El Paso Standard

Eighth Court of Appeals paid an average compensation of $99,772 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	Yvonne Rodriguez	$187,800
2	Georgena Roberts	$169,400
3	Jeffrey Alley	$154,000
4	Kirk Cooper	$113,300
5	Elizabeth Flores	$107,120
6	Justin Stevens	$90,500
7	Rachel Moreno	$90,125
8	Cathy Bradford	$83,894
9	Kevin Parish	$82,400
10	Kristina Rocha	$79,825
10	Victoria Espinoza	$79,825
12	Rosalba Gonzalez	$53,560
12	Laura Garcia	$53,560
14	Stuart Alfsen	$51,500