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Board of Nurse Examiners paid an average compensation of $62,558 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	Katherine Thomas	$169,537
2	Mark Majek	$164,069
3	James Johnston	$141,544
4	Anthony Diggs	$137,771
5	Kristin Benton	$124,897
6	Jena Abel	$122,000
7	Janice Hooper	$117,027
8	Jolene Zych	$110,171
9	Jimmy Caddell	$104,942
10	Virginia Ayars	$102,662
11	Adrian Fletcher	$97,125
12	Laurie Perez	$95,991
13	John Vanderford	$93,473
14	Denise Benbow	$90,852
15	Patricia Vianes-Cabrera	$90,153
16	Wei Zhang	$90,000
17	Gayle Varnell	$89,809
18	Nicole Buckingham	$87,586
19	Diane Dougal	$84,132
20	Beverly Skloss	$81,510
20	Adrienne McDermott	$81,510
22	Bruce Holter	$80,620
23	Steven Zimmerman	$80,468
24	Danielle Green	$79,708
25	Jacqueline Strashun	$77,553
26	April Liwanag	$76,653
27	Christian Harris	$76,000
28	Lawrence Ponson	$75,996
29	Timothy Sherman	$75,000
30	Elise Moore	$73,120
31	Joanna Starr	$73,102
32	Noemi Vezina	$71,507
33	Christen Werley	$71,087
34	Lisa Smith	$70,359
35	Erin Raesz	$69,747
36	Aundshela Go	$68,640
36	Deirdre George	$68,640
36	Lucinda French	$68,640
39	Kimberly Johnson	$68,310
40	Brian Miller Jr.	$67,500
41	Kizzie Gonzales	$66,001
42	Mary Cazares	$64,449
42	Paul Longoria	$64,449
44	Cynthia Locastro	$64,130
45	Robert Almanza	$63,107
46	Darryl Holt	$62,979
47	Tabitha Griggs	$62,512
48	Francely Rogers	$62,400
49	Amanda Phillips	$62,100
49	Karen Prendergast	$62,100
51	Kyong Monroe	$60,000
52	Juan Delarosa	$59,520
53	Veronica Franco	$57,579
54	Patricia Rebechini	$55,541
55	Jessica Sonen	$55,325
56	Renee Mako	$55,130
57	Rosemary Riojas	$54,826
58	Jason Black	$54,143
59	Tawanda Young	$54,079
60	Sally Perry	$53,144
61	Scott Dehorty	$52,524
62	Gisselle Gonzales	$52,405
63	Jackie Ballesteros	$51,939
64	Carl Disher	$51,901
65	Roberto Rodriguez Jr.	$51,533
66	Ciara Williamson	$51,070
67	Mary Nastasi	$50,944
68	Diana Hernandez	$50,805
69	Gary Cox	$50,400
70	Carley Whitson	$49,654
71	Rosaleah Dufour	$47,694
72	Barbara Darling	$47,540
73	Blanca Riojas	$47,011
74	Theresa Wade	$46,781
75	Tamika Rose	$46,465
76	Robert Coleman	$45,581
77	Norma Ballard	$44,812
78	Deborah El-Bathy	$44,342
79	Ashley Moehnke	$44,100
80	Gayna Wilson	$44,075
81	Sonia Ramos	$43,800
82	Sarah Hernandez	$43,200
83	Natalie Turner	$42,616
84	Josefina Rodriguez	$42,000
84	Pete Papachristou	$42,000
84	Shaneka Voltz	$42,000
87	Setoria Taylor	$41,439
88	Shawn Pennick	$40,000
89	Coleman Tosha Rocquemore	$39,462
90	Andrea Alcala	$39,127
91	Mary Warrington	$39,060
92	Richard Tamez	$38,400
93	Shelly Ann Drummond	$38,130
94	Catherine Dupree	$37,800
94	Melonie Lundy	$37,800
96	Brandi Kuykendall	$37,200
97	Jonathan Harris	$37,000
98	Vonda Payne	$36,976
99	Michelle Odom	$36,540
100	Mina Hatami	$36,000