Waco Reporter

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas paid an average compensation of $114,630 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	James Willson	$553,500
2	Wayne Roberts	$281,875
3	Kristen Doyle	$224,195
4	Cindy Walkerpeach	$215,000
5	Heidi McConnell	$208,828
6	Vincent D. Burgess	$182,091
7	Ramona Magid	$159,996
8	Patricia Moore	$118,560
9	Rosemary French	$113,801
10	Therry Simien	$112,768
11	Stephen Nance	$108,148
12	Lisa Nelson	$104,397
13	Shannon Cusick	$95,000
14	Chris Cutrone	$90,393
15	Michael Fisher	$90,000
16	Anne Huddleston	$74,477
17	Daniel Limas	$73,430
18	Sandra Balderrama	$71,750
19	Olga Dwyer	$71,294
20	Rashonda Thomas	$69,785
21	Sandra Morales-Reyes	$67,591
22	Randall Cunningham	$66,462
23	Jeremy Cook	$65,000
24	Ralph Azeez	$63,591
25	Melanie Jamison	$63,550
26	Donald Brandy	$62,700
26	Melanie Cleveland	$62,700
26	Edward Dorotik Jr.	$62,700
29	Cameron Eckel	$62,329
30	Debra McHenry	$61,500
31	Demitra Alexander	$60,000
31	Ann Bjorgo	$60,000
31	Jennifer Dear	$60,000
31	Kelli Starbird	$60,000