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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.
The 100 highest earners at Water Development Board in 2019
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathleen Jackson | $201,000 |
| 1 | Peter Lake | $201,000 |
| 1 | Brooke Paup | $201,000 |
| 4 | Jeffrey Walker | $188,285 |
| 5 | Rebecca Trevino | $179,297 |
| 6 | Amanda Lavin | $168,431 |
| 7 | Edna Jackson | $158,363 |
| 8 | Jessica Zuba | $147,900 |
| 9 | John Dupnik | $141,658 |
| 10 | Richard Wade | $139,256 |
| 11 | Lawrence French | $136,110 |
| 12 | Matthew Nelson | $125,481 |
| 13 | Georgia Sanchez | $122,000 |
| 14 | Christopher Hayden | $121,000 |
| 15 | Patrick Lopez | $119,881 |
| 15 | Tara Rejino | $119,881 |
| 15 | Jennifer White | $119,881 |
| 18 | Richard Tompkins | $118,036 |
| 19 | Glenna Bowman | $116,400 |
| 20 | Leeroy Lopez | $115,290 |
| 21 | Saul Nuccitelli | $113,022 |
| 21 | Reem Zoun | $113,022 |
| 23 | Ladawn Gray | $112,705 |
| 24 | Nicole Campbell | $112,575 |
| 25 | David Carter | $105,744 |
| 26 | Carla Guthrie | $105,000 |
| 27 | Carleton Wilkes | $103,067 |
| 28 | Francia Harutunian | $102,189 |
| 29 | Marie Hermitte | $102,000 |
| 30 | Alma Molina | $100,484 |
| 31 | Patricia Avitia | $100,360 |
| 32 | Merry Klonower | $100,176 |
| 33 | Alexis Lorick | $100,000 |
| 34 | Felicia Retiz | $99,317 |
| 35 | Temple McKinnon | $99,279 |
| 36 | Angela Gower | $97,854 |
| 37 | Joe Reynolds | $97,344 |
| 38 | Paul McElhaney | $96,603 |
| 39 | Thomas Schultz | $96,000 |
| 40 | Cynthia Ridgeway | $95,505 |
| 41 | Mark Wyatt | $94,050 |
| 42 | Kevin Kluge | $93,408 |
| 43 | Kaye Schultz | $93,000 |
| 44 | Annette Mass | $92,767 |
| 45 | Miguel Pavon | $92,426 |
| 46 | Sarah Backhouse | $91,960 |
| 47 | Daniel Palacios | $91,956 |
| 48 | Nancy Richards | $91,839 |
| 49 | David Castillo | $90,480 |
| 50 | Solomon Negusse | $90,208 |
| 51 | Nequita Carter | $90,183 |
| 52 | Mireya Loewe | $90,030 |
| 53 | Marvin Chaney Jr. | $89,624 |
| 54 | Carmen Cernosek | $89,034 |
| 55 | Francisco Mata | $89,000 |
| 56 | John Meyer | $88,962 |
| 57 | John Moore | $88,876 |
| 58 | Jerry Icaro | $88,800 |
| 59 | Adam Breznicky | $88,500 |
| 60 | Dustin Roberts | $88,275 |
| 61 | Matthew Erickson | $87,178 |
| 62 | Bill Billingsley | $87,004 |
| 63 | Joseph Koen | $87,000 |
| 64 | Nolan Raphelt | $86,170 |
| 65 | Mark Wentzel | $85,580 |
| 66 | Bonnie Cope | $85,490 |
| 67 | Jason Kleinert | $85,400 |
| 68 | Ben Munguia | $85,284 |
| 69 | Matthew Larsen | $85,272 |
| 70 | Yun-Jeong Cho | $85,224 |
| 71 | Claude Garrett IV | $84,807 |
| 72 | Raphael Castro | $83,858 |
| 72 | Jesse Milonovich | $83,858 |
| 74 | David Duran | $83,723 |
| 75 | Gayla Mullins | $83,600 |
| 76 | Marie-Louise Twagilimana | $83,400 |
| 77 | Shirley Wade | $83,117 |
| 78 | Angela Wallace | $82,980 |
| 79 | Caimee Schoenbaechler | $82,512 |
| 80 | Bryan McMath | $82,500 |
| 81 | Kathleen Ligon | $82,452 |
| 82 | Erika Mancha | $82,200 |
| 83 | John Haney | $82,000 |
| 84 | Shelli Coe-MacKie | $81,816 |
| 85 | James Bronikowski | $81,600 |
| 85 | Jeffrey Taylor | $81,600 |
| 87 | Kristie Guerra | $81,552 |
| 88 | Jianyou Shi | $81,271 |
| 89 | Jungwoo Lee | $80,500 |
| 90 | Thomas Entsminger | $80,118 |
| 91 | Mohammad Irshad | $80,004 |
| 92 | Enrique Canales | $80,000 |
| 92 | Manuel Razo | $80,000 |
| 94 | John Sutton | $78,794 |
| 95 | Sabrina Anderson | $78,412 |
| 96 | Taylor Christian | $78,000 |
| 96 | Nathan Leber | $78,000 |
| 98 | Kendal Kowal | $77,990 |
| 99 | Randy Lara | $77,022 |
| 100 | Nathalie Antenor | $76,800 |
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