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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.
The 100 highest earners at Water Development Board in 2021
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooke Paup | $201,000 |
| 1 | Kathleen Jackson | $201,000 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Walker | $199,582 |
| 4 | Rebecca Trevino | $195,000 |
| 5 | Amanda Lavin | $176,852 |
| 6 | Edna Jackson | $158,363 |
| 7 | Reginald Harden | $154,500 |
| 8 | Jessica Pena | $151,598 |
| 9 | Richard Wade | $146,219 |
| 10 | John Dupnik | $145,908 |
| 11 | Georgia Sanchez | $138,348 |
| 12 | Matthew Nelson | $136,771 |
| 13 | Lawrence French | $136,110 |
| 14 | Sergio Rey | $135,000 |
| 15 | Richard Tompkins | $132,000 |
| 16 | Patrick Lopez | $125,096 |
| 16 | Jennifer White | $125,096 |
| 18 | Reem Zoun | $120,934 |
| 19 | Saul Nuccitelli | $120,838 |
| 20 | Leeroy Lopez | $115,290 |
| 21 | Alma Molina | $115,000 |
| 22 | Patricia Avitia | $114,411 |
| 23 | Marie Hermitte | $114,011 |
| 24 | Srikanth Koka | $112,700 |
| 25 | Nicole Campbell | $112,575 |
| 26 | Carla Guthrie | $111,090 |
| 27 | Temple McKinnon | $109,207 |
| 28 | Carleton Wilkes | $108,220 |
| 29 | Angela Gower | $108,000 |
| 30 | Alexis Lorick | $105,617 |
| 31 | Daniel Palacios | $105,312 |
| 32 | Ashokkumar Durairajan | $104,769 |
| 33 | Joe Reynolds | $103,135 |
| 34 | Felicia Retiz | $103,000 |
| 35 | Kaye Schultz | $102,701 |
| 36 | Francia Harutunian | $102,189 |
| 37 | Dustin Roberts | $101,472 |
| 38 | Thomas Schultz | $98,880 |
| 39 | Cameron Turner | $97,800 |
| 40 | Erika Mancha | $96,996 |
| 41 | Annette Mass | $95,167 |
| 42 | Nathalie Antenor | $95,000 |
| 43 | Mark Wyatt | $94,050 |
| 44 | Lauren Munguia | $94,000 |
| 45 | Brian Cunningham | $92,700 |
| 46 | Marie-Louise Twagilimana | $92,574 |
| 47 | Jerry Icaro | $92,352 |
| 48 | Marvin Cole-Chaney | $92,312 |
| 49 | Sarah Backhouse | $91,960 |
| 50 | Nancy Richards | $91,839 |
| 51 | David Castillo | $90,480 |
| 52 | Nequita Carter | $90,183 |
| 53 | Mireya Loewe | $90,030 |
| 54 | Bryan McMath | $89,500 |
| 55 | Gayla Mullins | $89,452 |
| 56 | Jenna Rao | $89,000 |
| 56 | Francisco Mata | $89,000 |
| 58 | David Duran | $88,815 |
| 59 | Yang Cao | $87,949 |
| 60 | Laura Sepulveda | $87,550 |
| 61 | Matthew Erickson | $87,178 |
| 62 | Yun-Jeong Cho | $87,004 |
| 63 | Joseph Koen | $87,000 |
| 64 | Jesse Milonovich | $86,709 |
| 65 | Nolan Raphelt | $86,170 |
| 66 | Bonnie Cope | $85,905 |
| 67 | Jeffrey Taylor | $85,680 |
| 67 | Thomas Barnett | $85,680 |
| 69 | Kristie Guerra | $85,631 |
| 70 | Scott Daywood | $85,608 |
| 71 | Mark Wentzel | $85,580 |
| 72 | Caimee Schoenbaechler | $85,400 |
| 73 | Matthew Larsen | $85,272 |
| 74 | Christopher Repka | $85,000 |
| 75 | Dennis Kyhos | $85,000 |
| 76 | James Bronikowski | $84,864 |
| 77 | Kathleen Ligon | $84,719 |
| 78 | Kendal Kowal | $84,672 |
| 79 | Nirad Sahu | $84,600 |
| 80 | John Sutton | $84,152 |
| 81 | Hamsa Palepu | $84,000 |
| 81 | Miguel Pavon | $84,000 |
| 83 | Amin Kiaghadi | $83,298 |
| 84 | Shirley Wade | $83,117 |
| 85 | Enrique Canales | $82,800 |
| 86 | Jennifer Jackson | $82,452 |
| 87 | Mohammad Irshad | $82,404 |
| 88 | Richard Roberts | $82,401 |
| 89 | Sabrina Anderson | $82,333 |
| 90 | Loren Sammon | $82,255 |
| 91 | Nathan Leber | $82,233 |
| 92 | Jungwoo Lee | $82,110 |
| 93 | Tyrone Alcorn | $82,000 |
| 93 | Connie Townsend | $82,000 |
| 95 | Taylor Christian | $81,900 |
| 96 | Jianyou Shi | $81,271 |
| 97 | Wei Chieh Lin | $80,169 |
| 98 | Vitalis Ozorji | $80,100 |
| 99 | Dennis Newman | $80,004 |
| 99 | Juan Moran-Lopez | $80,004 |
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