Houston Republic

State Office of Administrative Hearings paid an average compensation of $82,829 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

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	Kristofer Monson	$180,000
2	Kimberly Dudish	$140,000
2	Michael Linkous	$140,000
4	Victor Simonds	$136,986
5	Kerrie Qualtrough	$132,000
6	Jennifer Pigeon	$130,008
7	Elizabeth Drews	$128,000
7	Steven Elliot	$128,000
7	Trevor Moore	$128,000
7	Pratibha Shenoy	$128,000
7	Meitra Shepherd	$128,000
7	Rebecca Smith	$128,000
7	Holly Vandrovec	$128,000
14	Beth Bierman	$125,000
15	Matthew Jones	$117,696
15	Kathleen Pickup	$117,696
15	Keneshia Washington	$117,696
18	Robert Pemberton	$112,625
18	Sarah Starnes	$112,625
18	Joanne Summerhays	$112,625
21	Steven Rivas	$103,647
22	Ana Anchondo	$100,647
22	Srinivas Behara	$100,647
22	Brenda Coleman	$100,647
22	Tanya Cooper	$100,647
22	Ross Henderson	$100,647
22	Carrie McLarty	$100,647
22	Christiaan Siano	$100,647
22	Daniel Wiseman	$100,647
30	Meaghan Bailey	$100,644
30	Linda Horng Brite	$100,644
30	Kathryn Lewis	$100,644
30	Andrew Lutostanski	$100,644
30	Stacy May	$100,644
30	Steven Neinast	$100,644
30	Yvonne Patton	$100,644
30	Cassandra Quinn	$100,644
30	Ian Spechler	$100,644
30	Kasey White	$100,644
40	Cortney Groves	$100,000
41	Heather Hunziker	$95,000
42	Lance McMillan	$93,600
43	Veronica Najera	$93,000
43	Brian Phillips	$93,000
43	Melissa Ricard	$93,000
46	David Dubose	$91,915
47	Monica Branch	$91,020
47	Rodolfo Calderon	$91,020
49	Connie Hofmann	$88,000
50	Roshunda Atchison	$86,209
50	Bennie Brown	$86,209
50	Latorya Fowler	$86,209
50	Lindy Hendricks	$86,209
50	Yvonne Hernandez	$86,209
50	Jeffrey Huhn	$86,209
50	Michelle Kallas	$86,209
50	Shannon Sauceda	$86,209
50	Whitney Stoebner	$86,209
50	Rachelle White	$86,209
60	Thomas Himes	$84,000
61	Lesley Ondrechen	$83,298
62	Sheena Hood-Aguilar	$77,239
62	Curtis Jenkins	$77,239
62	Shakita Johnson	$77,239
65	Laurel Parke	$76,000
66	Zachary Chandonnet	$70,008
67	Marc Jones	$68,397
67	Joseph Prevratil	$68,397
69	Giselle Quintero	$64,625
70	Angela Pardo	$64,000
71	Corla Atkins	$59,014
71	Rhonda Faught	$59,014
73	Linda Cody	$55,000
74	Virginia Gonzales	$54,195
74	Rebecca Shafford	$54,195
76	Erin Hurley	$54,000
77	Lisa Gomez	$52,000
78	Chris Herndon	$50,000
78	Nadia Martinez	$50,000
78	Tujuana Tate	$50,000
81	Donnie Roland	$47,600
82	Terry Perry	$45,000
83	Lee Curry	$44,000
83	Michele Easley	$44,000
83	Jessica Hernandez	$44,000
83	Cristina Juarez	$44,000
83	Laura Landa	$44,000
83	Irene Lapasnick	$44,000
83	Laura Lopez	$44,000
83	Michael Martinez	$44,000
83	Margaret Murphy	$44,000
83	Sandra Perry	$44,000
83	Sylvia Pickens	$44,000
83	Maryalice Ramos	$44,000
83	Frances Sanchez	$44,000
83	Michelle Sanchez	$44,000
83	Virginia Ureste	$44,000
98	Kevin Malone	$42,000
98	Benjamin Ojeda	$42,000
100	Jodi Brown	$40,000