South Galveston News

Office Of The Attorney General paid an average compensation of $63,149 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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 Mateer	$265,000
2	Ryan Bangert	$205,000
2	Zina Bash	$205,000
2	Katherine Cary	$205,000
2	Ryan Fisher	$205,000
2	Kyle Hawkins	$205,000
2	Lacey Mase	$205,000
2	Darren McCarty	$205,000
2	Christina McLeod	$205,000
2	James Penley	$205,000
2	Marc Rylander	$205,000
2	Ruth Thornton	$205,000
13	David Maxwell Jr.	$186,000
14	Steven Roddy	$185,904
15	Nichole Bunker-Henderson	$175,000
15	William Davis	$175,000
15	Matthew Frederick	$175,000
15	Angela Goodwin	$175,000
15	Laurinda Price	$175,000
15	Patrick Sweeten	$175,000
15	Lisa Tanner	$175,000
22	Gregory Simpson	$169,041
23	Thomas Albright	$169,000
24	John Ellis IV	$166,000
24	David Hacker	$166,000
24	Paul Singer	$166,000
27	Joshua Godbey	$164,000
27	Raymond Winter	$164,000
29	Joel Rogers	$163,480
30	Shawn Cowles	$163,300
31	Priscilla Hubenak	$162,000
32	Kara Kennedy	$160,000
33	Alejandro Garcia	$159,000
33	Mauricio Vasquez	$159,000
33	John Hohengarten	$159,000
36	Shanna Molinare	$157,000
36	Craig Pritzlaff	$157,000
38	Edward Marshall	$156,048
39	Jennifer Jackson	$156,000
39	Rachel Obaldo	$156,000
39	Esteban Soto	$156,000
39	Winkle Kim Van	$156,000
43	Warren Paxton Jr.	$153,750
44	Keith Hafer	$153,300
44	Lisa Massock	$153,300
46	Lesli Ginn	$153,006
47	Leslie Brock	$151,648
47	Virginia Hoelscher	$151,648
49	Fore Elizabeth Brown	$150,000
49	Benjamin Williams	$150,000
51	Garza Henry De La	$149,779
52	Howell McCleskey	$148,109
52	Stormy Kelly	$148,109
52	Cody Smirl	$148,109
55	Rance Craft	$147,825
55	Evan Greene	$147,825
55	Heather Hacker	$147,825
55	Joseph Hughes	$147,825
55	Beth Klusmann	$147,825
55	Philip Lionberger	$147,825
61	Grant Weaver	$146,711
62	Justin Gordon	$145,229
63	Susan Miller	$145,000
64	Ryan Vassar	$144,777
65	Michael Gray	$144,725
66	Hayley Hall	$144,180
67	Melissa Foley	$143,917
67	April Norris-Moffet	$143,917
67	Thomas Taylor	$143,917
70	Charles Arnold II	$143,904
71	David Falk	$143,218
72	Lesley French-Henneke	$143,154
73	Lauren Downey	$142,990
74	Jacqueline Haney	$141,327
75	Michael Attaway	$140,237
76	Kellie Billings-Ray	$140,000
76	Reynolds Brissenden	$140,000
76	Eric Hudson	$140,000
76	Leah O'Leary	$140,000
76	Stephen Paxman	$140,000
76	David Strain	$140,000
82	Troy Martin	$139,725
82	Amanda Vasquez	$139,725
84	Susan Bonnen	$139,118
85	Kelli Weaver	$139,078
86	Delia Chavez	$138,396
87	Kent Richardson	$138,092
88	Alison Andrews	$137,901
89	Lisa Bennett	$137,405
89	Ari Cuenin	$137,405
89	Amanda Czocher	$137,405
89	Kyle Highful	$137,405
89	Jason Lafond	$137,405
89	Natalie Thompson	$137,405
95	Deborah Bray	$137,160
96	Bret Fulkerson	$136,087
97	Elsa Ulloa	$135,607
98	Kara Holsinger	$135,500
99	Matthew Block	$135,078
100	Emily Ardolino	$135,000