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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board paid an average compensation of $83,207 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	Harrison Keller	$299,813
2	Ray Martinez	$258,758
2	Lori Fey	$258,758
2	Rey Rodriguez	$258,758
5	Nichole Bunker-Henderson	$215,000
5	Melissa Henderson	$215,000
5	Kenneth Martin	$215,000
8	Zhenzhen Sun	$183,751
9	Mark Poehl	$181,126
10	Michelle Singh	$173,250
10	Emily Cormier	$173,250
10	Robert Booker	$173,250
13	Marjorie Barrett	$170,775
14	Elizabeth Mayer	$165,000
15	Elizabeth Bolin	$162,754
16	Tiffani Tatum	$160,429
17	Lesli Gattis	$157,000
18	Charles Contero-Puls	$155,250
19	Leslie Hall	$155,000
20	Tina Jackson	$153,000
21	Laura Brennan	$150,000
22	John Wyatt	$139,967
23	Amy Peterson	$139,725
24	William Tramel	$135,000
24	Lizette Montiel	$135,000
26	Karen Taylor	$133,285
27	Stacie Jakle	$130,000
27	Kumara Thatipelli	$130,000
29	Decha Reid	$129,379
30	Glenn Osher	$129,000
31	Rinn Harper	$126,086
32	Douglas Brock	$126,000
33	Ginger Gossman	$124,200
34	Allison Rizzolo	$121,933
35	Michael Kelly	$120,000
36	Suzanne Morales-Vale	$119,725
37	Elizabeth Chivers	$115,000
37	James Love	$115,000
39	Jaslyn Rose	$114,000
40	Linda Natal	$113,850
41	Michael Myers	$113,400
42	Jason Brockdorf	$111,780
43	Kaitlyn Yost	$110,250
43	Paul Maeyaert	$110,250
45	Kishore Mattapalli	$110,160
46	Maeve Lahey	$110,000
47	Stephen Wessels	$108,675
48	Kylah Torre	$105,000
49	Melissa Humphries	$104,280
50	Lara Gueguen	$102,350
51	Andrias Jones	$100,006
52	Meghan Ryan	$100,000
53	Claudette Jenks	$98,737
54	James Goeman	$98,484
55	Jo-Chun Chiu	$98,483
56	Samjhana Kc	$98,329
57	Cathie Maeyaert	$97,407
58	John Dinning	$97,008
59	Bradley Broaddus	$96,706
60	Lakshmy Haridas	$96,588
61	Jason Verette	$96,000
62	Keith Finley	$95,907
63	Rajeswari Kandasamy	$95,839
64	Andrew Lofters	$95,000
65	Aporajita Ahmed	$94,339
66	Michelle Brockdorf	$94,008
67	Ronit Shaham	$93,840
68	Leah Smalley	$92,906
69	Linda Hargrove	$91,800
70	Karen Simsen	$90,000
70	Jennifer Gonzales	$90,000
72	Cynthia Marrs	$89,424
72	Andrea Thomas	$89,424
74	Jacqueline Boilard	$89,250
75	Latha Kaliyur	$88,740
76	Sheri Ranis	$88,500
77	Ramya Dande-Rajasekar	$88,000
78	Melinda Nobles	$87,516
79	Zhengfang Tian	$86,873
80	Vanessa Malo	$86,850
81	Lijing Zhao	$85,500
82	Sonakshi Garg	$85,388
83	Jeffry Kosub	$85,313
84	Gaith Hijazin	$85,000
84	Heather Degenhart	$85,000
86	Jamyen Robinson-Hall	$84,954
87	Keylan Morgan	$84,880
88	Gilbert Habarurema	$83,232
89	Roosevelt Sanchez	$82,932
90	Ruben Leal	$82,437
91	Jessica Acton	$82,008
92	Smantha Gonzalez	$81,600
93	Michelle Koog	$81,553
94	James Titus	$81,000
95	Lloyd Cooper	$80,655
96	John Dougherty	$80,508
97	Amelia De Landa	$80,000
97	Alyssa Ibarra	$80,000
99	Cristina Kernan	$79,315
100	Olga Lizcano	$78,540