Hill Country Chronicle

Court of Criminal Appeals paid an average compensation of $97,551 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	Sharon Keller	$204,600
2	Barbara Hervey	$201,600
2	Mary Keel	$201,600
2	Robert Richardson	$201,600
2	Michelle Slaughter	$201,600
6	Richard Walker	$184,800
6	Kevin Yeary	$184,800
6	David Newell	$184,800
9	Sian Schilhab	$129,025
10	Carl Peterson	$113,080
11	Amy Wilson	$112,112
11	Dannet Bock-Barnes	$112,112
11	Donald Cimics	$112,112
11	Catherine Cramer	$112,112
11	Michael Falkenberg	$112,112
11	Deni Garcia	$112,112
11	Kelly Gatewood	$112,112
11	Ingrid Grobey	$112,112
11	Carson Guy	$112,112
11	J. Hart	$112,112
11	Jeremy Hartman	$112,112
11	Jane Hensley	$112,112
11	Leslie Kuykendall	$112,112
11	Kristen Lines	$112,112
11	Elissa Marek	$112,112
11	Megan Molleur	$112,112
11	Marci Motes	$112,112
11	Anna-Kathryn Price	$112,112
11	Lisa Rickenberg	$112,112
11	Trevor Rosson	$112,112
11	Kathleen Schneider	$112,112
11	James Smith	$112,112
11	Paul Still	$112,112
11	Valerie Strauss	$112,112
11	Travis Tran	$112,112
36	Deana Williamson	$98,000
37	Terri Counts	$72,000
38	Diana Norman	$71,000
39	Laura Moorman	$70,000
39	Kelley Reyes	$70,000
41	Mark Adams	$65,000
42	Katherine Abell	$56,540
42	Lynda Charleson	$56,540
42	Alexander Comsudi	$56,540
42	August Dannenmaier	$56,540
42	Tracie Dionne	$56,540
42	Sara Kiely	$56,540
42	Molly Madsen	$56,540
42	Travis Maples	$56,540
50	Amy Strother	$49,647
51	Audrey Banda	$48,000
51	Wade Papadakis	$48,000
53	Diane Cuellar	$47,615
53	Ursula Curtis	$47,615
53	Fuente Andrea De La	$47,615
53	Traci Hall	$47,615
53	Genoveva Mendoza	$47,615
53	Nichole Reedy	$47,615
59	Elizabeth Hancock	$43,118
60	Christina Vasquez-Tapia	$43,092
61	Stefanie Alvarez	$41,000
61	Kassandra Vega	$41,000
63	Joann Dossett	$37,500