Dallas City Wire

Department of Housing and Community Affairs paid an average compensation of $73,808 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	Robert Wilkinson II	$192,299
2	Brooke Boston	$167,452
3	James Eccles	$165,782
4	Homero Cabello Jr.	$164,276
5	David Cervantes	$161,739
6	Monica Galuski	$157,953
7	Mariana Salazar	$152,250
8	Michael Lyttle	$149,556
9	Tanya Birks	$144,000
10	John Tomme	$130,000
10	David Smith	$130,000
10	Michelle Straley	$130,000
13	Mark Scott	$129,352
14	Michael Deyoung	$129,130
15	James Hicks	$127,600
16	Monita Johnson-Henley	$121,327
17	Jose Guevara	$121,242
17	Abigail Versyp	$121,242
19	Rudy Bentancourt	$121,000
20	Larry Mercadel Jr.	$120,854
21	Monica McCarthy	$120,000
21	Catharine Tracz	$120,000
21	Naomi Cantu	$120,000
24	Jeffrey Pender	$119,494
25	Cathy Gutierrez	$117,588
26	Kassu Asfaw	$117,384
27	Teresa Morales	$116,822
28	Megan Sylvester	$116,416
29	Cody Campbell	$115,000
30	Rosalio Banuelos	$114,453
31	Adrian Guzman	$113,199
32	Jeanna Adams	$111,000
33	Elizabeth Yevich	$110,177
34	Nicole Krueger	$109,589
35	Ricardo Ochoa	$109,477
36	Wendy Quackenbush	$109,200
37	Jane Burstain	$108,000
37	Scott Kelly	$108,000
37	Brenda Meyers	$108,000
37	Daniel Shea	$108,000
37	Beverly Kiser	$108,000
37	Carolyn Knowles	$108,000
37	Tim Long	$108,000
44	Earnest Hunt Jr.	$107,042
45	Ricardo Medina	$106,773
46	Brenda Hull	$104,892
47	Kristina Vavra	$101,459
48	Chad Landry	$100,097
49	Stephanie D'Couto	$99,780
50	Catherine Jung	$99,356
51	Cristina Ortega	$98,400
52	Heather Hodnett	$98,388
53	Raul Salazar	$97,680
53	Erica Garza	$97,680
55	Amy Jones	$96,000
55	Eric Franklin	$96,000
55	Yadira Soto	$96,000
58	Nina Wiggins	$95,329
59	Anthony Gatica	$93,017
60	Lee Ann Chance	$90,817
61	Jose Ruz	$89,809
62	Spencer Duran	$88,756
63	William Turner	$88,437
64	Alexander Pustelnyk	$88,008
65	Marnie Morgan	$88,000
65	Carlisia McCord	$88,000
65	Katie Rose	$88,000
65	Meredith Maulsby	$88,000
65	Frank Sarno	$88,000
65	Thomas Trinh	$88,000
65	Juana Maldonado	$88,000
72	Jo Taylor	$87,823
73	Neda Sanjar	$87,129
74	Christopher Smith	$87,000
75	William Rowe	$85,628
76	Reno Daniels	$85,500
77	Laura Sargent	$85,140
78	Gregg Kazak	$85,000
78	Diamond Thompson	$85,000
80	Lisa Johnson	$84,996
81	Ysella Kaseman	$84,939
82	Jacquelyn Welsh	$84,718
82	Rosy Falcon	$84,718
84	Laura White	$84,078
85	Colin Nickells	$84,000
85	James Oliva	$84,000
85	Terry Barhorst Jr.	$84,000
85	Cindy Bocz	$84,000
89	Laichu Leung	$83,991
90	Gavin Reid	$83,636
91	Kevin Glienke	$83,500
92	Andre Adams	$83,204
93	John Lornson	$82,800
94	Laura Saintey	$82,500
95	Diana Velez	$82,427
96	Amy Hammond	$82,000
97	Paul Ford	$81,678
98	Albert Alvidrez	$80,910
99	Manuel Pena Jr.	$80,000
99	Allison Shurr	$80,000