Waco Reporter

Texas Military Department paid an average compensation of $54,735 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	Tracy Norris	$191,357
2	Dawn Ferrell	$163,829
3	Gregory Chaney	$158,220
4	Thomas Suelzer	$136,752
5	Shelia Taylor	$136,587
6	James Brown	$135,756
7	Ranada Williams	$125,004
8	Jimmy Horst	$109,512
9	Brent Portwood	$105,000
10	William Childs	$103,008
11	Arthur Garibay	$99,225
12	Gerald Darren Fitz	$98,406
13	Scott Sterriker	$96,720
14	Teresa Feild	$95,000
15	Shakeel Ahmad	$94,586
16	Janet Truzinski	$94,207
17	Denis Feary	$93,434
18	Rodney Fetterolf	$92,902
19	David Boucher	$92,788
20	Robert Crow	$90,000
21	Frank Oduro	$89,967
21	Robert Ott	$89,967
23	Jim Ray Jr.	$89,794
24	Marcy Weldin	$88,500
25	Gregory Whiting	$88,259
26	Melissa Harden	$88,200
27	Gabriel Simonds	$87,000
27	Joysa Wannas	$87,000
29	Bruce Anderson	$85,200
30	Dedra Dahl	$84,835
31	Perry Ball	$84,000
31	Melissa Higgins	$84,000
31	John Kandis Jr.	$84,000
34	Mark McHargue	$83,000
35	John Veracruz	$82,800
36	Randall Davis	$82,032
37	Adam Samuels	$81,600
38	Leon McCowan	$81,508
39	Johnny Gately	$81,180
40	Crystal Bryant	$81,000
41	Susana Rivera	$80,004
42	David Rolbiecki	$78,889
43	Shelley Smith	$78,840
44	Robby Sullivan	$78,376
45	Elsa Benavidez-Munoz	$78,000
45	Amanda Meyer	$78,000
45	Daniel Popp	$78,000
45	Truett Rogers	$78,000
45	Manisha Sawant	$78,000
50	Robert Finley	$77,772
51	Robin Howard	$77,542
52	Blake Taliaferro	$77,116
53	Thomas Loftis	$76,860
54	Laura Lopez	$76,471
55	Linda Brown	$75,801
56	Ardis Harden	$75,600
57	Joy Kristen Mt	$75,265
58	Ruben Alonzo	$75,000
58	Brian Menard	$75,000
58	Guy Schultz	$75,000
61	Dennis Goode	$74,778
62	Patrick Yonnone	$74,232
63	Lanette Thaler	$73,200
64	Timothy Leviston	$72,706
65	Santina Saxby	$72,000
65	Christopher Sweeney	$72,000
65	Monroe Wade	$72,000
68	Leslie Gervais	$71,455
69	Jordy Keith	$71,400
70	Paul Welborn	$71,238
71	Loraine Guillen	$71,150
72	Gary Alford	$71,028
73	Tracy Ward	$70,884
74	Jane Farabaugh	$70,221
75	James Diddle	$70,008
76	Robert Seyller	$70,000
76	Orrin Spence	$70,000
78	Rhonda Gips	$69,600
78	Danette McWilliams	$69,600
78	Herbert Praskey	$69,600
78	Cynthia Reyes	$69,600
82	Erik Matthies	$69,230
83	Le Peterson	$69,037
84	Gary Mullen	$68,958
85	Jemott Dennard	$68,670
86	Amy Parker	$68,641
87	Margaret Rivera	$68,640
88	Rolando Gonzalez	$68,468
89	Dario Hearns	$68,446
90	Clifford Wilhoit	$68,400
91	Chris Silhan	$68,307
92	Barbara Spruill	$67,800
93	Jamie Tigner	$67,748
94	Robert Burke	$67,684
95	Matthew Cook	$67,279
96	Allyson Allen	$67,200
96	Pakiza Butler	$67,200
96	Mammen Ariedni Penalosa	$67,200
96	Yezenia Trevino	$67,200
100	Johnny Porras	$67,079