carter	$75,408
12	Maria Velasquez	$74,112
13	Dirk Anderson	$74,100
14	Glenn Cook	$73,212
15	Andrew Eubanks	$70,992
15	Becerra Dulce Garcia	$70,992
17	Clemensia Cisneros	$66,480
17	Jestin Joseph	$66,480
19	Roderick Lusk	$65,832
20	Michael Nguyen	$63,924
21	Araceli Castro	$59,196
22	Matthew Barrier	$51,660
23	Russell Clifton	$49,284
23	Valarie Stripling	$49,284
25	Patricia Bryant	$42,708
26	Cassia Flores	$37,080
27	Flor Gomez	$33,372