Dallas City Wire

Texas Facilities Commission paid an average compensation of $54,898 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	Michael Novak	$177,982
2	John Raff	$154,181
3	Diane Jackson	$152,000
4	Marty Martinez	$130,000
5	Sonya Etheridge	$125,000
6	Marthisela Walsh	$120,877
7	Craig Wingfield	$119,077
8	Salazar Andreana Wilson	$117,000
9	Daniel Benjamin	$115,000
10	Farshad Shahsavary	$110,036
11	Janine Mays	$108,000
12	Martha Gamez-Smith	$101,640
13	Kristy Fierro	$100,000
14	Julia Gribble	$99,976
15	Mark Diaz	$99,860
16	Robert Sandberg	$98,800
17	Jay Franklin	$98,500
18	Frederic Hall	$97,004
19	Hossein Nezamabadi	$96,700
20	George Wells	$95,000
21	Daniel Yen	$92,170
22	Richard Gamino Jr.	$92,000
23	James Overton	$91,945
24	Dorothy Spearman	$91,545
25	David Tarver	$91,297
26	Caesar Delao	$91,160
27	Yolanda Strey	$91,008
28	Matthew Groce	$90,393
29	Jonathan Conant	$90,000
29	Davis Gayla Beckham	$90,000
29	Prince Chavis	$90,000
29	William Knapp Jr.	$90,000
29	Kevin Mathis	$90,000
29	Guillermo Munoz	$90,000
29	Kathryn Panak	$90,000
29	Walter Tacquard	$90,000
29	Cheryl Taylor	$90,000
38	Miguel Morales	$88,500
39	Joel Stokes	$88,008
40	Martin Blair	$88,000
40	Joshua Porosky	$88,000
42	Donna Steadman	$86,400
43	Nientzu Hsia	$85,000
44	James Gonzalez	$84,000
44	John Hickson	$84,000
46	Willie Jones Jr.	$83,640
47	Rafael Arredondo	$83,000
48	Elma Velasco	$82,200
49	Robert Kuykendall	$81,996
50	Robert Schryer	$81,100
51	Michelle Ash	$80,849
51	Patrick Barry	$80,849
53	Shonte Gordon	$78,953
54	Kyle Howard	$78,000
55	Bailey Gonzalez	$77,000
56	Jeffry Mullins	$76,012
57	Cassidy Galindo	$76,000
58	Morris Miller	$75,850
59	Ian Bishop	$75,000
59	Pedro Garcia	$75,000
59	Kevin Hagood	$75,000
59	Teionne Woods	$75,000
63	Richard Glancey	$72,000
63	Veronica Perez	$72,000
63	Josh Yang	$72,000
66	Susan Robinson	$71,750
67	Dragan Maric	$71,500
68	Nick Sultemeier	$71,358
69	Laura Hall	$70,320
70	Mary Sacharnoski	$70,200
71	Megan Sim	$70,000
71	Heidi Gonzales	$70,000
71	James Hickman	$70,000
71	Mario Sanchez	$70,000
75	Danny Simms	$68,960
76	Michael Loredo	$68,640
77	Amanda Brainard	$68,556
78	Melissa Hill	$68,004
79	Jon Smart	$65,846
80	Carl Roell	$65,800
81	Gregory Aulick	$65,525
82	Francoise Luca	$65,100
82	Carl John Roell Jr.	$65,100
84	Leslie Bowman	$65,004
85	Terry Aning	$65,000
85	Ivana Maric	$65,000
85	Anthony Ontiveros	$65,000
88	Brian Wells	$64,020
89	David Roes	$63,268
90	Adam Busch	$63,000
91	Glenn Beran	$62,004
92	Terry Craddock	$62,000
93	Connie Moy	$60,800
94	Damian Rojas	$60,443
95	Ofelia Matamoros	$60,000
95	Lisa Birchfield	$60,000
95	Don Garner	$60,000
95	Michael Henneke	$60,000
95	Julie Mech	$60,000
95	Ruven Ruiz	$60,000