Abilene Times

Health Professions Council paid an average compensation of $72,036 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	John Monk	$100,000
2	Caroline Just	$90,000
3	Hieu Nguyen	$84,000
4	Angelique Berumen	$81,000
5	Adolph Kocurek	$78,900
6	Glenn Harris	$49,992
7	Rita Ybarra	$46,800
8	Richard White	$45,600