El Paso Standard

Health Professions Council paid an average compensation of $67,442 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	John Monk	$85,801
2	Hieu Nguyen	$84,000
3	Angelique Berumen	$81,000
4	Adolph Kocurek	$78,900
5	Glenn Harris	$49,992
6	Rita Ybarra	$46,800
7	Richard White	$45,600