Hill Country Chronicle

State Pension Review Board paid an average compensation of $84,223 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	Kenneth Herbold	$140,000
2	Anumeha Kumar	$126,730
3	Michelle Kranes	$125,000
4	Robert Munter	$80,000
4	Ashley Rendon	$80,000
6	Westley Allen	$70,000
7	James King	$60,000
8	Bryan Burnham	$55,500
9	Mariah Miller	$55,000
10	Lindsay Seymour	$50,000