Abilene Times

Texas Historical Commission paid an average compensation of $54,699 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	Mark Wolfe	$156,652
2	Joseph Bell	$131,830
3	Tol Miller	$122,330
4	Bradford Patterson	$108,620
5	Lynn Ward	$108,620
6	Charles Sadnick III	$108,611
7	Christopher Florance	$103,469
8	Vaughn Aldredge	$103,121
9	Robert Huggins	$101,858
10	Floy Graham	$100,100
11	Harold Reed	$97,498
12	Anjali Zutshi	$96,482
13	Jada Louhela	$93,108
14	Donald Firsching	$90,746
15	Bradford Jones	$90,000
15	Jimmy Cruse	$90,000
17	Busch Ellen Cone	$88,800
18	Andrew Campbell	$87,691
19	William Irwin	$87,600
20	Rim Schreiber	$86,400
21	Joy Nathan	$85,600
22	Darryl Gaona	$84,000
22	Susan Tietz	$84,000
24	Steve Green	$82,032
25	David Crawley	$81,000
26	Mary Brickley	$78,953
27	Rorie Cartier	$77,736
28	Jonathan Failor	$77,475
29	William Martin	$77,184
30	Debra Drescher	$76,827
31	Michelle Valek	$74,964
32	Karen Sands	$74,375
33	Gregory Smith	$74,013
34	Eva Osborne	$73,500
35	Laura Denormandie	$72,780
35	Britten Barr	$72,780
37	Jeffrey Durst	$72,723
38	Jeffrey Wolfson	$72,000
39	Linda Miller	$71,637
40	Amy Borgens	$71,633
41	James Malanaphy	$71,400
42	Christopher Elliott	$71,400
43	Lisa Harvell	$71,223
44	Tiffany Osburn	$70,835
45	Sarah Page	$69,000
46	Christina Duve	$68,913
47	Henry Hodges Jr.	$68,801
48	Harold Simon-Hassell	$68,796
49	Lydia Woods-Boone	$67,920
50	Angela Reed	$67,486
51	Robert McAuley	$66,998
51	Jason Smith	$66,998
51	Mitchell Baird	$66,998
54	Amy Hammons	$66,189
55	Alan Cox	$66,150
56	Laura Casey	$65,720
57	Robert Brinkman	$65,593
58	Justin Kockritz	$65,340
59	Justin Minsker	$65,000
59	Brandon Vos	$65,000
61	Stepheni Perkins	$64,800
62	Caroline Wright	$63,901
63	Will Cradduck	$63,600
64	Jamie Ross	$63,300
65	Megan Koch	$62,594
66	Patrick Hughey	$62,489
67	Judy George-Garza	$62,458
68	Christian Acevedo	$62,400
69	Lisa Hart	$62,040
70	Rebecca Shelton	$61,836
71	Jennifer McWilliams	$61,781
72	Jeffry Harris	$61,500
72	Marsha Hendrix	$61,500
72	Anthony Souther	$61,500
72	John Akers	$61,500
76	Michael Lebens	$61,200
77	Elizabeth Neumann	$61,051
78	Cynthia Evans	$60,819
78	James Lea	$60,819
80	Teresa Caldwell	$60,711
81	Valerie Magolan	$60,705
82	Theresa Wenske	$60,689
83	Arlo McKee	$60,664
83	Maggie Moore	$60,664
85	Carlyn Hammons	$60,494
86	Roland Pantermuehl	$60,258
87	Maria Rosas	$60,000
87	Lorelei Willett	$60,000
87	Stephen Cure	$60,000
90	Katie Cukerbaum	$59,513
91	Abel Martinez	$59,473
92	Charles Peveto	$59,123
93	Julian Sitters	$58,897
94	Marie Archambeault	$58,896
95	Brian Sukiennik	$58,846
96	Paula Rhodes	$58,744
97	Dori Zapata	$58,590
98	Donna McCarver	$58,399
99	Amanda McVay	$58,388
99	Cody Mobley	$58,388