SE Texas Times

Texas Education Agency paid an average compensation of $87,550 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	Barney Timmins III	$384,375
2	Carlos Veintemillas	$295,640
3	Catherine Civiletto	$260,946
3	John Grubenman	$260,946
3	Karim Hirani	$260,946
6	Carlos Castro	$241,708
7	Michael Morath	$220,375
8	William Glenn	$199,785
9	Michael Meyer	$190,800
10	Nicholas Tramontana	$185,695
11	Melody Parrish	$184,792
12	Megan Aghazadian	$180,000
12	Von Byer	$180,000
12	Jeffrey Cottrill	$180,000
12	Lily Laux	$180,000
12	Leonardo Lopez	$180,000
12	Matthew Montano	$180,000
12	McKelvey Oeser	$180,000
19	Lyndal Green	$177,020
20	Tyson Kane	$176,006
21	Andriy Mysyk	$174,431
22	John Wright	$172,500
23	Joseph Siedlecki	$172,010
24	Linda Roska	$171,881
25	Monica Martinez	$168,926
26	Kathryn Gernert	$167,400
26	Ali Houshmand	$167,400
26	John Newell	$167,400
26	Martin Telfer	$167,400
30	Ryan Franklin	$165,447
31	Kristen Hole	$165,000
31	Timothy Regal	$165,000
33	Jennifer Alexander	$164,993
34	James Crowe	$163,770
35	Justin Porter	$159,135
36	Mark Shewmaker	$158,626
37	Sharon Gaston	$155,164
38	Julie Kopycinski	$155,006
39	Jessica Conlon	$155,000
40	Terri Hanson	$154,584
41	Tom Benavides	$154,500
42	Andrew Bunker	$154,006
43	Jared Stout	$150,431
43	Jason Hewitt	$150,431
45	Rosalinda Romero	$150,064
46	Airick Crabill	$150,000
46	Edward Oneill	$150,000
48	David Trice	$149,405
49	Alastair McKenzie	$149,358
50	Tri Nguyen	$148,505
51	Katharine Reissman	$148,436
51	Joseph Rest	$148,436
51	Erin Wedepohl	$148,436
54	Gareth Williams	$144,180
55	Christopher Maska	$142,669
56	Jesse Acuna	$142,052
57	Fuat Aki	$140,882
58	Frank Ward	$140,000
59	Niloy Gangopadhyay	$139,920
60	Amy Copeland	$138,000
61	Carl Marx	$137,999
62	Fawcett Miguel Gomez	$136,890
63	Hunter Thompson	$136,475
64	Gilbert Porras	$135,860
65	Heather Justice	$135,736
66	Laura Moriaty	$135,705
67	Leanne Simons	$135,405
68	Jacqueline Porter	$134,832
69	Parichai Kalari	$133,900
69	Matthew SiMcOck	$133,900
71	Cristina Ridgeway	$131,016
72	Beth Stalvey	$130,597
73	Ashley Jernigan	$130,000
73	Drew Howard	$130,000
73	Leah Martin	$130,000
76	Nina Taylor	$129,515
77	Fuente-Valadez Cristina De La	$129,137
77	Harold Wright	$129,137
79	Ariel Sloan	$129,128
80	Andrew Hodge	$129,018
81	Rachelle Ramos	$128,793
82	Alexis Bauserman	$128,742
83	Martha Reesing	$127,925
84	Liang Chen	$127,725
85	Frank Zuma	$127,500
86	Heather Mauze	$126,248
87	Jarrad Toussant	$126,103
88	Marilyn Cook	$125,213
89	Melody Keith	$125,145
90	Matthew Goodlaw	$125,000
91	Marian Schutte	$123,492
92	Rajen Hingorani	$123,401
93	Jessica McLoughlin	$123,000
93	David Rodriguez	$123,000
95	Mark Olofson	$122,993
96	Christopher Jones	$122,643
97	Merle Dover	$121,141
98	Laura Dennis	$120,000
98	Robert Rector III	$120,000
98	Iris Tian	$120,000