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Texas Legislative Council paid an average compensation of $75,147 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	Jeffrey Archer	$220,000
2	Karina Davis	$205,000
3	Kimberly Shields	$189,000
4	John Marshall	$175,068
5	Margaret Cardwell	$175,000
6	Joe Diana	$170,000
7	Janet Sullivan	$159,513
8	Jennifer Sherrill	$152,327
9	Jeffrey Thorne	$150,143
10	Karen White	$146,350
11	Kristi Ayala	$145,467
12	Jon Heining	$145,100
13	Shawn Harrison	$141,465
14	Mathew Richardson	$137,078
15	Maria Breitschopf	$136,947
16	Angela Alexander	$135,747
17	Jeremy Pope	$135,537
18	Kelly Lowe	$134,495
19	Mark Kuster	$132,251
20	Kris Doerr	$130,310
21	Kathryn Dunham	$129,061
21	Yvonne Bush	$129,061
23	Thomas Graser	$122,703
24	Gregory Tingle	$122,665
25	Cathleen Eady	$122,299
25	Jennifer Jackson	$122,299
27	Stephanie Freng	$121,393
28	Adam Foltz	$120,000
29	Hugo Cisneros	$117,780
30	Krissie Farmer	$116,176
30	Nelissa Conners	$116,176
32	Scott Loiselle	$116,061
33	Michele Trepagnier	$114,419
34	Brett Ferguson	$113,239
35	David Lemons	$113,007
36	Shakira Pumphrey	$112,000
37	Russell Anderson	$111,974
38	Eric Lavagni	$109,968
39	John Mistrot	$109,646
39	Jessica Connaughton	$109,646
39	Gabriel Brake	$109,646
42	Jessica Coulter	$108,527
42	Jack Burke III	$108,527
42	Mark Wimmer	$108,527
42	Allison Zaby	$108,527
42	Christopher Clapham	$108,527
47	Samuel Davenport	$107,377
48	Carey Eskridge	$106,000
49	Alexander Kimball	$105,607
50	Chad Miculek	$104,332
51	Marsha Foss-Krumrey	$104,253
52	Charles Hare	$104,108
53	Patricia Swiderski	$103,915
54	Heather Strain	$103,896
55	Denise Rivera	$103,392
56	William Dean	$101,962
57	Carlos Galvan	$101,846
58	Sabina Mills	$101,504
59	Julie Calhoun	$101,500
60	Charles King	$100,385
61	Kristine Rodriguez	$100,313
61	Joseph Ritchick	$100,313
61	Stephen Loomis	$100,313
61	Adam Moses	$100,313
61	Meaghan Walsh	$100,313
66	Michael Curtis	$100,013
67	Marissa Patton	$100,000
68	Jared May	$100,000
69	Colin Gormley	$99,694
70	Renee Kingsland	$99,114
71	Craig O'Brien	$99,000
72	Mark Barrington	$98,650
73	Gang Huang	$98,207
74	Brent Nations	$97,700
75	Jeremy Pehl	$97,591
76	Kathy Clarkson	$97,400
77	Daniel Goodwin	$96,222
78	John West	$95,900
79	Patrick Huey	$95,300
80	Jeffrey Hill	$95,000
81	Daniel Warner	$92,500
82	Kaylei Elworth	$92,418
82	Lauren Cooper	$92,418
84	Hector Saldana	$91,858
85	Koy Livingston	$91,308
86	Clare Townes	$90,853
87	Roxann Hoffman	$90,439
88	Robert Sandoz	$90,004
89	Amaresh Mirwani	$89,359
90	Katharine Lewis	$89,000
91	Stephen Cox II	$88,944
92	John Parker	$88,830
93	Patrick MacGran	$88,744
94	Amber Snyder	$88,124
95	Bhavika Chauhan	$88,000
96	Osama Abdulhussain	$87,507
97	Kurt Gore	$87,500
98	Lawrence Hosek	$87,264
99	Crayton Hickey	$87,088
100	Rebecca Garcia	$86,861