Panhandle Times

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board paid an average compensation of $78,418 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	Harrison Keller	$299,813
2	Lori Fey	$250,008
2	Ray Martinez	$250,008
2	Rey Rodriguez	$250,008
5	Nichole Bunker-Henderson	$195,000
6	Kenneth Martin	$175,001
6	Mark Poehl	$175,001
6	Zhenzhen Sun	$175,001
9	Melissa Henderson	$175,000
10	Julie Eklund	$165,000
10	Stacey Silverman	$165,000
10	Michelle Singh	$165,000
10	Marjorie Barrett	$165,000
10	Robert Booker	$165,000
10	Emily Cormier	$165,000
16	Lesli Gattis	$157,000
17	Tina Jackson	$150,000
17	Charles Contero-Puls	$150,000
19	Elizabeth Bolin	$140,004
20	John Wyatt	$135,233
21	Leslie Hall	$135,000
21	Amy Peterson	$135,000
23	Karen Taylor	$130,671
24	Dakota Doman	$125,000
24	Elizabeth Mayer	$125,000
26	Rinn Harper	$123,614
27	Lesa Moller	$123,514
28	Glenn Osher	$118,163
29	William Tramel	$115,001
30	Stacie Jakle	$114,206
31	Decha Reid	$110,917
32	Linda Natal	$110,000
33	Ginger Gossman	$109,840
34	Kumara Thatipelli	$109,398
35	David Young	$108,163
36	Michael Myers	$108,000
36	Jason Brockdorf	$108,000
38	Peter Donton	$105,000
39	Suzanne Morales-Vale	$103,658
40	Wesley Ogilvie	$103,085
41	Akeel Din	$101,136
42	Stephen Wessels	$97,860
43	Paul Maeyaert	$96,766
44	Lizette Montiel	$96,600
45	Mark Kirksey	$96,390
46	Samjhana Kc	$95,004
47	Andrias Jones	$95,000
48	Ruby Stevens-Morgan	$94,800
49	Kelly Polden	$94,490
50	Bradley Broaddus	$93,436
51	Aporajita Ahmed	$92,489
52	Vikram Muralidharan	$92,004
53	Lakshmy Haridas	$91,989
54	Keith Finley	$90,000
54	Erin Willig	$90,000
56	Jo-Chun Chiu	$89,400
57	Victor Reyna	$89,352
58	Claudette Jenks	$88,001
59	James Goeman	$87,774
60	Katherne Carson	$87,283
61	Latha Kaliyur	$87,000
61	Rajeswari Kandasamy	$87,000
63	Linda Hargrove	$86,817
64	Reinold Cornelius	$86,475
65	Cathie Maeyaert	$85,557
66	James Love	$85,000
66	Jacqueline Boilard	$85,000
66	Elizabeth Chivers	$85,000
69	Jeffry Kosub	$83,640
70	Jennifer Gonzales	$82,000
70	Maeve Lahey	$82,000
72	Leah Smalley	$81,604
73	Gilbert Habarurema	$81,600
74	Ruben Leal	$80,820
75	Zhengfang Tian	$80,438
76	Michelle Mindieta	$80,400
77	Melissa Humphries	$80,288
78	Roosevelt Sanchez	$80,127
79	Luci Eargle	$79,560
80	Jamyen Robinson-Hall	$79,198
80	Carol Conner	$79,198
82	James Buchanan	$79,190
83	Cynthia Marrs	$78,996
84	Chelsea Moore	$78,969
85	Michelle Koog	$78,795
86	Keylan Morgan	$78,030
87	Kammi Contreras	$78,019
88	Melinda Nobles	$78,000
89	Orane Douglas	$77,868
90	Marie Burks	$77,000
91	Kamel Rahab	$76,000
92	John Dinning	$75,000
92	Shellie Schultz	$75,000
94	Mingqing Jin	$74,534
95	Lijing Zhao	$74,198
96	Robert Gurecky	$74,182
97	Laurie Frederick	$74,067
98	Shebah Spears	$73,542
99	Bobby Lane	$73,017
100	Ramya Dande-Rajasekar	$72,968