Waco Reporter

Department Of Housing And Community Affairs paid an average compensation of $68,591 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	Robert Wilkinson II	$192,299
2	Jose Garcia	$157,000
3	James Eccles	$153,289
4	Monica Galuski	$150,431
5	David Cervantes	$149,550
6	Brooke Boston	$146,259
7	Homero Cabello Jr.	$146,218
8	Michael Lyttle	$143,046
9	Thomas Gouris	$136,486
9	Patricia Murphy	$136,486
11	David Smith	$130,000
12	Mark Scott	$126,816
13	Michael Deyoung	$126,289
14	Jeffrey Pender	$119,494
15	Margaret Holloway	$113,524
16	Jose Guevara	$113,400
16	Abigail Versyp	$113,400
18	Larry Mercadel Jr.	$113,037
19	Kassu Asfaw	$112,584
20	Roger Stewart	$112,252
21	Cathy Gutierrez	$110,101
22	Adrian Guzman	$109,477
23	Teresa Morales	$106,000
24	James Hicks	$104,420
25	Elizabeth Yevich	$103,977
26	Monita Johnson-Henley	$103,948
27	Ricardo Medina	$103,262
28	Nicole Krueger	$102,500
29	Megan Sylvester	$101,416
30	Wendy Quackenbush	$100,000
31	Rosalio Banuelos	$99,264
32	Earnest Hunt Jr.	$98,976
33	Elena Peinado	$98,939
34	Lucila Trevino	$98,701
35	Stephanie D'Couto	$98,548
36	Brenda Hull	$97,273
37	Kristina Vavra	$96,627
38	Heather Hodnett	$95,152
39	Amy Jones	$94,380
40	Bradlee Dansbee	$90,734
41	Sharon Gamble	$90,087
42	Anthony Gatica	$89,958
43	Laura Debellas	$89,749
44	Catherine Jung	$89,628
45	Nina Wiggins	$87,933
46	Thomas Cavanagh	$86,502
47	Jo Taylor	$86,321
48	William Turner	$85,529
49	Chad Landry	$85,500
50	Fernando Guajardo	$84,996
51	Glynis Vitanza	$84,001
52	Terry Barhorst Jr.	$84,000
52	Jose Ruz	$84,000
54	Gavin Reid	$83,636
55	Andre Adams	$83,204
56	Jill McFarren	$81,676
57	Neda Sanjar	$81,612
58	Spencer Duran	$81,061
59	Ysella Kaseman	$80,894
60	Leah Rosas	$80,536
61	William Rowe	$80,400
62	Laura White	$80,340
63	Cristina Ortega	$80,000
64	Ophelia Guerrero	$79,825
65	Graciela Garcia	$79,717
66	Cindy Bocz	$79,660
67	Paul Ford	$78,992
68	Laura Saintey	$78,202
69	Sergio Salinas	$78,098
70	Cody Campbell	$78,000
71	Dechontelle Patience	$77,929
72	Laichu Leung	$77,500
73	Andrew Sinnott	$77,495
74	Jeanna Adams	$77,450
75	Rita Gonzales-Garza	$76,304
75	Naomi Cantu	$76,304
77	Carmen Roldan	$76,011
78	Christine Andrade	$76,000
79	Heidi Maldonado	$75,336
80	James Oliva	$75,276
81	Lee Ann Chance	$75,000
82	Shannon Roth	$74,586
83	Rachel Metting	$74,493
84	Melissa Whitehead	$74,141
85	Yesenia Ayala	$74,047
86	Benjamin Sheppard	$73,788
87	Jacquelyn Welsh	$73,260
88	Albert Alvidrez	$73,182
89	John Tomme	$72,500
90	Angelica Arriola	$72,172
91	Laura Escobedo	$72,109
92	Ramona Fowler	$72,000
92	Robert Gross	$72,000
92	Jeremy Johnson	$72,000
92	Stephen Jung	$72,000
96	Lucille Spillar	$71,777
97	Michael Podoloff	$71,750
98	Stephanie Givens	$71,673
99	Margaret Tynan	$71,500
100	Kristina Tirloni	$71,447