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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.
The 100 highest earners at Legislative Budget Board in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry McGinty II | $220,000 |
| 2 | Andrew Blifford | $212,749 |
| 3 | Wayne Pulver | $197,000 |
| 3 | Nora Velasco-Herrera | $197,000 |
| 5 | Matthew Medford | $182,000 |
| 5 | Stewart Shallow | $182,000 |
| 5 | Scott Dudley | $182,000 |
| 8 | Leora Rodell | $157,474 |
| 9 | Dmitry Rozinsky | $145,600 |
| 10 | Mark Wiles | $140,079 |
| 11 | Kevin Kavanaugh | $138,338 |
| 12 | Malika Te | $134,000 |
| 13 | Michael Vanderburg | $132,000 |
| 14 | Bryan Ricke | $130,520 |
| 15 | Melitta Berger | $130,000 |
| 16 | Thomas Galvan | $127,000 |
| 17 | Aaron Henricksen | $126,000 |
| 18 | Alma White | $125,700 |
| 19 | Paul Klein | $124,950 |
| 20 | Dominic Craig | $123,000 |
| 21 | Greg Owens | $122,223 |
| 22 | Jordan Smith | $122,000 |
| 23 | Marialaura Molina | $120,000 |
| 24 | John Newton | $118,246 |
| 25 | Samuel Xia | $117,202 |
| 26 | Lena Conklin | $115,000 |
| 26 | Benjamin Cross | $115,000 |
| 26 | Catherine Fallon-Brown | $115,000 |
| 26 | Sarah Glinsmann | $115,000 |
| 30 | Kenneth Digravio | $114,425 |
| 31 | Ruth Rosado | $113,828 |
| 32 | Richard Corbell | $111,042 |
| 33 | Christopher Mattsson | $110,000 |
| 33 | Dushyanth Reddivari | $110,000 |
| 33 | Joseph Shepherd | $110,000 |
| 36 | Marlene Taplin | $105,000 |
| 37 | Michelle Taylor | $104,475 |
| 38 | George Purcell | $100,017 |
| 39 | John Posey | $98,641 |
| 40 | Theodore Holladay | $95,845 |
| 41 | Cameron Cocke | $92,820 |
| 42 | Kendall Garren | $92,405 |
| 43 | Avery Saxe | $92,000 |
| 44 | Ronnie Porfirio | $91,839 |
| 45 | Scott Lewis | $91,477 |
| 46 | George Dziuk III | $90,100 |
| 47 | Kathryn Aldredge | $90,000 |
| 48 | Michael Lasater | $86,782 |
| 49 | Charles Riggs | $86,258 |
| 50 | Kofi Effah | $86,145 |
| 51 | Rachel Stegall | $85,000 |
| 52 | James Kisamore | $84,525 |
| 53 | Bryan Hadley | $83,880 |
| 54 | Samantha Brock | $83,750 |
| 54 | Rustin Dudley | $83,750 |
| 56 | Elizabeth Vela | $82,500 |
| 57 | Allen Greathouse | $81,000 |
| 58 | Benjamin Davis | $80,325 |
| 59 | Bradley White | $77,976 |
| 60 | Mirna Gonzalez | $77,760 |
| 61 | Jeffrey Ebberts | $76,290 |
| 62 | Gina Sweetin | $75,000 |
| 63 | John Montgomery | $73,000 |
| 64 | Christopher Pace | $72,040 |
| 65 | Daniela Fragoso | $71,500 |
| 66 | Louellen Lowe | $71,400 |
| 67 | Kelsey Vela | $71,080 |
| 68 | Amit Patel | $70,000 |
| 68 | Matthew Puckett | $70,000 |
| 68 | Nicole Delaney | $70,000 |
| 71 | Andrea Nikic | $70,000 |
| 72 | Rebecca Stevenson | $69,452 |
| 73 | Claire Stieg | $69,000 |
| 74 | Pamela Bolton | $68,245 |
| 75 | Mercedes Coleman | $67,308 |
| 76 | Eric Solis-Arellano | $66,000 |
| 77 | Andrew Overmyer | $65,600 |
| 78 | Colin Brock | $65,468 |
| 79 | Darren Albrecht | $65,438 |
| 80 | Ramin Rohani | $65,000 |
| 81 | Amanda Kilian | $65,000 |
| 82 | Nicole Ascano | $64,625 |
| 83 | Emily Navarrette | $63,547 |
| 84 | Scott Zaskoda | $60,229 |
| 85 | Dianna Fernald | $59,385 |
| 86 | Krystle Cline | $58,000 |
| 87 | Susannah Paul | $57,513 |
| 87 | David Gillian | $57,513 |
| 89 | Vakeetia Bunton | $57,165 |
| 90 | Benilde Rocha-Cartwright | $56,408 |
| 91 | Jessica Pena | $55,335 |
| 92 | Michael Cooper | $55,000 |
| 92 | Harrison Gregg | $55,000 |
| 92 | Almas Kalhoro | $55,000 |
| 95 | Khoi Tran | $54,863 |
| 96 | Kniesha Niemann | $54,280 |
| 97 | Emily Joslin | $54,000 |
| 98 | Amanda Neil | $53,000 |
| 98 | Meghan Peel | $53,000 |
| 100 | Abraham Alvarenga | $51,500 |
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