Waco Reporter

Texas Military Department paid an average compensation of $55,237 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	Tracy Norris	$191,357
2	Dawn Ferrell	$163,829
3	Gregory Chaney	$158,220
4	Shelia Taylor	$149,000
5	James Brown	$147,000
6	Thomas Suelzer	$136,752
7	Robert MacFarland	$125,004
8	William Duff	$120,000
9	Jimmy Horst	$109,512
10	Melissa Harden	$105,000
11	William Childs	$103,008
11	Teresa Feild	$103,008
13	Brian Stevens	$101,400
14	Arthur Garibay	$99,225
15	Gerald Darren Fitz	$98,406
16	Janet Truzinski	$96,720
16	Scott Sterriker	$96,720
18	Rodney Fetterolf	$96,618
19	David Boucher	$95,108
20	Denis Feary	$93,434
21	Jim Ray Jr.	$92,487
22	Robert Crow	$90,000
23	Frank Oduro	$89,967
23	Robert Ott	$89,967
25	Marcy Weldin	$88,500
26	Gregory Whiting	$88,259
27	Dedra Dahl	$88,229
28	Crystal Bryant	$88,200
29	Joysa Wannas	$87,000
29	Gabriel Simonds	$87,000
31	Bruce Anderson	$85,200
32	Susana Rivera	$84,004
33	John Kandis Jr.	$84,000
33	Perry Ball	$84,000
33	Elsa Benavidez-Munoz	$84,000
33	Melissa Higgins	$84,000
37	Leon McCowan	$83,953
38	Johnny Gately	$83,940
39	David Rolbiecki	$83,622
40	Mark McHargue	$83,000
41	John Veracruz	$82,800
42	Guy Schultz	$82,500
43	Randall Davis	$82,032
44	Paul Serna	$81,900
45	Adam Samuels	$81,600
46	Blake Taliaferro	$80,972
47	Truett Rogers	$80,730
48	Thomas Loftis	$80,703
49	David De Mers	$80,400
50	Robin Howard	$80,256
51	Shelley Smith	$78,840
52	Robby Sullivan	$78,376
53	Michael Banks	$78,000
53	Amanda Meyer	$78,000
53	Daniel Popp	$78,000
53	Manisha Sawant	$78,000
57	Robert Finley	$77,772
58	Howard Moody	$77,537
59	Monroe Wade	$77,040
59	Christopher Sweeney	$77,040
61	Cheryl Craft	$76,800
62	Laura Lopez	$76,471
63	Linda Brown	$75,801
64	Ardis Harden	$75,600
65	Joy Kristen Mt	$75,265
66	Ruben Alonzo	$75,000
66	Brian Menard	$75,000
66	Nina Shelat	$75,000
69	Dennis Goode	$74,778
70	Patrick Yonnone	$74,232
71	Leslie Gervais	$73,956
72	Scott Kingsley	$73,500
73	Lanette Thaler	$73,200
74	Cynthia Reyes	$73,080
75	Jemott Dennard	$72,790
76	Amy Parker	$72,767
77	Timothy Leviston	$72,706
78	Robert Seyller	$72,380
79	Katherine Evans	$72,075
80	Thomas Myers	$72,000
80	Santina Saxby	$72,000
82	Herbert Praskey	$71,688
83	Robert Biberston	$71,665
84	Jordy Nolan	$71,400
84	Orrin Spence	$71,400
86	Paul Welborn	$71,238
87	Loraine Guillen	$71,150
88	Johnny Porras	$71,104
89	Robert Burke	$71,069
90	Gary Alford	$71,028
91	Erik Matthies	$70,961
92	Vicky Lopez	$70,800
92	Le Peterson	$70,800
94	Dario Hearns	$70,499
95	Clifford Wilhoit	$70,452
96	Jane Farabaugh	$70,221
97	Jamie Cannone	$70,000
98	Eric Morley	$69,960
99	Rhonda Gips	$69,600
100	Yamunalinie Pathmanathan	$69,414