Hill Country Chronicle

15.4 percent of employees at the Governor's Office, Trustee Programs earned between $75,000-$100,000 in 2021, according to The Texas Tribune.

59.8 percent of employees at the Governor's Office, Trustee Programs earned $50,000-$75,000.

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.

Rank	Individual	Department	Salary
1	Beau Michelle Le	Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas	$608,850
2	Jase Auby	Teacher Retirement System	$550,000
3	Eric Lang	Teacher Retirement System	$415,000
4	Kimberly Carey	Teacher Retirement System	$408,000
5	Brian Guthrie	Teacher Retirement System	$400,000
6	David Veal	Employees Retirement System	$395,000
7	Mikhael Rawls	Teacher Retirement System	$387,992
8	Barney Timmins III	Texas Education Agency	$384,375
9	Dale West	Teacher Retirement System	$380,000
10	James Nield	Teacher Retirement System	$370,000
10	Kathleen Hoffman	Teacher Retirement System	$370,000
12	Emerson Halstead	Teacher Retirement System	$356,825
13	Carolyn Hansard	Teacher Retirement System	$355,000
13	Grant Walker	Teacher Retirement System	$355,000
13	John Gilbert	Teacher Retirement System	$355,000
13	Neil Randall	Teacher Retirement System	$355,000
17	Heather Traeger	Teacher Retirement System	$350,025
18	Marc Williams	Texas Department of Transportation	$344,000
19	Justin Wang	Teacher Retirement System	$337,500
20	Porter Wilson	Employees Retirement System	$331,923
21	Joel Hinkhouse	Teacher Retirement System	$330,000
22	Ram Balachandran	Teacher Retirement System	$322,350
23	John Cosgrove	Teacher Retirement System	$321,144
24	Anca Ion	Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company	$320,000
25	Tamara Polewik	Teacher Retirement System	$315,000
26	Scott Ramsower	Teacher Retirement System	$310,000
27	Ackeren Kenneth Van	Teacher Retirement System	$306,000
28	Michael Lazorik	Teacher Retirement System	$305,000
29	Andrew Roth	Teacher Retirement System	$304,499
30	Ashley Baum	Teacher Retirement System	$303,000
31	Brandye Hendrickson	Texas Department of Transportation	$300,000
31	Brian Barth	Texas Department of Transportation	$300,000
31	Craig Rochette	Teacher Retirement System	$300,000
31	Jennifer Wenzel	Teacher Retirement System	$300,000
31	Matthew Halstead	Teacher Retirement System	$300,000
31	Ryan Zafereo	Teacher Retirement System	$300,000
37	Harrison Keller	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board	$299,813
37	Steven McCraw	Department of Public Safety	$299,813
39	Carlos Veintemillas	Texas Education Agency	$295,640
40	Jean-Benoit Daumerie	Teacher Retirement System	$295,000
40	Lourdes Llano	Teacher Retirement System	$295,000
40	Steven Wilson	Teacher Retirement System	$295,000
43	William Hale	Texas Department of Transportation	$294,000
44	Leighton Shantz	Employees Retirement System	$293,144
45	Robert Sessa	Employees Retirement System	$291,461
46	Mark Albert	Teacher Retirement System	$290,352
47	Cecile Young	Health and Human Services Commission	$290,258
48	Kirk Sims	Teacher Retirement System	$290,000
49	Daniel Judd	Teacher Retirement System	$286,000
49	William Carpenter	Teacher Retirement System	$286,000
49	Yu-Kung Chang	Teacher Retirement System	$286,000
52	Sarah Hicks	Office of the Governor	$285,000
53	Denise Lopez	Teacher Retirement System	$284,886
54	Carlos Castro	Texas Education Agency	$282,344
54	John Grubenman	Texas Education Agency	$282,344
56	Wayne Roberts	Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas	$281,875
57	Catherine Terrell	Employees Retirement System	$280,000
57	Michael Morrissey	Senate	$280,000
59	Benjamin Asher	Texas Department of Transportation	$276,817
59	Bethany Hughes	Health and Human Services Commission	$276,817
59	Jisha Philip	Health and Human Services Commission	$276,817
59	John Harper	Health and Human Services Commission	$276,817
59	Karola White	Health and Human Services Commission	$276,817
59	Magdalene Hopkins	Health and Human Services Commission	$276,817
59	Satyajit Satpathy	Health and Human Services Commission	$276,817
59	Scott Lepor	Texas Juvenile Justice Department	$276,817
67	John Martin	General Land Office and Veteran's Land Board	$276,816
68	Cynthia Hamilton	Employees Retirement System	$276,500
69	David Nelson	Senate	$276,000
70	Jordan Hale	Office of the Governor	$275,600
71	Bryan Collier	Texas Department of Criminal Justice	$275,501
72	Brent Webster	Office of the Attorney General	$275,000
72	Mark Telschow	Teacher Retirement System	$275,000
74	Scott Gonsoulin	Teacher Retirement System	$274,500
75	Arthur Austin	Health and Human Services Commission	$274,443
76	Barbara Beadles	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,219
77	Ames Marquez	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
77	Daniel Evans	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
77	David Gonzalez	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
77	Lakshmi Kaza	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
77	Mark Messer	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
77	Md David Moron	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
77	Nikolaus Kubista	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
77	Robert Lee	Health and Human Services Commission	$273,000
85	Stephen Kim	Teacher Retirement System	$271,500
86	John Hellerstedt	Department of State Health Services	$271,083
87	Anthony Curtiss	Employees Retirement System	$270,947
88	Lesia Trickett	Health and Human Services Commission	$270,000
89	John Streun	Employees Retirement System	$269,370
90	Brendan Cooper	Teacher Retirement System	$267,000
90	Jared Morris	Teacher Retirement System	$267,000
92	Shayne McGuire	Teacher Retirement System	$266,937
93	Lisa Craven	Comptroller of Public Accounts	$266,255
94	Tran Quan	Health and Human Services Commission	$265,527
95	Felix Torres	Health and Human Services Commission	$265,000
95	Jeffery Matthews	Health and Human Services Commission	$265,000
95	Luis Saenz	Office of the Governor	$265,000
95	Michael Reissig	Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company	$265,000
99	Kevin Wacasey	Health and Human Services Commission	$262,500
100	Ashton Wickramasinghe	Health and Human Services Commission	$260,757