Waco Reporter

Commission on Jail Standards paid an average compensation of $50,162 during 2020, this was less 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	Brandon Wood	$116,740
2	Wendy Wisneski	$60,000
3	Jason Ross	$56,000
4	Carol Bernhard	$54,000
5	Jason Jouett	$48,360
6	Jonathan Luna	$48,278
7	Jennifer Shumake	$48,128
8	Will Turner	$47,895
9	Valerie Woehl	$46,921
10	Bobby Ratra	$46,513
11	Michael Gravitt	$46,500
11	Byron Shelton	$46,500
11	Alicia Soto-Barker	$46,500
11	Elizabeth Thomas	$46,500
15	Earnestine Sanders	$46,100
16	Leslie Speir	$44,200
17	Lupe Moreno	$43,775
18	Melvin Bowser	$42,500
19	Melissa Johns	$39,140
20	Tammie Linden	$28,700