Lubbock Times

Water Development Board paid an average compensation of $72,445 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	Brooke Paup	$201,000
1	Kathleen Jackson	$201,000
1	Peter Lake	$201,000
4	Jeffrey Walker	$188,285
5	Rebecca Trevino	$179,297
6	Amanda Lavin	$168,431
7	Edna Jackson	$158,363
8	Reginald Harden	$150,000
9	Jessica Zuba	$147,900
10	John Dupnik	$141,658
11	Richard Wade	$139,256
12	Lawrence French	$136,110
13	Richard Tompkins	$132,000
14	Georgia Sanchez	$131,760
15	Matthew Nelson	$125,481
16	Christopher Hayden	$121,000
17	Tara Rejino	$119,881
17	Jennifer White	$119,881
17	Patrick Lopez	$119,881
20	Saul Nuccitelli	$116,865
21	Glenna Bowman	$116,400
22	Leeroy Lopez	$115,290
23	Patricia Avitia	$114,411
24	Reem Zoun	$113,022
25	Ladawn Gray	$112,705
26	Srikanth Koka	$112,700
27	Nicole Campbell	$112,575
28	Jared Basurto	$105,744
29	Marie Hermitte	$105,468
30	Carla Guthrie	$105,000
31	Merry Klonower	$103,582
32	Alma Molina	$103,491
33	Carleton Wilkes	$103,067
34	Felicia Retiz	$103,000
35	Francia Harutunian	$102,189
36	Alexis Lorick	$102,144
37	Angela Gower	$101,630
38	Ashokkumar Durairajan	$99,780
39	Joe Reynolds	$99,744
40	Daniel Palacios	$99,312
41	Temple McKinnon	$99,279
42	Dustin Roberts	$97,103
43	Kevin Kluge	$96,584
44	Thomas Schultz	$96,000
45	Cynthia Ridgeway	$95,505
46	Annette Mass	$95,167
47	Mark Wyatt	$94,050
48	Kaye Schultz	$93,000
49	Marie-Louise Twagilimana	$92,574
50	Miguel Pavon	$92,426
51	Jerry Icaro	$92,352
52	John Haney	$91,992
53	Sarah Backhouse	$91,960
54	Nancy Richards	$91,839
55	David Castillo	$90,480
56	Solomon Negusse	$90,208
57	Nequita Carter	$90,183
58	Mireya Loewe	$90,030
59	Brian Cunningham	$90,000
60	Marvin Cole-Chaney	$89,624
61	Bryan McMath	$89,500
62	Francisco Mata	$89,000
63	David Duran	$88,815
64	Adam Breznicky	$88,500
65	Matthew Erickson	$87,178
66	Bill Billingsley	$87,004
67	Joseph Koen	$87,000
68	Jesse Milonovich	$86,709
69	Nolan Raphelt	$86,170
70	Mark Wentzel	$85,580
71	Jason Kleinert	$85,400
72	Yang Cao	$85,387
73	Ben Munguia	$85,284
74	Matthew Larsen	$85,272
75	Yun-Jeong Cho	$85,224
76	Laura Sepulveda	$85,000
76	Jayanthi Koindala	$85,000
78	Shelli Coe-MacKie	$84,672
79	Raphael Castro	$83,858
80	Gayla Mullins	$83,600
81	Amin Kiaghadi	$83,298
82	Shirley Wade	$83,117
83	Bonnie Cope	$83,000
84	Cameron Turner	$82,980
85	Caimee Schoenbaechler	$82,512
86	Kathleen Ligon	$82,452
87	Erika Mancha	$82,200
88	James Bronikowski	$81,600
88	Jeffrey Taylor	$81,600
90	Kristie Guerra	$81,552
91	Jianyou Shi	$81,271
92	Scott Daywood	$81,258
93	Kendal Kowal	$80,640
94	Nathan Leber	$80,621
95	Jungwoo Lee	$80,500
96	Thomas Entsminger	$80,118
97	Mohammad Irshad	$80,004
98	Manuel Razo	$80,000
98	Enrique Canales	$80,000
98	Kathy Hopkins	$80,000