Waco Reporter

Texas Public Finance Authority paid an average compensation of $90,633 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	M. Deviney	$151,994
2	Oort Kevin Van	$140,400
3	Juan Hernandez	$120,098
4	Pamela Scivicque	$113,635
5	John Barton	$93,109
6	Bon Wier	$86,520
7	Loan Nguyen	$76,220
8	Kacee Wagner	$72,100
9	Erica Neloms-McNair	$65,301
9	Clayton Sanders	$65,301
11	Matthew Berry	$64,890
11	Ricky Horne	$64,890
13	Donna Weinberger-Rourke	$63,777