Lubbock Times

Office of Capital and Forensic Writs paid an average compensation of $83,838 during 2021, this was more than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 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	Benjamin Wolff	$148,510
2	Maro Robbins	$115,000
3	Sarah Brandon	$107,000
4	Ashley Steele	$97,000
4	Kelsey Peregoy	$97,000
4	Tara Witt	$97,000
4	Lacey Singleton	$97,000
8	Rachel Manning	$85,000
9	Mark Fuller	$80,000
9	Torrance Castellano	$80,000
11	Heather Richard	$75,000
12	Michelle Ward	$72,360
13	Bonnie Bacarisse	$72,074
14	Thomas Lombardo	$70,008
14	Courtney Lewis	$70,008
16	Ralah Sanadiki	$65,000
17	Hector Hernandez	$63,354
18	Sandra Justice	$63,032
19	Alexis Telfair-Garcia	$61,680
20	Devon Larson	$60,739