Lubbock Times

State Pension Review Board paid an average compensation of $85,889 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	David Fee	$140,000
2	Amy Cardona	$125,000
3	Ashley Rendon	$90,000
3	Robert Munter	$90,000
5	Westley Allen	$85,000
6	Bryan Burnham	$70,000
7	Mariah Miller	$60,000
8	Madilyn Jarman	$58,000
9	Lindsay Seymour	$55,000