Waco Reporter

Texas Lottery Commission paid an average compensation of $73,632 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	Michael Fernandez	$228,775
1	Katheryn Pyka	$228,775
3	Robert Biard	$224,930
4	Gary Grief	$213,344
5	Robert Tirloni	$189,069
6	Ryan Mindell	$187,425
7	George Rogers	$179,130
8	Kelly Stuckey	$160,361
9	Nelda Trevino	$156,256
10	Lea Garey	$152,629
11	Janice Thomas	$152,082
12	Joan Kotal	$149,464
13	Deanne Rienstra	$148,533
14	Raymond Page	$145,728
15	James Carney	$142,052
16	Mario Valdez	$137,178
17	Sarah Johnson	$137,000
18	Senthilkumar Karunanidhi	$130,971
19	James Lown	$129,783
20	Debbie Pina	$128,468
21	Amy Swartz	$127,232
22	Thomas Hanson	$125,000
23	Anny Varghese	$123,128
24	Michael Stoddard	$121,388
25	Angela Zgabay-Zgarba	$118,516
26	David Veselka	$118,184
27	Michael Nichols	$118,083
28	Gregory Martinez	$117,333
29	Tyler Vance	$116,813
29	Kyle Wolfe	$116,813
31	Conchita Daniel	$116,194
32	Melissa Villasenor	$115,386
33	Heidi Moreno	$114,285
34	Raul Flandes	$112,290
35	Angie Bland	$109,962
36	Teresa Edwards	$107,889
37	Veda Hickman	$105,924
38	Julie Terrell	$103,491
39	Eric Williams	$102,625
40	Frederick Reinig	$101,819
41	Jason Cannaday	$100,479
42	Fattah Elyabouri	$100,206
43	Dale Bowersock	$100,193
44	David Graves	$100,008
45	Lauren Callahan	$100,000
46	Scott Semegran	$99,350
47	Andrew Leeper	$97,022
48	Xiaomei Liu	$96,782
49	Stephanie Farinelli	$96,756
50	Daniel Heinz	$96,720
51	Ting Zhou	$96,096
52	John Graham	$94,962
53	Janani Rajagopalan	$94,555
54	Co Ngo	$91,309
55	Tamatha Boddy	$91,252
56	Rene McCoy	$90,977
57	Sheila Sanchez	$90,393
58	Mary Simpson	$90,384
59	Lisa Glenn	$90,032
60	Philip Bates	$89,575
61	Suzanne Robinson	$89,435
62	Jami Dudley	$89,427
63	Pamela Wood	$88,759
64	Albert Lubker	$88,717
65	Cynthia Goodwin	$88,400
66	Jeffery Manners	$88,371
67	Anthony Vela	$88,201
68	Annika Guarnero	$86,206
69	Marianne McIntyre	$85,766
70	William Russ	$85,000
71	Teresa Fuentes	$84,474
72	Cylinda Dominguez	$84,346
73	Michael Wooten	$84,000
74	Vivian Cohn	$83,298
75	Michelle Glass	$82,631
76	Anthony Kozak	$82,091
77	Tammy Williams	$81,918
78	Clay Kidd	$81,716
79	Joy Bishop	$80,856
80	Brenda Carrales	$80,527
81	Jennifer Jones	$80,119
82	Sylvia McPherson	$80,080
83	William Ashlock	$80,000
84	Amy Snell	$79,743
85	Michelle Byrd	$79,228
86	Diana Cullen	$78,953
86	Deborah Easley	$78,953
86	Merry Mendoza	$78,953
86	Tia Pair	$78,953
90	Wilfred Pitre	$78,949
91	Aakash Bhuta	$78,750
92	Roger Prather	$78,338
93	Phil Huckabee	$77,986
94	Carlos Salinas	$77,812
95	Brandon Rylee	$77,459
96	Debbie Jamieson	$76,825
97	Carrie Curtis	$76,188
98	Annaliesa Perez	$76,164
99	Dana Ross	$75,702
100	Iris Medina	$75,572