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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.
The 100 highest earners at Texas Historical Commission in 2021
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Wolfe | $156,652 |
| 2 | Joseph Bell | $138,421 |
| 3 | Tol Miller | $128,447 |
| 4 | Bradford Patterson | $114,051 |
| 5 | Charles Sadnick III | $114,041 |
| 6 | Daniel Estrada | $111,879 |
| 7 | Christopher Florance | $108,643 |
| 8 | Vaughn Aldredge | $108,277 |
| 9 | Floy Graham | $108,108 |
| 10 | Robert Huggins | $107,970 |
| 11 | Harold Reed | $103,490 |
| 12 | Anjali Zutshi | $103,236 |
| 13 | Bradford Jones | $102,747 |
| 14 | Jada Louhela | $100,556 |
| 15 | Lynn Ward | $99,125 |
| 16 | Amy Rogers | $98,076 |
| 17 | Donald Firsching | $97,099 |
| 18 | Jimmy Cruse | $96,300 |
| 19 | Busch Ellen Cone | $95,016 |
| 20 | William Irwin | $93,732 |
| 21 | Karen Stevenson | $93,406 |
| 22 | Perry Ball | $92,700 |
| 23 | Rim Schreiber | $92,448 |
| 24 | Joy Nathan | $91,421 |
| 25 | Darryl Gaona | $89,880 |
| 26 | Susan Tietz | $88,200 |
| 27 | David Crawley | $86,670 |
| 28 | Steve Green | $86,134 |
| 29 | Dylan McCoy | $84,000 |
| 30 | Mary Brickley | $82,901 |
| 31 | Jonathan Failor | $81,349 |
| 32 | William Martin | $81,043 |
| 33 | Michelle Valek | $80,211 |
| 34 | Karen Sands | $79,581 |
| 35 | Gregory Smith | $78,953 |
| 36 | Britten Barr | $77,875 |
| 36 | Laura Denormandie | $77,875 |
| 38 | Christopher Elliott | $77,475 |
| 39 | Eva Osborne | $77,175 |
| 40 | Linda Miller | $76,651 |
| 41 | Amy Borgens | $76,504 |
| 42 | Jeffrey Durst | $76,359 |
| 43 | Jeffrey Wolfson | $75,600 |
| 44 | James Malanaphy | $74,970 |
| 45 | Lisa Harvell | $74,784 |
| 46 | Tiffany Osburn | $74,377 |
| 47 | Sarah Page | $73,830 |
| 48 | Harold Simon-Hassell | $73,612 |
| 49 | Amy Hammons | $72,840 |
| 50 | Lydia Woods-Boone | $72,674 |
| 51 | Christina Duve | $72,359 |
| 52 | Henry Hodges Jr. | $72,241 |
| 53 | Angela Reed | $72,210 |
| 54 | Mitchell Baird | $71,687 |
| 54 | Jason Smith | $71,687 |
| 54 | Robert McAuley | $71,687 |
| 57 | Laura Casey | $70,320 |
| 58 | Justin Kockritz | $69,914 |
| 59 | Caroline Wright | $69,652 |
| 60 | Justin Minsker | $69,550 |
| 60 | Brandon Vos | $69,550 |
| 62 | Alan Cox | $69,458 |
| 63 | Robert Brinkman | $68,873 |
| 64 | Lisa Hart | $68,244 |
| 65 | Will Cradduck | $68,052 |
| 66 | Stepheni Perkins | $68,040 |
| 67 | Jamie Ross | $67,731 |
| 68 | Anthony Souther | $67,650 |
| 69 | Jennifer McWilliams | $66,105 |
| 70 | Megan Koch | $65,724 |
| 71 | Patrick Hughey | $65,614 |
| 72 | Judy George-Garza | $65,581 |
| 73 | Christian Acevedo | $65,520 |
| 74 | Valerie Magolan | $64,955 |
| 75 | Theresa Wenske | $64,937 |
| 76 | Rebecca Shelton | $64,928 |
| 77 | Carlyn Hammons | $64,728 |
| 78 | Marsha Hendrix | $64,575 |
| 78 | John Akers | $64,575 |
| 80 | Michael Lebens | $64,260 |
| 81 | Lorelei Willett | $64,200 |
| 82 | Elizabeth Neumann | $64,104 |
| 83 | Mallory Laurel | $64,092 |
| 84 | James Lea | $63,860 |
| 85 | Teresa Caldwell | $63,746 |
| 86 | Maggie Moore | $63,697 |
| 86 | Arlo McKee | $63,697 |
| 88 | Katie Cukerbaum | $63,679 |
| 89 | Cody Mobley | $63,642 |
| 90 | Dori Zapata | $63,618 |
| 91 | Sarah Deardorff | $63,600 |
| 92 | Roland Pantermuehl | $63,271 |
| 93 | Julian Sitters | $63,020 |
| 93 | Emily Dylla | $63,020 |
| 95 | Marie Archambeault | $63,019 |
| 96 | Stephen Cure | $63,000 |
| 96 | Maria Rosas | $63,000 |
| 98 | Abel Martinez | $62,447 |
| 99 | Emiliano Calderon | $62,400 |
| 100 | Charles Peveto | $62,079 |
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