Hill Country Chronicle

Teacher Retirement System paid an average compensation of $109,956 during 2021, this was more than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 as the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

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	Jase Auby	$550,000
2	Eric Lang	$415,000
3	Kimberly Carey	$408,000
4	Brian Guthrie	$400,000
5	Mikhael Rawls	$387,992
6	Dale West	$380,000
7	Kathleen Hoffman	$370,000
7	James Nield	$370,000
9	Emerson Halstead	$356,825
10	Neil Randall	$355,000
10	John Gilbert	$355,000
10	Carolyn Hansard	$355,000
10	Grant Walker	$355,000
14	Heather Traeger	$350,025
15	Justin Wang	$337,500
16	Joel Hinkhouse	$330,000
17	Ram Balachandran	$322,350
18	John Cosgrove	$321,144
19	Tamara Polewik	$315,000
20	Scott Ramsower	$310,000
21	Ackeren Kenneth Van	$306,000
22	Michael Lazorik	$305,000
23	Andrew Roth	$304,499
24	Ashley Baum	$303,000
25	Ryan Zafereo	$300,000
25	Craig Rochette	$300,000
25	Matthew Halstead	$300,000
25	Jennifer Wenzel	$300,000
29	Steven Wilson	$295,000
29	Jean-Benoit Daumerie	$295,000
29	Lourdes Llano	$295,000
32	Mark Albert	$290,352
33	Kirk Sims	$290,000
34	William Carpenter	$286,000
34	Yu-Kung Chang	$286,000
34	Daniel Judd	$286,000
37	Denise Lopez	$284,886
38	Mark Telschow	$275,000
39	Scott Gonsoulin	$274,500
40	Stephen Kim	$271,500
41	Brendan Cooper	$267,000
41	Jared Morris	$267,000
43	Shayne McGuire	$266,937
44	Bogdan Poustovoi	$259,258
45	Jaime Llano	$255,000
46	Nichole Burnap	$250,881
47	Chris Cutler	$250,000
47	Donald Green	$250,000
49	Stacey Peot	$246,611
50	Michael Phillips	$240,932
51	John Watkins	$240,768
52	Timothy Koek	$240,000
53	Katrina Daniel	$236,250
54	Joshua Morgan	$234,000
55	Deanna Buck	$232,523
56	Matthew Talbert	$230,000
56	Janet Bray	$230,000
56	Kyle Schmidt	$230,000
59	John Hall	$230,000
60	Bianca Green	$229,278
61	Michael Simmons	$228,360
62	Kendall Courtney	$228,000
63	Steven Poliner	$227,094
64	Steven Peterson	$226,000
65	Thomas Albright	$225,000
66	Marissa Hogan	$224,997
67	William Simmons	$223,881
68	Demetrius Pope	$222,508
69	Caasi Smith-Lamb	$220,000
70	Barbara Pearson	$220,000
70	Martin Cano	$220,000
70	Kaitlin Miles	$220,000
73	Richard Campbell	$218,244
74	Hao Li	$215,000
74	Kevin Notaro	$215,000
76	Francis Crown	$212,906
77	Mark Cassens	$212,783
78	Merita Zoga	$212,000
79	Donald Carter	$210,708
80	Kyle Wynne	$210,000
80	Wayne Speer	$210,000
82	Derek Sbrogna	$208,000
83	Pai Wu	$207,835
84	Marvin Henry	$207,480
85	Hasim Mardin	$205,500
86	Khoi Tran	$202,972
87	Amanda Jenami	$200,725
88	Janie Duarte	$200,000
89	Frances Torres	$198,519
90	Steve MacHicek	$198,000
90	Kelly Newhall	$198,000
92	Kevin Wakley	$197,915
92	Stephanie Perkins	$197,915
92	Alice McAfee	$197,915
95	Layne Johnson	$195,000
95	Horacio Zambrana	$195,000
95	Roberto Moreno	$195,000
98	Edward Stroud	$195,000
99	Adrienne Powell	$191,360
100	David Cox	$190,865