Waco Reporter

Sunset Advisory Commission paid an average compensation of $81,316 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	Jennifer Jones	$190,000
2	Steven Ogle	$138,000
3	Erick Fajardo	$103,206
4	Emily Johnson	$101,146
5	Kathryn Hricik	$100,700
6	Robert Romig	$93,730
7	Merrell Foote	$91,000
8	Anya Wiley	$86,730
9	Janet Wood	$85,800
10	Darren McDivitt	$80,300
11	Lauren Ames	$77,000
12	Rachel Gandy	$73,810
13	Andrew McConnell	$72,800
14	Sadie Smeck	$68,320
14	Miguel Senaida San	$68,320
16	Trisha Linebarger	$60,260
17	Katherine Drews	$59,740
18	Christopher Keslar	$58,904
19	Sarah Gruen	$58,500
19	Katherina Wierschke	$58,500
21	Andrew Vree	$58,351
22	William Bucknall	$58,240
23	Ashley Thomas	$57,851
24	Elizabeth Jones	$50,371