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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 Employees Retirement System in 2021
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Veal | $395,000 |
| 2 | Porter Wilson | $331,923 |
| 3 | Leighton Shantz | $293,144 |
| 4 | Robert Sessa | $291,461 |
| 5 | Catherine Terrell | $280,000 |
| 6 | Cynthia Hamilton | $276,500 |
| 7 | Anthony Curtiss | $270,947 |
| 8 | John Streun | $269,370 |
| 9 | Sierra Perez Pablo De La | $252,522 |
| 10 | Ricardo Lyra | $241,875 |
| 11 | Peter Ehret | $238,763 |
| 12 | Lauren Honza | $232,819 |
| 13 | Timothy Reynolds | $232,604 |
| 14 | Andrew Hodson | $227,411 |
| 15 | Darren Hughes | $223,062 |
| 16 | Carlos Chujoy | $219,661 |
| 17 | Elizabeth Martin | $211,621 |
| 18 | Kelley Hewell | $210,423 |
| 19 | Diana Kongevick | $205,000 |
| 20 | Nancy Lippa | $203,385 |
| 21 | Ryan Cheryl Scott | $203,333 |
| 22 | Gaye Pharr | $200,290 |
| 23 | Davis Peacock | $198,662 |
| 24 | Charles Turner | $195,500 |
| 25 | John Murphy | $195,216 |
| 26 | Keith Lyons | $192,471 |
| 27 | Amanda Burleigh | $190,800 |
| 27 | Brannon Andrews | $190,800 |
| 29 | Michael Clements | $188,061 |
| 30 | William Nail | $185,000 |
| 31 | Annie Xiao | $183,491 |
| 32 | Chineque Sterns | $180,350 |
| 33 | Gabrielle Schreiber | $180,274 |
| 34 | Jennifer Chambers | $180,000 |
| 35 | Panayiotis Lambropoulos | $178,736 |
| 36 | Thomas Rashman | $177,726 |
| 37 | Robin Hardaway | $176,041 |
| 38 | Amy Cureton | $173,532 |
| 39 | Thomas Roberts | $170,358 |
| 40 | Anthony Chavez | $169,334 |
| 41 | George Lynch | $164,991 |
| 42 | Antonio Cardona | $164,819 |
| 43 | Andrew Okun | $161,813 |
| 44 | Emily Miller | $160,000 |
| 45 | Seenfun Mok | $156,256 |
| 46 | Kenneth McDowell | $153,084 |
| 47 | David Lacy | $151,445 |
| 48 | Nicholas Maffeo | $150,409 |
| 49 | Blaise Duran | $150,002 |
| 50 | Ryan Wilkinson | $145,869 |
| 51 | Nancy McCarthy | $145,346 |
| 52 | Siu Lung David Law | $145,008 |
| 53 | Teofilo Bacungan Jr. | $144,984 |
| 54 | Richard Inzunza | $144,272 |
| 55 | Mark Long | $143,842 |
| 56 | Michael Shoop | $143,707 |
| 57 | Ashley Collier | $143,312 |
| 58 | James Gassman | $142,000 |
| 59 | Georgina Bouton | $141,609 |
| 60 | David Wagenseller | $141,000 |
| 61 | Ian Smith | $140,000 |
| 62 | Talal Qatato | $138,986 |
| 63 | Robert Newhall | $138,673 |
| 64 | Derek Sadowsky | $134,550 |
| 65 | Joseph Knight | $134,544 |
| 66 | Christy Davis | $132,865 |
| 67 | Benjamin Schuman | $132,140 |
| 68 | June Kim | $131,916 |
| 69 | Scott Schrier | $131,809 |
| 70 | Wendy McAdams | $131,750 |
| 71 | Andrew Tisinger | $129,911 |
| 72 | Johnny Taylor | $129,221 |
| 73 | Hau Yuan | $128,415 |
| 74 | Kathryn Tesar | $127,373 |
| 75 | Bernie Hajovsky | $127,309 |
| 76 | Michael Miller | $126,562 |
| 77 | Adriana Ballard | $123,270 |
| 78 | Aaron Hatt | $122,435 |
| 79 | Mark Nelson | $122,394 |
| 80 | Matthew Riemersma | $120,950 |
| 81 | Patricia Roano | $120,000 |
| 81 | John Barnes | $120,000 |
| 81 | Kyle Fenton | $120,000 |
| 81 | Francis Barker | $120,000 |
| 85 | Michael McCrary | $119,891 |
| 86 | Meagan Larson | $116,927 |
| 87 | Andrea Dunn | $116,027 |
| 88 | James Wehmeyer | $112,860 |
| 89 | Lakshmi Priya Venkatesan | $112,344 |
| 90 | Kurt Cressotti | $110,784 |
| 91 | Laurie Kuehner | $110,326 |
| 92 | Sriyas Pande | $108,000 |
| 93 | Bernard Stewart | $107,996 |
| 94 | Jennifer Grissom | $107,067 |
| 94 | Halverson Carol Holt | $107,067 |
| 96 | Jose Deleon | $106,296 |
| 97 | Weiyue Liu | $106,248 |
| 98 | Nile Stork | $106,035 |
| 99 | Tressie Landry | $105,984 |
| 100 | Mary Wardlow | $105,421 |
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