Hill Country Chronicle

Texas Department of Transportation paid an average compensation of $58,659 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	James Bass	$344,000
2	William Hale	$294,000
3	Marc Williams	$284,000
4	Benjamin Asher	$276,817
5	Brian Ragland	$274,000
6	Richard McMonagle	$258,000
7	Anh Selissen	$247,500
8	Darran Anderson	$245,692
9	Claude Lee	$238,500
10	Brian Barth	$237,928
11	Quincy Allen	$237,000
12	Jeffrey Graham	$234,000
13	Benito Ybarra	$231,000
14	Robert Kaufman	$209,100
15	Carl Johnson	$206,400
16	Eliza Paul	$205,000
16	Gina Gallegos	$205,000
16	Harold Ferguson Jr.	$205,000
19	Mohamed Bur	$202,800
20	Steven Warren	$193,600
21	Carlos Swonke	$191,919
22	Gerard Haddican II	$189,000
23	Pedro Alvarez	$186,983
24	David McMillan	$186,018
25	Jessica Butler	$186,000
26	Stephen Stewart	$184,800
26	Chad Bohne	$184,800
28	Valente Olivarez Jr.	$184,446
29	Lance Simmons	$183,606
30	Vernon Webb	$182,400
31	Tomas Trevino	$182,000
32	James Stevenson	$180,000
32	Duane Milligan	$180,000
32	Kyle Madsen	$180,000
32	Marisabel Ramthun	$180,000
32	Stanley Swiatek	$180,000
37	John Speed	$175,032
38	Lynn Isaak	$174,840
39	David Salazar	$174,191
40	Miles Garrison	$174,000
41	Martin Rodin	$173,750
42	Martin Smith	$172,530
42	Elias Rmeili	$172,530
44	Kenneth Stewart	$169,387
45	John Ingram Jr.	$168,629
46	Blair Johnson	$168,000
46	Christopher Cowen	$168,000
46	Kelly Morris	$168,000
46	Jere Williams	$168,000
46	Thomas Allbritton	$168,000
51	Trent Thomas	$166,860
52	Paul Reitz	$166,409
53	Noel Paramanantham	$165,510
54	Rebecca Blewett	$165,100
55	Graham Bettis	$165,000
56	Eric Gleason	$163,878
57	Michael Chacon	$163,800
58	Ceason Clemens	$163,200
58	Daniel Harmon	$163,200
60	Craig Otto	$163,141
61	Miguel Arellano	$162,240
62	Jonathan Bean	$158,400
62	Varuna Singh	$158,400
64	John Cordary Jr.	$157,368
65	Charon Williams	$156,456
66	Michael Beaver	$156,000
67	Kristin Alexander	$155,988
68	Leonard Reese	$154,716
69	James Koch	$154,500
70	Rex Costley	$153,600
71	Peter Espy	$152,512
72	Dalton Pratt	$152,019
73	Bobby Anderson	$152,000
74	Carol Luschen	$151,900
75	John Hudspeth	$150,840
76	Clayton Ripps	$150,000
76	Ryan Barborak	$150,000
76	Alanna Bettis	$150,000
76	Mary Griss	$150,000
76	Jason Pike	$150,000
81	Benjamin Engelhardt	$149,835
82	Linda Sexton	$149,556
83	Gregory Cedillo	$149,460
84	Lucio Vasquez	$149,347
85	Ricardo Gonzalez	$149,208
86	Jesus Valtier	$148,800
87	Roger Beall	$148,542
88	Jeffrey Bush	$148,320
89	Martin Horst	$147,900
90	Angela Parker	$147,606
91	Michael Bolin	$147,600
92	Samuel Salazar	$147,299
93	Michael Bryant	$146,594
94	George Villarreal	$145,704
95	Elizabeth Hallmark	$145,677
96	Steven Pryor	$145,248
97	Geir-Eilif Kalhagen	$145,200
98	Caroline Mays	$144,612
99	Norma Garza	$144,000
99	Brenan Honey	$144,000