Waco Reporter

Office of Public Utility Counsel paid an average compensation of $74,778 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	Dogood Ekoh	$110,538
2	Zachary Stephenson	$93,708
3	Robert Crisalis	$90,000
4	Janalee Paiz	$78,516
5	Brooke Camet	$67,044
6	Renee Wiersema	$67,008
7	Robbie Cooksey	$66,000
8	Melissa Silguero	$64,110
9	Rosa Reyna	$55,892
10	Sharbel Sfeir	$54,960