Hill Country Chronicle

State Commission on Judicial Conduct paid an average compensation of $71,654 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	Jacqueline Habersham	$120,000
2	Michael Graham	$100,000
3	Lorin Hayes	$87,500
4	Ronald Bennett	$85,000
5	Forrest Lumpkin	$80,000
5	George Robertson	$80,000
7	Katherine Mitchell	$75,000
8	Pierson Zindia Thomas	$70,000
9	Kathryn Crabtree	$55,000
9	Cherie Thomas	$55,000
11	Elizabeth Trevino	$50,000
12	Patricia Leal	$37,000
12	Connie Paredes	$37,000