El Paso Standard

State Law Library paid an average compensation of $63,886 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

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.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Dale Propp	$97,034
2	Amy Small	$76,008
3	Arturo Longoria	$74,004
4	Ruth Sumuel	$65,004
5	Heather Dichiara-Schilling	$60,120
6	Katherine Hoffman	$56,400
7	Laura Gienger	$54,000
7	Elizabeth Nitsch	$54,000
9	Raychel Hardy	$38,400