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Across the state, most employees made between $10,000 and $100,000.
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.
James Willson had the highest salary among employees in the state and earned $553,500 for the year.
Top 100 Salaries
| Rank | Individual | Department | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Willson | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas | $553,500 |
| 2 | Charles Tull | Employees Retirement System | $450,000 |
| 2 | Jase Auby | Teacher Retirement System | $450,000 |
| 4 | Eric Lang | Teacher Retirement System | $392,000 |
| 5 | Barney Timmins III | Texas Education Agency | $384,375 |
| 6 | Brian Guthrie | Teacher Retirement System | $355,141 |
| 7 | Dale West | Teacher Retirement System | $344,000 |
| 8 | James Bass | Texas Department of Transportation | $344,000 |
| 9 | Porter Wilson | Employees Retirement System | $316,117 |
| 10 | Neil Randall | Teacher Retirement System | $315,000 |
| 11 | James Nield | Teacher Retirement System | $307,000 |
| 11 | Ram Balachandran | Teacher Retirement System | $307,000 |
| 13 | Kathleen Hoffman | Teacher Retirement System | $303,000 |
| 13 | Sylvia Bell | Teacher Retirement System | $303,000 |
| 15 | Grant Walker | Teacher Retirement System | $302,000 |
| 16 | Carolina De Onis | Teacher Retirement System | $300,000 |
| 16 | Jerry Albright | Teacher Retirement System | $300,000 |
| 18 | Harrison Keller | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | $299,813 |
| 19 | Michael Pia | Teacher Retirement System | $296,000 |
| 20 | Heather Traeger | Teacher Retirement System | $295,800 |
| 21 | Carlos Veintemillas | Texas Education Agency | $295,640 |
| 22 | William Hale | Texas Department of Transportation | $294,000 |
| 23 | John Gilbert | Teacher Retirement System | $290,658 |
| 24 | Courtney Phillips | Health and Human Services Commission | $290,258 |
| 25 | Andrew Roth | Teacher Retirement System | $290,000 |
| 25 | Carolyn Hansard | Teacher Retirement System | $290,000 |
| 27 | Ackeren Kenneth Van | Teacher Retirement System | $284,850 |
| 28 | Marc Williams | Texas Department of Transportation | $284,000 |
| 29 | Mark Albert | Teacher Retirement System | $282,353 |
| 30 | John Cosgrove | Teacher Retirement System | $282,333 |
| 31 | Wayne Roberts | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas | $281,875 |
| 32 | Gavin Massingill | House of Representatives | $279,996 |
| 33 | Benjamin Asher | Texas Department of Transportation | $276,817 |
| 33 | Scott Lepor | Texas Juvenile Justice Department | $276,817 |
| 35 | John Martin | General Land Office and Veteran's Land Board | $276,816 |
| 36 | Michael Morrissey | Senate | $276,500 |
| 37 | Bryan Collier | Texas Department of Criminal Justice | $275,501 |
| 38 | Robert Sessa | Employees Retirement System | $275,228 |
| 39 | Brian Ragland | Texas Department of Transportation | $274,000 |
| 40 | Leighton Shantz | Employees Retirement System | $271,822 |
| 41 | Denise Lopez | Teacher Retirement System | $271,320 |
| 42 | Joel Hinkhouse | Teacher Retirement System | $267,030 |
| 43 | Kimberly Carey | Teacher Retirement System | $265,500 |
| 44 | Bernard Bozzelli | Teacher Retirement System | $265,000 |
| 44 | Jeffrey Mateer | Office of the Attorney General | $265,000 |
| 44 | Jordan Hale | Office of the Governor | $265,000 |
| 44 | Luis Saenz | Office of the Governor | $265,000 |
| 44 | Sarah Hicks | Office of the Governor | $265,000 |
| 49 | Lesia Trickett | Health and Human Services Commission | $265,000 |
| 50 | Catherine Civiletto | Texas Education Agency | $260,946 |
| 50 | John Grubenman | Texas Education Agency | $260,946 |
| 50 | Karim Hirani | Texas Education Agency | $260,946 |
| 53 | Maria Obregon | Health and Human Services Commission | $260,000 |
| 54 | Lisa Craven | Comptroller of Public Accounts | $258,500 |
| 55 | Richard McMonagle | Texas Department of Transportation | $258,000 |
| 56 | Shayne McGuire | Teacher Retirement System | $254,226 |
| 57 | Tran Quan | Health and Human Services Commission | $252,883 |
| 58 | Arden Dingle | Health and Human Services Commission | $251,652 |
| 59 | Brian Ferris | Health and Human Services Commission | $250,000 |
| 59 | Catherine Terrell | Employees Retirement System | $250,000 |
| 59 | Paula Jones | Employees Retirement System | $250,000 |
| 59 | Zahida Samad | Health and Human Services Commission | $250,000 |
| 63 | David Moron | Health and Human Services Commission | $249,770 |
| 64 | Scott Murry | Health and Human Services Commission | $249,363 |
| 65 | Karola White | Health and Human Services Commission | $248,699 |
| 66 | Ashton Wickramasinghe | Health and Human Services Commission | $248,340 |
| 67 | Steven McCraw | Department of Public Safety | $247,981 |
| 68 | Tamara Polewik | Teacher Retirement System | $247,200 |
| 69 | Daniel Evans | Health and Human Services Commission | $247,129 |
| 70 | John Streun | Employees Retirement System | $246,966 |
| 71 | Aysha Sabri | Health and Human Services Commission | $246,769 |
| 71 | Renu Anupindi | Health and Human Services Commission | $246,769 |
| 73 | Guido Spangher | Health and Human Services Commission | $246,709 |
| 74 | Darran Anderson | Texas Department of Transportation | $245,692 |
| 75 | John Harper | Health and Human Services Commission | $245,000 |
| 76 | Franchelle Boateng | Health and Human Services Commission | $244,275 |
| 77 | Michael Lazorik | Teacher Retirement System | $244,080 |
| 78 | Ankit Parmar | Health and Human Services Commission | $243,986 |
| 78 | Manish Aligeti | Health and Human Services Commission | $243,986 |
| 80 | Nina Muse | Health and Human Services Commission | $243,000 |
| 81 | Charles Cooper | Department of Banking | $242,925 |
| 82 | John Hellerstedt | Department of State Health Services | $242,353 |
| 83 | Carlos Castro | Texas Education Agency | $241,708 |
| 84 | Dhaval Parikh | Health and Human Services Commission | $241,092 |
| 85 | Michael Reissig | Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company | $240,000 |
| 86 | Peter Fadow | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,467 |
| 86 | Ramona Rogers | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,467 |
| 86 | Thu Le | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,467 |
| 86 | Zahida Syed | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,467 |
| 90 | Calvin Gerke | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 90 | Charlene Shero | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 90 | Eileen Aqui | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 90 | James Boger | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 90 | Robert Lee | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 90 | Stephen Poplar Jr. | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 96 | Azka Bilal | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 96 | Bharat Nandu | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 96 | Jyotsna Muttineni | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 96 | Shiraj Vahora | Health and Human Services Commission | $239,210 |
| 100 | Dennis Gold | Teacher Retirement System | $239,200 |
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