Houston Republic

Securities Board paid an average compensation of $72,442 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	Marlene Sparkman	$162,688
2	Travis Iles	$162,491
3	Joseph Rotunda	$161,008
4	Derek Lauterjung	$144,236
5	Clinton Edgar	$142,008
6	Tommy Green Jr.	$132,228
7	Dale Barron	$116,155
8	Cheryn Netz	$115,000
9	Michael Armendariz	$106,007
9	Robin Brady	$106,007
11	Linda Bailey	$105,364
12	Angela Cole	$105,032
12	Tina Lawrence	$105,032
12	Matthew Leslie	$105,032
12	Sara Scribner	$105,032
12	Matthew Wise	$105,032
17	Robert Elder	$103,491
18	Elizabeth Hodges	$98,012
19	Emily Diaz	$96,000
20	Misty Smith	$92,000
21	Greta Cantwell	$90,251
21	Rachael Luna	$90,251
21	Suzanne Steinmetz	$90,251
24	Eliza Lujan	$89,378
24	Rani Sabban	$89,378
26	Shaun Yarroll	$84,744
27	Sara Ramon	$84,000
28	Makeba Charles	$83,000
29	Kaporshia Purifoy	$82,664
30	Kelsey Heaton	$80,000
30	Jeramy Heintz	$80,000
32	Duvegnaude Browne	$78,800
33	George Smith	$76,878
34	Jeremy Bolf	$75,017
34	Crystal Cuellar	$75,017
36	Patrick Noel	$74,000
37	Josh Cretsinger	$71,267
38	Phillip Fuselier	$71,100
39	Brittanie Jones	$69,984
40	Nitesh Govil	$68,600
41	Adewunmi Asoro	$68,300
42	William Mitchell	$63,600
43	Sonia Fergerson	$60,074
44	Rynders Rachel Anderson	$60,000
44	Kathryn Cook	$60,000
44	Josiah Talley	$60,000
47	Laura Saenz	$59,500
48	Jerri Goldstein	$57,100
49	Roque Salinas III	$56,500
50	Kathryn Miner	$56,355
51	Justin Stoll	$54,000
52	Christopher Hufty	$51,600
52	Wendy Moody	$51,600
54	Monica Guerra	$50,800
55	Eduardo Vasquez	$50,000
56	Jocelyn Rodriguez	$48,000
57	Jacqueline Hickman	$46,000
58	Myra Mendoza	$45,000
59	Eumikia McElroy	$43,000
60	Melinda Campolla	$42,000
60	Alexis Cantrell	$42,000
60	Waseem Chaudhry	$42,000
60	Chima Chinedo	$42,000
60	Febe Collazo-Martinez	$42,000
60	William Conrad	$42,000
60	Tolulope Oloniyo	$42,000
60	Seth Oufnac	$42,000
60	Jennifer Skelton	$42,000
60	Gary Wachs	$42,000
70	Lou Lucas	$40,800
71	Danny Gomez	$39,344
72	Vanessa Jones	$39,262
73	Brandy Neal	$39,000
74	Margaret Rocha	$36,500
75	Catarina Alaniz	$35,492
76	Sandra Baker	$35,000
77	Shasha Chi	$34,859
77	Nisa Flores	$34,859
77	Jacqueline Stokes	$34,859
80	Jessica Neal	$34,000
81	Zadie Stellar	$30,000