Abilene Times

Office of Court Administration paid an average compensation of $82,312 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	David Slayton	$197,415
2	Maria Ramon	$160,000
3	Jennifer Henry	$153,000
3	Casey Kennedy	$153,000
3	Jeffery Rinard Jr.	$153,000
6	Megan Lavoie	$150,000
7	Geoffrey Burkhart	$146,000
7	Lynn Garcia	$146,000
7	Jeffrey Tsunekawa	$146,000
10	Brett Watkins	$140,000
11	Winton Webster	$126,000
11	Gregory Wettman	$126,000
11	Maurice Aguilar	$126,000
11	Katherine Wilson	$126,000
11	Lisa Andrews	$126,000
11	Phillip Arrien	$126,000
11	Dawn Baardsen	$126,000
11	Carry Baker	$126,000
11	Gary Banks	$126,000
11	Susan Barclay	$126,000
11	David Barkley	$126,000
11	James Belton	$126,000
11	Alyce Bondurant	$126,000
11	Eddi Campbell	$126,000
11	Nick Catoe Jr.	$126,000
11	Casey Conine	$126,000
11	Sean Cook	$126,000
11	Christopher Cornish	$126,000
11	Kara Darnell	$126,000
11	Catherine Degerolami	$126,000
11	Diane Dockery	$126,000
11	Beauford Downs	$126,000
11	Shelly Dukes	$126,000
11	Julian Durst	$126,000
11	Maya Evans	$126,000
11	Robert Falkenberg	$126,000
11	Ismael Flores	$126,000
11	Jeremy Fowler	$126,000
11	Delia Gonzales	$126,000
11	Phyllis Gonzalez	$126,000
11	Jack Graham	$126,000
11	Ruth Grant	$126,000
11	Robert Griffin	$126,000
11	Lorraine Griffith	$126,000
11	Lisa Hubacek	$126,000
11	Andrea James	$126,000
11	Cherami Jenkins	$126,000
11	Meg Jordan	$126,000
11	Kelley Kimble	$126,000
11	Kenneth Leggett	$126,000
11	Karen Lewis	$126,000
11	John Lockwood	$126,000
11	David Longoria	$126,000
11	Nereida Lopez	$126,000
11	Deane Loughmiller	$126,000
11	Cheryll Mabray	$126,000
11	Dulce Madrigal	$126,000
11	Melissa McClenahan	$126,000
11	Belinda Mendez	$126,000
11	Selina Mireles	$126,000
11	Lisa Moore	$126,000
11	Charles Moreland	$126,000
11	Conrad Moren	$126,000
11	Mary Morton	$126,000
11	Nikki Mundkowsky	$126,000
11	Michael Nelson	$126,000
11	April Propst	$126,000
11	Jamie Rawlinson	$126,000
11	Antonio Rodriguez	$126,000
11	Eric Rodriguez	$126,000
11	Gilbert Rosas	$126,000
11	Tracey Scown	$126,000
11	Dallas Sims	$126,000
11	Reedy Spigner	$126,000
11	Daniel Stavinoha	$126,000
11	Thomas Stuckey	$126,000
11	Judy Sundstrom	$126,000
11	Pamala Talley	$126,000
11	Kelley Tesch	$126,000
11	Veronica Torrez	$126,000
11	Cheryl Vaughan	$126,000
11	Joe Vickers	$126,000
11	Carlos Villalon Jr.	$126,000
84	Susan Chamberlain	$118,000
85	Charlotte Miller	$116,120
86	Brian Gibson	$108,000
86	Gerald Shackelford	$108,000
88	Michele Henricks	$104,000
88	Leigh Tomlin	$104,000
90	Melissa Winblood	$100,000
90	Margie Johnson	$100,000
90	Robert Smith	$100,000
93	Edwin Colfax	$98,000
93	Preston Ehlers	$98,000
93	Angela Garcia	$98,000
93	Carol Harper	$98,000
97	Melanie Adrian	$95,000
97	Sam Levario	$95,000
97	Emilio Morales	$95,000
100	Hector Gomez	$94,000