Waco Reporter

Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners paid an average compensation of $55,338 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	John Helenberg	$113,413
2	Candice Simon	$87,500
3	Ernesto Palacios III	$80,000
4	Michael Tacker	$67,000
5	Wanda Bennett	$53,000
6	Kevin McDonald	$52,000
7	Patricia Simer	$50,200
8	Vlerah Kandace Van	$47,954
9	Jerod Honrath	$46,000
10	Juan Dockens	$44,000
10	Michael Campos	$44,000
12	Mary Blenis	$40,000
13	Perry Goggins	$38,000
14	Lillian Lopez	$35,000
15	Roberta Nevares	$32,000