Hill Country Chronicle

Comptroller of Public Accounts, State Energy Conse paid an average compensation of $85,616 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	Eddy Trevino	$109,004
2	David Schiller	$97,931
3	Denise Brooks	$95,376
4	Alfredo Yebra	$92,228
5	Leshawn Manus	$78,000
6	Margaret Garcia	$65,000
7	Mary Morales	$61,773