Houston Republic

First Court of Appeals paid an average compensation of $109,807 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	Sherry Radack	$187,800
2	Sarah Landau	$154,000
2	April Farris	$154,000
2	Amparo Guerra	$154,000
2	Claudia Rivas	$154,000
2	Gordon Goodman	$154,000
2	Julie Countiss	$154,000
2	Peter Kelly	$154,000
2	Richard Hightower	$154,000
10	Janet Williams	$119,812
11	Anne Pike	$107,686
11	Jenifer Points	$107,686
11	Angela Spoede	$107,686
11	Elizabeth Rak	$107,686
11	Christian Southwick	$107,686
11	Shelley White	$107,686
11	Anne Greenwood	$107,686
11	Lisa Phelps	$107,686
11	Margot Stander	$107,686
11	Lauren James	$107,686
11	Alicia Flarity	$107,686
22	Salvatore Bianca	$97,654
22	Robert Tobor	$97,654
22	Casey Potter	$97,654
22	Christopher James	$97,654
22	Anouchka Bowne	$97,654
22	Mary Formby	$97,654
22	Garza Laura De La	$97,654
22	Lois Ramsey	$97,654
22	Keith Toler	$97,654
22	Ruth Piller	$97,654
32	Leonel Mata	$90,000
33	Eddie Phillips Jr.	$78,511
34	David Chino	$72,145
35	Noemi Hernandez	$58,358
35	Jesus Rodriguez	$58,358
37	Kimbala Henderson	$57,289
37	Chameka Macon	$57,289