Hill Country Chronicle

Texas Historical Commission paid an average compensation of $54,991 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	Mark Wolfe	$156,652
2	Joseph Bell	$131,830
3	Tol Miller	$122,330
4	Bradford Patterson	$108,620
4	Kenneth Biddle	$108,620
6	Charles Sadnick III	$108,611
7	Christopher Florance	$103,469
8	Vaughn Aldredge	$103,121
9	Robert Huggins	$101,858
10	Floy Graham	$100,100
11	Harold Reed	$97,498
12	Anjali Zutshi	$96,482
13	Jada Louhela	$93,108
14	Lynn Ward	$92,640
15	Donald Firsching	$90,746
16	Jimmy Cruse	$90,000
16	Bradford Jones	$90,000
18	Busch Ellen Cone	$88,800
19	Andrew Campbell	$87,691
20	William Irwin	$87,600
21	Sharon Fleming	$87,463
22	Rim Schreiber	$86,400
23	Darryl Gaona	$84,000
24	David Crawley	$81,000
25	Joy Nathan	$80,000
26	Mary Brickley	$78,953
27	Rorie Cartier	$77,736
28	Jonathan Failor	$77,475
29	William Martin	$77,184
30	Debra Drescher	$76,827
31	Susan Tietz	$75,742
32	Michelle Valek	$74,964
33	Karen Sands	$74,375
34	Gregory Smith	$74,013
35	Eva Osborne	$73,500
36	Britten Barr	$72,780
36	Laura Denormandie	$72,780
38	Jeffrey Durst	$72,723
39	Jeffrey Wolfson	$72,000
40	Linda Miller	$71,637
41	Amy Borgens	$71,633
42	James Malanaphy	$71,400
42	Christopher Elliott	$71,400
44	Lisa Harvell	$71,223
45	Tiffany Osburn	$70,835
46	Sarah Page	$69,000
47	Christina Duve	$68,913
48	Henry Hodges Jr.	$68,801
49	Harold Simon-Hassell	$68,796
50	Marcos Dimas	$68,400
51	Angela Reed	$67,486
52	Mitchell Baird	$66,998
52	Robert McAuley	$66,998
52	Jason Smith	$66,998
55	Amy Hammons	$66,189
56	Alan Cox	$66,150
57	Laura Casey	$65,720
58	Robert Brinkman	$65,593
59	Justin Kockritz	$65,340
60	Justin Minsker	$65,000
60	Brandon Vos	$65,000
62	Stepheni Perkins	$64,800
63	Suzanne Subia	$64,218
64	Caroline Wright	$63,901
65	Will Cradduck	$63,600
66	Jamie Ross	$63,300
67	Megan Koch	$62,594
68	Patrick Hughey	$62,489
69	Judy George-Garza	$62,458
70	Christian Acevedo	$62,400
71	Lisa Hart	$62,040
72	Rebecca Shelton	$61,836
73	Jennifer McWilliams	$61,781
74	John Akers	$61,500
74	Jeffry Harris	$61,500
74	Marsha Hendrix	$61,500
74	Anthony Souther	$61,500
78	Michael Lebens	$61,200
79	Elizabeth Neumann	$61,051
80	Cynthia Evans	$60,819
81	Teresa Caldwell	$60,711
82	Valerie Magolan	$60,705
83	Theresa Wenske	$60,689
84	Arlo McKee	$60,664
84	Maggie Moore	$60,664
86	Carlyn Hammons	$60,494
87	Roland Pantermuehl	$60,258
88	Susan Shore	$60,035
89	Lorelei Willett	$60,000
90	Katie Cukerbaum	$59,513
91	Abel Martinez	$59,473
92	Charles Peveto	$59,123
93	Julian Sitters	$58,897
94	Brian Sukiennik	$58,846
95	Paula Rhodes	$58,744
96	Dori Zapata	$58,590
97	Donna McCarver	$58,399
98	Amanda McVay	$58,388
98	Cody Mobley	$58,388
100	Jacquelyn Ainlay-Conley	$58,236