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The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.
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.
21 earners at Legislative Reference Library in 2020
| Rank | Employee | Amount Earned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Camp | $131,969 |
| 2 | Catherine Wusterhausen | $100,075 |
| 3 | David Wood | $62,738 |
| 4 | Karen McBurney | $62,491 |
| 5 | Melanie Harshman | $61,402 |
| 6 | Anna Wood | $58,584 |
| 7 | Ana Sifuentes-Martinez | $58,532 |
| 8 | Kaelyn Morice | $50,000 |
| 9 | Michelle Martinez | $49,384 |
| 10 | Brandon Vasquez | $49,125 |
| 11 | Alexandra Dzienkowski | $45,000 |
| 12 | Kali Palmer | $44,576 |
| 13 | Suzanne Buchanan | $42,000 |
| 13 | Linna Dean | $42,000 |
| 13 | Mickey Lanning | $42,000 |
| 16 | Julia Walden | $41,379 |
| 17 | James Young | $33,560 |
| 18 | Karen Wright | $33,306 |
| 19 | Vincent Cowan | $30,840 |
| 20 | Amber Baade | $29,120 |
| 20 | Christopher Taylor | $29,120 |
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