Waco Reporter

Department of Information Resources paid an average compensation of $91,804 during 2021, this was more than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 as the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

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	Steven Pier	$205,000
2	Dale Richardson	$195,000
2	Nicholas Villalpando	$195,000
2	Hershel Becker	$195,000
5	Amanda Crawford	$194,182
6	Edward Kelly	$180,000
6	Nancy Rainosek	$180,000
6	John Hoffman	$180,000
9	Lisa Jammer	$155,000
10	Wayne Egeler	$154,342
11	Sally Ward	$154,041
12	Brady Vaughn	$150,000
12	John Ellis	$150,000
12	Endi Silva	$150,000
15	Jennifer Buaas	$131,856
16	Terese Shade	$130,348
17	Suzanne Hilliard	$130,000
17	Jeremy Wilson	$130,000
19	Steve Pyle	$129,087
20	Edathil Krishna Kumar Vellikkoth	$128,625
21	Blue Lynn Hodde	$128,000
22	John McKenzie	$127,995
23	Paige Buechley	$126,880
24	Neil Cooke	$126,000
25	Mark Howard	$125,000
25	Erik Freymuth	$125,000
27	Gerardo Lopez	$124,334
28	Jodie Erickson	$122,822
29	Wendy Mazzurana	$121,963
30	Brad Helbig	$120,656
31	Colleen Whitney	$120,000
31	Aiko Neill	$120,000
33	Heidi Langdon	$116,640
34	Phillip Clemens	$115,000
34	Matthew Kelly	$115,000
36	Nina Bozell	$114,480
37	Raymond Bartek Jr.	$114,000
38	Joe Poole	$113,421
39	David Ballinger	$112,460
40	Kenneth Myers	$111,688
41	Cody Holland	$111,300
41	Michael Malner	$111,300
43	Gloria Rivera	$111,000
44	Jonathan King	$110,000
45	Amy Pfluger	$108,000
45	Elizabeth Kirkwood	$108,000
45	David Tucker	$108,000
48	Thomas Niland	$106,126
49	Melissa Knezevic	$105,000
49	Debra Mosley	$105,000
51	Michael Kersey	$104,067
52	Elizabeth Perry	$103,491
52	Yi Zhang	$103,491
54	Timothy Eargle	$103,325
55	Willie Adams	$103,043
56	David Luna	$103,000
57	Christopher David	$102,747
58	Elizabeth Cooper	$102,500
59	Monica Dirba	$102,000
60	Eduardo Marquis	$100,695
61	Linda Markey	$100,605
62	William Fang	$100,508
63	Meredith Noel	$100,374
64	Jayne Weber	$100,000
64	Andrew Campbell	$100,000
64	James Guajardo	$100,000
64	Joseph Bissonnette	$100,000
68	Brian Hurdle	$99,750
69	Guy Vachon	$98,175
70	Yuge Zhou	$98,000
70	Brittney Paylor	$98,000
72	Issac Wilcher	$97,020
73	Matthew Warmke	$95,988
74	Weldon Echols	$95,605
75	Tammi Powell	$95,550
76	Mario Gutierrez	$95,277
77	Randa Maldonado	$95,249
78	Michelle Griffin	$95,000
79	Patrick Larson	$94,904
80	Marie Cohan	$94,547
81	David Sims	$93,565
82	Jennifer Neutzler	$93,156
83	Mercedes Leal-Dominguez	$93,041
84	Daniel Saucedo	$92,856
85	Stephanie Harrison	$92,729
86	Michael Malone	$92,680
87	Daniel Otto	$92,028
88	Matthew Hammock	$91,584
89	Stuart Walsh	$91,366
90	Adrian Marquez	$91,088
91	Keith Chenoweth	$90,667
92	Waqar Zaidi	$90,523
93	Sheldy Starkes	$90,228
94	Bruce Speyer	$90,030
95	John Martellotto	$90,000
95	Fredis Herrera	$90,000
95	Brian Acklen	$90,000
95	Sophia Shelton	$90,000
99	Lysa Hastings	$89,832
100	Sue Atkinson	$88,947