Lubbock Times

Texas Ethics Commission paid an average compensation of $65,379 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	Anne Peters	$139,097
2	Haug Jessie Hays	$115,000
3	Nicholas Espinosa	$105,000
4	Cristina Hernandez	$97,100
5	James Tinley	$93,060
6	Haksoon Andrea Low	$74,300
7	Jordan Hunn	$69,000
7	Preston Tom	$69,000
9	Brandon Barrett	$63,300
10	Natalie McDermon	$60,000
11	Joe Brocato	$58,088
12	Patricia Shannon	$55,184
13	Sue Edwards	$55,000
14	Margie Castellanos	$51,032
15	Margaret Sanchez	$47,775
16	William Wilson	$47,300
17	Amy Padilla	$43,090
18	Sonya Caldwell	$42,500
19	Marilyn Langston	$42,000
20	Scarlett Scalzo	$41,000
21	Matthew Wilke	$38,000
22	Lynda Murphree	$32,517