West Texas News

Teacher Retirement System paid an average compensation of $99,737 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

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.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Brian Guthrie	$754,275
2	Jase Auby	$450,000
3	Eric Lang	$392,000
4	Dale West	$344,000
5	Emerson Halstead	$332,643
6	Heather Traeger	$325,000
7	Neil Randall	$315,000
8	James Nield	$307,000
8	Ram Balachandran	$307,000
10	Kimberly Carey	$306,000
11	Sylvia Bell	$303,000
11	Kathleen Hoffman	$303,000
13	Grant Walker	$302,000
14	John Gilbert	$290,658
15	Carolyn Hansard	$290,000
15	Andrew Roth	$290,000
17	Ackeren Kenneth Van	$284,850
18	Mark Albert	$282,353
19	John Cosgrove	$282,333
20	Denise Lopez	$271,320
21	Joel Hinkhouse	$267,030
22	Bernard Bozzelli	$265,000
23	Shayne McGuire	$254,226
24	Tamara Polewik	$247,200
25	Michael Lazorik	$244,080
26	Justin Wang	$240,000
27	Dennis Gold	$239,200
28	Bogdan Poustovoi	$235,689
29	Donald Green	$235,635
30	Ashley Baum	$235,400
31	Ryan Zafereo	$235,000
32	Jennifer Wenzel	$235,000
32	Craig Rochette	$235,000
34	Scott Ramsower	$234,150
35	John Watkins	$233,756
36	Stacey Peot	$232,652
37	David Destefano	$232,568
38	Shelby Morgan	$231,000
39	William Arnold	$228,800
40	Joseph Linn	$225,923
41	Courtney Villalta	$223,500
42	Deanna Buck	$221,450
43	James Rogers	$219,500
44	Bianca Green	$218,360
44	Steven Poliner	$218,360
46	Marissa Hogan	$217,388
47	Mark Telschow	$216,581
48	Daniel Judd	$216,200
49	Matthew Halstead	$216,000
49	William Carpenter	$216,000
51	Jennifer Steiger	$215,270
51	William Simmons	$215,270
53	Joshua Morgan	$214,000
54	Richard Campbell	$213,964
55	Chris Cutler	$213,210
56	Steven Wilson	$212,700
57	Jean-Benoit Daumerie	$212,200
58	Janet Bray	$212,176
59	Katrina Daniel	$210,896
60	Timothy Koek	$210,000
61	Kirk Sims	$210,000
62	Stephen Kim	$209,000
63	Yu-Kung Chang	$208,000
64	Barbara Pearson	$207,107
65	Lourdes Llano	$207,000
66	Mark Cassens	$206,585
67	Rebecca Merrill	$205,700
68	Jared Morris	$204,000
68	Joyce Chow	$204,000
68	Brendan Cooper	$204,000
71	Francis Crown	$200,855
72	Matthew Talbert	$200,000
72	Derek Sbrogna	$200,000
72	Kyle Schmidt	$200,000
72	Wayne Speer	$200,000
76	Marvin Henry	$197,600
77	Pai Wu	$197,000
78	Khoi Tran	$195,165
79	Scott Gonsoulin	$195,000
80	Merita Zoga	$192,523
81	Alice McAfee	$192,150
81	Kevin Wakley	$192,150
81	Jessica Palvino	$192,150
84	Donald Carter	$185,646
85	Amanda Jenami	$185,000
86	Janie Duarte	$185,000
87	Kendall Courtney	$184,800
88	Jaime Llano	$183,383
89	Michael Phillips	$181,900
89	Nichole Burnap	$181,900
91	Frances Torres	$180,472
92	Kyle Wynne	$180,000
93	Billy Lowe	$178,268
94	David Cox	$174,875
95	Steven Peterson	$174,579
96	Thomas Albright	$173,250
97	Stephanie Daul	$173,250
98	Kyle Weigum	$171,881
99	Stephanie Perkins	$171,600
99	William Howard	$171,600