Lubbock Times

Texas Commission on Fire Protection paid an average compensation of $62,097 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	Michael Wisko	$123,883
2	Clifton Grant	$90,000
3	Mohammed Adams	$87,000
4	Joyce Guinn	$78,008
5	Ricky Wallace	$76,919
6	Servando Sanchez	$74,000
7	Deborah Cowan	$66,920
8	Grace Wilson	$63,000
9	Amanda Khan	$62,000
10	Robert Reese	$54,684
11	Fernandes Anderson Oliveira	$54,008
12	Kenneth Barnett	$53,600
13	Timothy Gardner	$52,004
13	Ernest Null	$52,004
15	Denise Alvarez	$51,200
16	Justin Fowler	$50,004
17	Lamar Ford	$50,000
17	Brian Meroney	$50,000
17	Timothy Gothard	$50,000
20	Timothy Brown	$48,000
20	Candace Barnett	$48,000
20	Annalise Beasley	$48,000
23	Sammie Penrod	$45,000