Lubbock Times

Texas Commission on Fire Protection paid an average compensation of $57,312 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

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	Michael Wisko	$117,103
2	Mohammed Adams	$85,000
3	Paul Maldonado	$76,875
4	Derrell Beasley	$75,000
5	Joyce Guinn	$73,008
6	Servando Sanchez	$72,000
7	Deborah Cowan	$66,920
8	Clifton Grant	$62,000
9	Grace Wilson	$60,000
10	Robert Reese	$52,684
11	Fernandes Anderson Oliveira	$52,008
12	Kenneth Barnett	$51,600
13	James Humphres	$50,012
14	Kristen Borthwick	$50,004
14	Timothy Gardner	$50,004
14	Ernest Null	$50,004
17	Denise Alvarez	$49,200
18	Maude Adjarian	$48,000
18	Ricky Wallace	$48,000
18	Tara Youngblood	$48,000
21	David Alexander	$45,000
21	Annalise Beasley	$45,000
21	Timothy Brown	$45,000
21	Lamar Ford	$45,000
21	Timothy Gothard	$45,000
21	Brian Meroney	$45,000
27	Sammie Penrod	$40,000