Abilene Times

Office of Court Administration paid an average compensation of $82,483 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	Megan Lavoie	$211,500
2	Maria Ramon	$164,000
3	Casey Kennedy	$157,000
3	Jennifer Henry	$157,000
3	Jeffery Rinard Jr.	$157,000
6	Geoffrey Burkhart	$150,000
6	Lynn Garcia	$150,000
6	Jeffrey Tsunekawa	$150,000
9	Brett Watkins	$140,000
10	Sara Simmonds	$126,000
10	Shelly Dukes	$126,000
10	Beauford Downs	$126,000
10	Robert Falkenberg	$126,000
10	Ismael Flores	$126,000
10	Kriselda Hinojosa	$126,000
10	Thomas Stuckey	$126,000
10	Daniel Stavinoha	$126,000
10	David Barkley	$126,000
10	Cheryll Mabray	$126,000
10	Kenneth Leggett	$126,000
10	Lisa Andrews	$126,000
10	Lisa Hubacek	$126,000
10	Winton Webster	$126,000
10	Eric Rodriguez	$126,000
10	Julian Durst	$126,000
10	Lisa Moore	$126,000
10	Conrad Moren	$126,000
10	Kelley Tesch	$126,000
10	Kelley Kimble	$126,000
10	Andrea James	$126,000
10	Melissa McClenahan	$126,000
10	Karen Lewis	$126,000
10	Carlos Villalon Jr.	$126,000
10	Dawn Baardsen	$126,000
10	Laura Strathmann	$126,000
10	Deane Loughmiller	$126,000
10	Sean Cook	$126,000
10	Meg Jordan	$126,000
10	Nick Catoe Jr.	$126,000
10	Christopher Cornish	$126,000
10	Lorraine Griffith	$126,000
10	Robert Griffin	$126,000
10	Maya Evans	$126,000
10	Jamie Rawlinson	$126,000
10	Phyllis Gonzalez	$126,000
10	Susan Barclay	$126,000
10	Stephani Logue	$126,000
10	Katherine Wilson	$126,000
10	Veronica Torrez	$126,000
10	Cheryl Vaughan	$126,000
10	Belinda Mendez	$126,000
10	Carry Baker	$126,000
10	Nikki Mundkowsky	$126,000
10	Selina Mireles	$126,000
10	Ruth Grant	$126,000
10	Judy Sundstrom	$126,000
10	Michael Nelson	$126,000
10	Reedy Spigner	$126,000
10	Jack Graham	$126,000
10	April Propst	$126,000
10	Amy Luhrs	$126,000
10	John Lockwood	$126,000
10	Dallas Sims	$126,000
10	Cherami Jenkins	$126,000
10	Tracey Scown	$126,000
10	Eddi Campbell	$126,000
10	Gilbert Rosas	$126,000
10	Catherine Degerolami	$126,000
10	Phillip Arrien	$126,000
10	Diane Dockery	$126,000
10	Jeremy Fowler	$126,000
10	Maurice Aguilar	$126,000
10	David Longoria	$126,000
10	Kara Darnell	$126,000
10	Gregory Wettman	$126,000
10	Delia Gonzales	$126,000
10	James Belton	$126,000
10	Dulce Madrigal	$126,000
10	Mary Morton	$126,000
10	Casey Conine	$126,000
81	Susan Chamberlain	$118,000
82	Brian Gibson	$114,000
82	Gerald Shackelford	$114,000
84	Alejandra Pena	$112,000
85	Leigh Tomlin	$111,000
86	Joseph Freeman	$110,000
87	Margie Johnson	$108,000
88	Robert Smith	$107,000
89	Michele Henricks	$104,000
89	Edwin Colfax	$104,000
89	Preston Ehlers	$104,000
92	Rebecca Doolittle	$103,488
93	Kimberly Piechowiak	$100,000
94	Angela Garcia	$98,000
95	Samuel Nichols	$95,000
95	Davin Greeno	$95,000
95	Sam Levario	$95,000
95	Emilio Morales	$95,000
99	Hector Gomez	$94,000
100	David Lara	$94,000