South Galveston News

State Preservation Board paid an average compensation of $55,342 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	Roderick Welsh	$175,990
2	Bob Cash	$149,800
3	Alice James	$128,817
4	Linda Gaby	$128,664
5	Margaret Koch	$127,000
6	Cynthia Provine	$122,257
7	Erin Christensen	$121,473
8	Barbara Hanus	$117,397
9	Kevin Koch	$107,004
10	Christopher Currens	$106,090
11	Christopher Nunn	$102,500
12	Joe Medina	$100,301
13	David Byers	$96,985
14	Nathan Stephens	$90,000
15	Robert Tamayo	$88,000
16	Deanna Wall	$86,340
17	Arnold Kleinebecker	$84,468
18	Randall Ramos	$84,000
19	Derek Lemons	$80,400
20	William Erwin	$78,276
21	Leslie Pawelka	$73,761
22	Robert Davis	$72,840
23	Lisa Stockton	$72,300
24	Susan Beldock	$71,373
25	Gilbert Medina	$70,786
26	Ann Vay	$68,960
27	Valerie Simpson	$68,400
28	Rachel Santos-Ramirez	$68,000
29	Emily Morris	$66,600
30	Michael Juen	$65,000
31	Karen Morris	$65,000
32	Leslie Adkins	$63,600
33	James Jennings	$63,000
33	John Peel	$63,000
33	Kathryn Siefker	$63,000
33	Andre Bygrave	$63,000
37	Misha Buckman	$61,000
38	Scotland Washington	$60,000
38	Virginia Benavidez	$60,000
40	Kaitlin Lloyd-Leva	$59,388
41	David Flanegan	$58,590
42	Angela Glasker	$58,200
43	Michael Byers	$57,996
44	Daniel Scott	$57,000
45	Subhash Kodinariya	$56,700
45	James McReynolds	$56,700
45	Waleed Ibrahim	$56,700
48	Elithia Rangel	$55,566
49	Elizabeth Garzone	$55,526
50	Mary Kennedy	$54,615
51	Angela Knoll	$54,000
51	Elizabeth Reid	$54,000
51	Michael Dillon	$54,000
54	Lindsey Alvarado	$53,550
55	Steven Aguirre	$52,045
56	Melissa Tamporello	$52,000
57	Hannah Kemp	$51,600
57	Thomas Wancho	$51,600
59	Chris Coleman	$51,000
60	Thomas Levitt	$50,100
61	Lisa Gentry	$50,000
61	Kyle Albrecht	$50,000
61	Laura Cuellar	$50,000
64	Jessica Moriates	$49,200
65	Alejandro Villalobos	$48,707
66	Paige Hester	$48,150
67	Rachel Miller	$48,000
68	Antony Hubbard	$47,981
69	Javier Cavazos	$47,400
70	David Pham	$47,045
71	Peter Castilleja	$46,884
72	Richard Eisenhour	$46,800
73	Sheryl Baker	$46,500
74	Vashyra Waller	$46,488
75	Harry Flowers	$46,080
76	William Wellborn III	$45,600
76	Vitaly Beskrowni	$45,600
78	Elissa Graham	$45,000
78	Anna Riehl	$45,000
78	Stefan Ruff	$45,000
78	Daniel Rodriguez	$45,000
78	Michelle Lambing	$45,000
83	Roberto Benavides	$44,512
84	Jason Lucas	$44,004
85	Shae Stanford	$43,680
85	Steven Hays	$43,680
87	Kandace Russell	$42,195
88	Laura Kelly	$41,976
89	Irene Arispe	$41,897
90	Araceli Ripper	$41,500
91	Ricky Gleason II	$41,355
92	Chinh Nguyen	$39,900
93	Vincent Vasquez	$39,690
94	Amanda Strittmatter	$39,600
95	Jonathan Pascoe	$39,508
96	Dana Dennett	$39,438
97	Paula Talley	$38,400
97	Patricia Hernandez-Ruiz	$38,400
97	Vanesa Rodriguez	$38,400
97	William Epperson	$38,400